作者:王晓艳
从(cóng)前(qián)有一个女孩儿,她叫Sue。
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sue.
Sue不喜(xǐ)欢(huan)吃(chī)苹(píng)果(guǒ),Sue不喜欢吃香(xiāng)蕉(jiāo);
Sue does not like to eat apples, nor bananas;
Sue 不喜欢吃pizza,Sue 不喜欢吃冰(bīng)淇(qí)淋(lín)。
Sue does not like to eat pizza, nor ice cream.
Sue喜欢吃肉(ròu),
Sue likes to eat meat.
她非(fēi)常(cháng)喜欢吃肉!
She likes to eat meat a lot!
Sue 每(měi)天(tiān)吃肉,每天吃很(hěn)多(duō)很多肉!
Sue eats meat every day, a lot of meat every day!
Sue越(yuè)来(lái)越(yuè)大,越来越高(gāo)。
Sue is growing bigger and taller.
她的头(tóu)像(xiàng)桌(zhuō)子(zi)一(yí)样(yàng)大,
Her head is the size of a table.
她的腿(tuǐ)像(xiàng)柱(zhù)子(zi)一(yí)样(yàng)高。
Her legs are as tall as pillars.
因(yīn)为(wéi),Sue 是一只(zhī)恐(kǒng)龙(lóng),一只霸(bà)王(wáng)龙(lóng)。
Because Sue is a dinosaur, a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Sue 是一只大恐龙,一只大霸王龙。
Sue is a big dinosaur, a big Tyrannosaurus rex.
可(kě)是(shì),突(tū)然(rán)有一天,
But one day, all of a sudden,
Sue 死(sǐ)了(le)。
Sue died.
为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)?不知(zhī)道(dào)。
Why? We don’t know.
可(kě)能(néng)她病(bìng)了,
Perhaps she was sick,
可能天(tiān)气(qì)太(tài)冷(lěng),
Perhaps the weather was too cold,
可能火(huǒ)山(shān)爆(bào)发(fā)了,
Perhaps a volcano erupted,
可能她太(tài)胖(pàng)了。
Perhaps she was just too fat.
我们不知道。
We don’t know.
Sue 死了,
Sue died.
Sue 28 岁。
Sue was 28 years old.
Sue 变(biàn)成(chéng)了化(huà)石(shí)。
Sue became a fossil.
Sue 在地(dì)下(xià)沉(chén)睡(shuì),
Sue slept underground.
睡了很多很多年……
For many, many years……
1990年8月,在美国South Dakota,
August 1990, in South Dakota, United States,
一个科(kē)学(xué)家(jiā)发(fā)现(xiàn)了Sue!!
A scientist discovered Sue!!
科学家说(shuō):“Sue真(zhēn)大,Sue 真漂(piào)亮(liang)!”
The scientist said, “Sue is so big, Sue is so beautiful!”
科学家们都(dōu)说: “Sue 真大,Sue 最(zuì)大!!”
All the scientists said, “Sue is so big, Sue is the biggest!!”
“Sue 真漂亮,Sue 最漂亮!!”
“Sue is so beautiful, Sue is the most beautiful!!”
现(xiàn)在(zài),Sue 住在Chicago,
Now, Sue lives in Chicago.
她住在Field Museum。
She lives in Field Museum.
每天有很多人去看Sue,
Every day, many people go to see Sue.
他们都说:
They all say,
“Sue 真大!Sue 真漂亮!”
“Sue is so big, Sue is so beautiful!”
你什(shén)么(me)时(shí)候(hòu)去看她?
When are you going to see her?