时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:Children’s Stories-儿童故事集


英语课
Title: The Goblins’ Christmas
Writer: Elizabeth Anderson
Genre 1: Poetry
 
Preface to The Goblins’ Christmas poem
Once upon a time I visited Fairy-land and spent a day in Goblin-town.
The people there are much like ourselves, only they are very, very small
and roguish. They play pranks 2 on one another and have great fun. They
are good natured and jolly, and rarely get angry. But if one does get
angry, he quickly recovers his good nature and joins again in the sport.
 
If a Goblin should continue angry he would take on some visible form.
Perhaps he would become a toad 3 or a squirrel, or some other little
animal, and would have to live here on the Earth-plane forevermore. But,
if he keeps good natured, he can come here and have his fun, and not be
seen by any one except a Seer, or very wise person.
 
The Goblins are gracious to the wise people now, but they were not
always so. A long, long time ago, on a Christmas-eve, the Fairy-folk
were having great sport. All the little people of the Unseen-world had
gathered together in the Earth-realm. There were Brownies, and Gnomes 4,
and Elves; even some little Cherubs 5 had joined them. They were having a
wild dance and a gay time when who should appear but Kris Kringle! Now
the Fairies did not know that he was a Magician, or Seer, and so they
tried to make sport of him. But Kris by his wonderful magic, changed
them into the most beautiful toys. They became straight little
jumping-jacks, and dolls in bright dresses, and the dearest little
rabbit with white, soft fur. And somewhere in the bottom of the sleigh
one was turned into a cute little Teddy-bear. Then old Kris tucked all
these toys into his roomy sleigh, and shook the reins 6 of his waiting
steed. “Go on!” he said, “For I’ve many, many a chimney to reach
tonight.”
 
Now this is the tale of “The Goblins’ Christmas” that the moonbeams
told, as they heard it from the Fairy-Queen, who declares that every
word of it is perfectly 7 true.
 
WordChecker
roguish (adjective): naughty; mischievous
good natured (adjective): in a happy mood
prank (noun): a joke or trick you play on someone for fun
jumping jack (noun): toy dancing man with strings
roomy (adjective): spacious; has lots of space
reins (noun): the straps attached to a horse and held by a driver
steed (noun): horse
declare (verb): to state firmly

1 genre
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格
  • My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
  • Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看, 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。
2 pranks
n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )
  • Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
  • He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句
3 toad
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆
  • Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
  • Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。
4 gnomes
n.矮子( gnome的名词复数 );侏儒;(尤指金融市场上搞投机的)银行家;守护神
  • I have a wonderful recipe: bring two gnomes, two eggs. 我有一个绝妙的配方:准备两个侏儒,两个鸡蛋。 来自互联网
  • Illusions cast by gnomes from a small village have started becoming real. 53侏儒对一个小村庄施放的幻术开始变为真实。 来自互联网
5 cherubs
小天使,胖娃娃( cherub的名词复数 )
  • The high stern castle was a riot or carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs. 其尾部高耸的船楼上雕满了神仙、妖魔鬼怪、骑士、国王、勇士、美人鱼、天使。
  • Angels, Cherubs and Seraphs-Dignity, glory and honor. 天使、小天使、六翼天使-尊严、荣耀和名誉。
6 reins
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
  • She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
  • The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
7 perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
学英语单词
Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.
aerial cinematography
Alava, Cape
Alt Gr
assembling fitter
avosettas
barbey ixometer
be learned in
biographer
carotenoids
caudal nerve
Certificate for Marine Products
cgm.
Chi Town
co-pastor
damaged due to collision
deep sea facies(abyssal facies)
designed immersion depth
direct transmission system
dishonest process
ditten
doshisha
draw roll
dreckman
electronic countermeasures malfunction
elephantopus mollis
embankment mower
Florid-F
freedom to engage in scientific research
gasoline substitutes
geoenvironmental
heated area of checkers
height of
hydrodynamic brake
hydrogen gas explosion
ice pellet
industrial carrier
interelectrode capacitance
isobutylidene acetone
isoentropic reaction series
Jafaican
jiaos
Jun glaze of Guangdong
load coefficient
lookup list
management procedure
mechanical deterioration properties
methyl adenine
muzorewas
noncalculus
noncrowded
noran
offerors
opium plaster
optimal resource scheduler
orbital gland (or infraorbital gland)
partial safety factor for resistance
pay restraint
perpetuations
prebasilar
prelitter
propellant trailer
puckishness
quillen
ragdoll
ranol
ratio of peak white-to-black level
ratio-turn
reducing environments
reniform leaves
reshimming
rogue nation
rush to
saked
sawing machines for woodworking
sclerotises
Secholex
sell for a song
servitutes praediorum
shaft whirl
sludging value
stairstepper
steel-encased beam
stellar group
storage consolidation
Strobilomyces floccopus
strongroom
students' right of learning
tapetum alveoli
tar distillery
teleutospore
terbium boride
test analysis
tetraspanins
thunder machine
two-way fuse plug
unhealable
unitary demand
Upata
v. thoracoacromialis
viscous vesistance
waiving