【原】日课｜英文故事：Sammy Seal​

Jessie老师英语美文朗读，今天给大家讲一个英文小故事。

纯正美音，适合模仿学习。

Sammy Seal

Sammy Seal was afraid to swim. He sat on the rocks beside the ocean and watched the other seals swimming. They had a good time doing back flips and racing through the waves. “Come in, Sammy!” they cried. “The water is wonderful!”

Sammy shook his head sadly. “I'm fine here,” he said. “I'd rather stay on dry land.” Sammy didn't tell anyone the truth. He didn't know how to swim.

But one day, his friend Sue swam up to him. “I'm going to teach you how to swim,” she said. “Then, you can have fun with us.” Sue showed Sammy how to put one flipper into the water. “Now, put your head in the water,” she said.

Sammy put his flippers in the water. Then he put his head in the water. Suddenly, he fell in! For a moment, he was scared. And then he realized something wonderful. “Yeah, Sammy!”cried Sue. “You're swimming!”

海豹萨米

海豹萨米不敢游泳。他坐在海边的岩石上，看着其他海豹游泳。他们玩后空翻，在海浪中比赛，玩得很开心。“进来，萨米！“他们叫道。“水太好玩了！”

萨米伤心地摇摇头。“我在这里很好，”他说。“我宁愿呆在陆地上。”萨米没有告诉任何人真相。他不会游泳。

但是有一天，他的朋友苏向他游过来。“我要教你怎么游泳，”她说。“那样，你就可以和我们一起玩了。”苏教萨米如何把一只脚蹼放到水里。“现在，把头放进水里，”她说。

萨米把他的脚蹼放在水里。然后他把头放进水里。突然，他掉下去了！有那么一会儿，他很害怕。然后他意识到了一些奇妙的事情。“好啊，萨米！”苏叫了起来：“你在游泳！”

【注释】

1. seal 海豹

2. be afraid to 害怕；不敢

3. ocean 大海；海洋

4. have a good time 过得愉快；玩得开心

5. back flip 后空翻

6. race ‍(和…)比赛

7. shook （shake的过去式）摇动;抖动

8. 'd rather（=would rather） 宁愿；宁可 

9. have fun 玩得开心

10. flipper 突然；忽然

11. suddenly 在高处；向高处；高

12. realize 认识到；意识到

读完这个故事，来回答个问题吧！

Why is Sammy afraid to swim?

a. because he is a seal

b. because he has flippers

c. because the water is dirty

d. because he doesn’t know how

Now it's your time to open your mouth and follow me! 张开嘴巴跟着录音练起来！