A BACKWARD LOOK
往期回顧
Of course, the three famous stories you have just read are only a few of the many such tales. As you go on through school,
當然,你剛剛讀過的這三個著名故事只是眾多故事中的一些,隨著你在學校的閱讀,
and in your reading outside of school, you will meet with other story-tellers and with other stories that almost everyone knows.
加上課外閱讀,你還會遇到其它講故事者,以及其它幾乎眾所周知的故事。
Which of the stories you have just read interested you most? Why was it the most interesting one to you?
在剛剛讀過的故事中,哪一個你最感興趣?為什么你對這個最感興趣?
Without turning back to the stories, can you tell two or three valuable lessons these stories taught?
不往回看,你能講一兩個這些故事給你的寶貴啟發嗎?
In this part of your book there was a poem. What did that poem teach? Did one of the stories teach much the same lesson as the poem?
在這部分閱讀中包含一個詩歌,這篇詩歌教會了你什么?這里面哪篇故事和這篇詩歌一樣,告訴了我們同一個道理?
If you had to make one of these stories into a play, which one would you choose?
如果你想將其中一篇故事制作成話劇,你會選擇哪個?
Which would be the hardest to make into a play that could be acted in school? Why?
哪一篇故事是最難在話劇中呈現的?為什么?
Your school reader can only introduce you to the famous story-tellers. You will have to get acquainted with them yourself.
學校讀者只會給你介紹著名的講故事人,你需要自己和他們認識。
Why not let Nathaniel Hawthorne entertain you with his Wonder Book and his Tanglewood Tales?
為什么不讓納撒尼爾·霍桑的《給女孩子和男孩子的探戈爾伍德故事》來愉悅你?
Surely you will want to get Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
你一定想閱讀霍華德·派爾的《海盜之書》,
and learn of the strange way in which Tom Chist came to live with Matt Abrahamson, and of what he did after he found the treasure chest.
學學湯姆是通過什么樣的奇怪方法和麥特住在一起的,還有他發現寶藏之后又做了什么。
In the back of your book, on page 450, you will find a list of stories that never grow old.
在書的后面,第450頁,你會發現一個永遠都不會過時的故事列表。
These books will give you many pleasant hours of reading.
這些書籍將給你數小時的快樂閱讀時間。
They are the kinds of stories that you will like to read over and over again, just as many other people have done for years.
這些故事你一定會百讀不厭,許多人多年來一直這么做。
Remember that the librarian in your town or your school is always ready to help you find good books to read.
記住你鎮上的圖書管理員或是學校總會幫你尋找好書來讀。