介绍:
一、原文及译文：
On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.
When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand , it turned yellowish.
You could hardly see it.
在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙。
它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色。
它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色。
当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地，就变成了黄色。
你几乎很难发现它。
When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat , it turned sparkling green.
But when it was cold and hungry , it turned and dull.
变色龙暖和又有东西吃的时候，就变成亮丽的绿色。
当它又冷又饿时，它就变成暗淡的灰色。
When the chameleon was hungary , it sat still and waited.
Only its eyes moved-up , down , sideways-until it spotted a fly.
Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue shot out and caught the fly.
That was its life.
It was not very exciting.
But one day...
变色龙饿了，就一动不动的趴着等待。
仅仅是眼睛上上下下，忽左忽右的转动——直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
那时，变色龙的长长的，黏黏的舌头就会射出去，捉住苍蝇。
那就是它的生活。
一点激情也没有。
但是有一天……
...the chameleon saw a zoo !
It had never seen so many beautiful animals.
直到有一天，变色龙看到了动物园！
它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
The chameleon thought：
How small I am , how slow , how weak !
I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
And the chameleon's wish came true.
But was it happy？
No !
变色龙想：
我身材太小，行动太慢，身体太弱！
我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
变色龙梦想成真了。
可是它快乐吗？
一点也不快乐。
I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
I wish I could be smart like a fox.
我要像狐狸那样优雅。
I wish I could swim like a fish.
我要像鱼儿会游泳。
I wish I could run like a deer.
我要像鹿会奔跑。
I wish I could see things for away like a giraffe.
我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。
I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
我要像大象那样强壮。
I wish I could be funny like a seal.
我要像海豹那样有趣。
I wish I could be like people.
Just then a fly flew by.
The chameleon was very hungry.
But the chameleon was very mixed-up.
It was a little of this and it was a little of that.
And it couldn't catch the fly.
我还想像人那样。
这时，一只苍蝇飞过，
变色龙觉得饿极了。
槽糕的是，它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
有点像这个，又有点像那个，
它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
I wish I could be myself.
The chameleon's wish came true.
And it caught the fly !
“我要成为我自己。”
变色龙回到了原来的样子，
它又能捉到苍蝇了！
课堂笔记：
On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
倒装语序：a small green chameleon sat on a shiny green leaf.
shiny ['ʃaɪnɪ] 闪耀的；是由shine [ʃaɪn] 发光、闪耀；这个动词去掉 e 加上 y 变成的形容词形式。
chameleon [kə'miːlɪən] 变色龙；其中的字母组合[ch]在这里发清辅音【k】；重音在第二个音节。
moved onto 转移到；爬到；
brownish ['braʊnɪʃ] 呈褐色的；其中的 [nish] 在Big Green Monster中提到，有点偏向于某个颜色的意思。所以这里也可以翻译成，偏棕色的。
reddish ['redɪʃ] 有点微红；
moved across 爬过；穿过；
yellowish ['jeləʊɪʃ] 偏黄色的；
hardly ['hɑːdlɪ] 几乎不；它是一个表否定的词。
sparkle ['spɑːk(ə)l] 闪耀，闪闪发光；sparkling是sparkle的形容词形式。表示闪闪发光的。
sparkling green 亮丽的绿色。
dull [dʌl] 迟钝、暗淡、无趣；
gray dull 暗淡的灰色；
still [stɪl] 静止的；不动的；
sideways ['saɪdweɪz] 旁边；
spotted [ˈspɒtɪd] 是个动词，指发现，认出；
fly 名词，指苍蝇；
sticky ['stɪkɪ] 粘粘的；
tongue [tʌŋ] 舌头；
shot out 伸出；吐出；shot是shoot的过去分词形式。
感叹句的形式：How small I am , how slow , how weak !
The chameleon thought：
wish came true 愿望成真；
flamingo [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ] 火烈鸟；重音在第二个音节；
smart 漂亮的，整洁的；
shell 乌龟壳；
seal 海豹
句型：I wish I could 我希望我可以……
flew by 飞过；经过；
mixed-up 拼凑的，混杂的；
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