绘本《The Snowy Day》下雪天

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［导读］ 小男孩彼得，一早醒来发现昨夜下了雪，兴奋地跑到雪地里玩各种游戏，他堆了一个雪人和一个天使。回家前，还把在院子里捏的雪球放进口袋里，想留到明天再玩。回家后彼得泡在浴缸里，还忍不住一再回味，于是睡前去翻口袋，找寻带回来的雪，口袋却是空的，小雪球不见了，让他很失望。上床后又梦到太阳融化了所有的雪。但他一觉醒来，窗外却正在下着雪…… 简单的故事却传神地展现出儿童的天真、好奇、幽默和创意。 ［作者简介］ Ezra Jack Keats（艾兹拉·杰克·季兹），1916年生于美国纽约布鲁克林。他的父母都是波兰出生的犹太人，因为遭到迫害移民到了美国，他是他们三个孩子中最小的一个。他小时候就喜欢涂鸦，常常把道路或是墙当成画布。1934年他高中毕业后，虽然得到了艺术学校的奖学金，但因为父亲突然过世，他只好放弃，一边打工一边自学。1942年他应征入伍，战后曾去巴黎做过一年的绘画之旅。回国后，他在纽约的画廊举行过个人画展，并开始为成人书设计封面和画插图。从1954年到1960年，他还为十几本童书画了插图。1962年，他自写自画了《下雪天》（The Snowy Day），这本书为他赢得了1963年的凯迪克奖金奖。主要作品除了以黑人男孩彼得为主人公的“彼得系列”：《彼得的口哨》（Whistle for Willie，1964）、《彼得的椅子》（Peter’s Chair）、《彼得的信》（A Letter to Amy，1968）、《彼得的眼镜》（Goggles，1969）之外，还有《珍妮的帽子》（Jennie’s Hat，1966）等多部。1983年在纽约逝世。 正文欣赏 《The Snowy Day》by EZRA JACK KEATS 《下雪天》作者：艾兹拉·杰克·季兹 One winter morning Peter woke up and lookedout the . Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as faras he could see. 一个冬天的早晨，彼得醒来，望着窗外。昨天夜里下了一场雪。他一眼望去，到处都被雪盖住了。 After breakfast he put on his snowsuit andran outside. The snow was piled up very high along the street to make a pathfor walking. 吃完早餐，他穿上防雪衣，跑到屋子外面。路的两旁，雪堆得高高的，只空出一条可以走的路。 Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank intothe snow. He walked with his toes pointing out, like this: He walked with his toes pointing in, likethat: 咯吱，咯吱，咯吱，每走一步，他的脚都深陷进雪里。他走路时一下子脚趾往外走，就像这样： 一下子又脚趾朝内走，就像那样： Then he dragged his feet s-l-o-w-l-y tomake tracks. And he found something sticking out of thesnow that, made a new track. 然后他拖着脚慢慢地，在雪地里划线。 他发现雪地里露出一样东西，拿它划出了一条新的线。 It was a stick — a stick that was justright for smacking a snow-covered tree. 哦，是一根树枝——树枝正好可以用来拍打树上的雪。 Down fell the snow — plop! — on top ofPeter’s head. 雪掉下来——啪！掉在彼得的头上。 He thought it would be fun to join the bigboys in their snowball fight, but he knew he wasn’t old enough — not yet. 他觉得和大哥哥们打雪仗一定会很好玩，但他知道自己还不够大。 So he made a smiling snowman, and he madeangels. 于是，他做了一个微笑的雪人，又做了一个天使。 He pretended he was a mountain-climber. He climbed up a great big tall heapingmountain of snow– and slid all the way down. 他假装他是一位登山者。他爬上了一座又高又大的堆成了山的雪。再一路滑到山脚下。 He picked up a handful of snow — andanother, and still another. He packed it round and firm and put the snowball inhis pocket for tomorrow. Then he went into his warm house. He told his mother all about his adventureswhile she took off his wet socks. 他抓起了一把雪——一把，再一把。他把雪压成圆圆硬硬的雪球放进口袋里，留着明天再玩。 然后他回到温暖的家里。 妈妈帮他脱下湿袜子，他把他做的那些好玩的事告诉妈妈。 And he thought and thought and thoughtabout them. 他一直想，一直想着那些好玩的事。 Before he got into bed he looked in hispocket. His pocket was empty. The snowball wasn’tthere. He felt very sad. 上床前，他摸了一下他的口袋。口袋里空空的。雪球不见了。 他好伤心。 While he slept, he dreamed that the sun hadmelted all the snow away. But when he woke up his dream was gone. Thesnow was still everywhere. New snow was falling! 他睡着了，他梦见太阳把所有的雪都融化了。不过，他一醒来，梦就不见了。到处都是雪，新的雪还不停地下着！ After breakfast he called to his friendfrom across the hall, and they went out together into the deep, deep snow. 吃完早餐，他去找住在对面的朋友。他们一起跑进深深的雪地里。