有声有画阅读小故事 - Cinderella

yearshappy

Cinderella 是流传极广的有着完美结局的童话传说，
渗透英文世界中各个层面，可谓不可不知。

有各种英文版本，写作重点和语言运用各不同，
奉献一个，意境不是我中意的，但是有声有画有网址


清晰的美式发音
http://www.speakaboos.com/story/cinderella

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Once upon a time, there lived a gentleman, who after his beautiful and kind wife died, married the proudest and meanest woman in all the land. She had two daughters from a previous marriage who were just as nasty and haughty as their mother. The gentleman also had a young daughter by his first wife named Cinderella, who was filled with goodness and was one of the sweetest girls the kingdom had ever seen.  

Cinderella’s stepmother was extremely jealous of her beauty and charm and made her do the hardest and most dreadful work in the house. Cinderella did the dishes, scrubbed the floor and made the bed all while her step-sisters rested on fancy beds and had fun playing dress-up.

Now it so happened that the King’s son decided to give a ball, inviting all the young ladies in the land to attend. Cinderella’s step-mother and step-sisters were delighted, and would talk of nothing but the ball all day long. They sent for the greatest designers on the kingdom to ensure that they looked their best.
Cinderella offered to help them get ready for the ball for she had excellent taste and despite how her step-sisters treated her, she always gave them the best advice. As she helped them, the eldest sister asked,

‘Cinderella, are you not going to the ball?’

Cinderella lowered her head and said, ‘No, you’re only teasing me because I have nothing to wear and wouldn’t fit in. perhaps I could borrow something?’

‘Lend our clothes to such a dirty Cinder wench? We’re not fools!’ they exclaimed.

The sisters laughed cruelly and said, ‘You would make everyone laugh at the sight of you, you Cinder wench!’

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cinders - ashes

The little girl was named Ella. Later her step-mother called her Cinderella （灰姑娘）

ball - a formal gathering for dancing

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When the big day finally came, Cinderella accompanied her step-mother and step-sisters to the Court and couldn’t help but burst into tears as she watched them enter the beautiful ball. As she wept, Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared.

‘Cinderella, why are you crying?’ she asked. ‘You wish to attend the ball, is that not so?’

‘Y—es,’ cried Cinderella, between sobs.

The fairy godmother smiled and said, ‘Well, run into the garden and bring me a pumpkin.’

Cinderella immediately went to get the finest pumpkin she could find. When she brought it, her godmother struck the pumpkin with her wand, instantly turning it into a fine coach, plated with gold and silver. Next, she had Cinderella find some mice, and when she brought the furry little creatures back ,the fairy godmother tapped them each with her wand, turning them into six fine horses and a coachman.

‘Well what do you say?’ asked her godmother.

‘Oh yes!’ cried Cinderella, ‘but should I go looking like this, in these rags?’

Her godmother only touched her with her wand and instantly Cinderella’s rags turned into a dress of white and silver, sparkling with jewels. To top it off, fairy godmother gave Cinderella a pair of glass slippers, the prettiest in the whole world.
‘The spell only last until midnight, so promise you will leave the ball before then,’ warned the godmother. Cinderella promised to return before midnight, thanked her again and drove off to the ball.

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When Cinderella made her entrance, the dancing and music stopped as everyone turned to gaze at her beauty. No one recognized her, she was a complete mystery. The prince rushed up to greet her, led her to the most honourable seat by his side and later took her out for a dance. Cinderella even made time to approach her step-sisters, who still did not recognize her, and shared some of the oranges the prince had presented to her as a gift. The prince never left her side, and Cinderella was enjoying herself so much that she completely forgot the time!

When the clock struck midnight, Cinderella was shocked and fled immediately, leaving one of her glass slippers behind in her haste. The prince ran to follow her , but only managed to pick up the glass slipper she left behind. Cinderella managed to get home, but was quite out of breath and in her dirty old clothes. She was resting in bed when her two step-sisters stumbled into her room.

‘You stayed really late!’ cried Cinderella, rubbing her eyes and stretching as if she had been sleeping.

‘If you had been there you would have seen the most beautiful princess,’ exclaimed the eldest sister, ‘she was so nice to us and had the undivided attention of the prince.’  ‘Her background is a mystery and the prince would give anything to know who she was,’ said the youngest.

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A few days later the prince declared that he would marry the woman whose foot fit in the slipper. His soldiers began to try the slipper on all the princesses and duchesses in the Court, but it was all in vain. Days later, it was brought to the two sisters who tried with all their might to make the slipper fit.

Cinderella, who saw this, politely asked to try it. Her sisters burst out laughing at the idea, but the prince ordered that everyone on the kingdom should have a try.

When Cinderella’s foot slid perfectly into the slipper, her sisters were astonished. Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared and with the flick of her wand turned Cinderella into the beautiful girl from the ball.

The step-sisters dropped to their knees and begged for forgiveness for the awful way they treated her over the years. Cinderella lifted them up and embraced them, saying she forgave them with all her heart.

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Such a joy to read happy endings, giving hope to carry on ...

Reading For Pleasure

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distantmusic

It would be lovely to read after a beautiful sound, but server not found!

yearshappy

原帖由 distantmusic 于 4-5-2012 12:28 发表

                               
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It would be lovely to read after a beautiful sound, but server not found!

You'll enjoy it, I promise
American accent but not strong
Click it going straight to the audio http://www.speakaboos.com/story/cinderella

distantmusic

太好了，在家可以看。在单位可能给屏蔽了。
这个非常好，我决定把它打印出来，跟着多读一些遍。故事经典而且语言简单，是跟读练习语音语调的好材料！

yearshappy

今天忽然被问住了
灰姑娘舞会上穿的鞋 -- 中文---水晶鞋
英文中是用 glass slipper

newozer

原帖由 yearshappy 于 19-4-2013 20:42 发表

                               
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今天忽然被问住了
灰姑娘舞会上穿的鞋 -- 中文---水晶鞋
英文中是用 glass slipper

原来灰姑娘穿的是。。。“拖鞋”啊。。。

yearshappy

原帖由 newozer 于 19-4-2013 20:47 发表

                               
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原来灰姑娘穿的是。。。“拖鞋”啊。。。

好多事情多看看，背后的故事就出来啦，特有意思

slipper - 看字应该是来源于动词 slip （滑动），
鞋方面说，就是 能够 slip-on （脚一进去就穿好了）
就是说， 没有繁杂的鞋带，鞋绊儿
那么加上 er ，变成名词，可以是室内便鞋，还可是是一脚进去的一种舞鞋

yearshappy

因为与人有个小小的聊天，关于灰姑娘的 glass 玻璃材料制 舞鞋的问题
加上搜索结果
几点记下：

1) 可能有法语到英语的翻译错误，法语的是皮毛装饰的舞鞋
《Cinderella》最早是由法国人 Charles Perrault 在 1679 广泛传开
安徒生兄弟 收集成册在英语世界中传开，时间是晚于法国人的
2）可能是对古语的误解
3）迪士尼电影把 glass 鞋加上了光芒
4）因为是 fairy tale （传说，童话），不符合现代人逻辑也不足为怪

青冥揽日

必须回帖，呵呵，连看了3个故事，很棒！

幸福妈妈

已经推荐给中国学校的所有孩子们了，

代表孩子和家长们感谢LZ！

研究了这个网站，很多故事和其它内容，非常棒！

孩子们特别喜欢！

还有，还有啊，那些小游戏很是有趣，看图片对单词，太好了！

学习如果都能这样，太梦幻了，喜欢！！！！！！


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