50.The Snail Girl
田螺姑娘
谢端是个孤苦伶仃，一贫如洗的农民，他十分渴望能找到一位妻子。有一天，在回家的路上，他看见路边有一只田螺，便将它捡起，带回了家好生照顾。第二天他回家时，却惊讶地发现晚饭已经做好，家中十分整洁。他十分好奇，几日后躲在暗处观察，发现是一个可爱的姑娘在为他做着这一切。这位姑娘是谁呢？
Xie Duan was a poor farmer. He lived alone. He had nofamily.
Xie Duan wished he had a wife. He wanted a family.Xie Duan’s neighbors were friendly. They liked him a lot.
They thought he was a good friend. They thought he wasa hard worker. He was all of those things.
Xie Duan worked on the farm every day. He woke upearly. He fed the chickens and animals. He tilled thefield. He picked the crops. He worked until late at night.
Every night, he was tired. He was too tired to cook. Hewas too tired to clean his house. He just wanted to go tosleep.
One night, Xie Duan was walking home. He sawa snail on the road. Xie Duan picked it up. He took ithome with him.
The snail needed water. Xie Duan put water in a pot.
Then he put the snail in, too.
The next night, Xie Duan came home late again. Whenhe walked into his house, he found a big surprise!The house was clean and neat! There was a hot mealwaiting for him!
“Oh! How kind of my neighbors!” Xie Duan thought.
“They cleaned my house. They cooked a hot meal forme.”
The next morning, Xie Duan went to thank his neighbors.
Who had cleaned his house, and cooked for him? Noone knew what happened.
The next night, Xie Duan came home late again. A cleanhome and a hot meal were waiting for him! It was thesame on the third night. It was the same on the fourthand fifth nights, too!
Xie Duan really wanted to solve the mystery.
The next day, he went home early. He snuck up to hishouse. He hid below the window outside his kitchen.
Then he peeked inside.Xie Duan could not believe what he saw! A pretty girl wascooking at his stove!
“Who are you?” Xie Duan cried. “Why are you cooking forme? Why are you taking care of my house?”
“I am the snail,” the girl told him. She pointed to the littlepot.
Xie Duan looked at the pot. It was empty. The snail wasgone.
“You were very kind to me,” said the Snail Girl. “Yousaved me. I wanted to thank you!”
Xie Duan felt thankful too.
The Snail Girl kept taking care of Xie Duan. Every day,
he farmed. Every day, she cooked and cleaned.Xie Duan and the Snail Girl fell in love. They got married.
Xie Duan was not lonely anymore. The two of them livedhappily ever after.
The End
Question:The Snail Girl surprised Xie Duan. What was agood surprise in your life?
核心词汇
neighbor n. 邻居
till v. 耕，犁
crop n. 谷物
snail n. 蜗牛
neat adj. 整洁的
mystery n. 神秘的事物
sneak (snuck) v. 偷偷地走，溜，潜行
hide (hid) v. 隐蔽，隐藏
peek v. 偷看，窥视
stove n. （取暖或烹饪用的）炉
take care of 照顾
point v. 为（某人）指出
He was too tired to cook.他太累了，以至于不能去做饭。
本句中 too…to..结构的含义是太……以至于不能……
How kind of my neighbors!我的邻居们是多么的友善啊！
本句为感叹句，句子的核心是 it’s kind of sb to do sth，用
以描述人物的品格，意思是某人做某事是怎样的。
Xie Duan could not believe what he saw! 谢端不能相信自
己见到的东西！本句中 what he saw 是由 what 引导的宾
语从句，作为 believe 的宾语。
以下翻译来自百度翻译：
谢端是个贫穷的农民。他一个人住。他没有家人。
谢端希望他有一个妻子。他想要一个家庭。谢端的邻居很友好。他们非常喜欢他。
他们认为他是个好朋友。他们认为他工作很努力。他是所有这些东西。
谢端每天都在农场工作。他醒得很早。他喂鸡和动物。他耕田。他摘庄稼。他工作到深夜。
每天晚上，他都很累。他太累了，不能做饭。他太累了，不能打扫房子。他只是想睡觉。
一天晚上，谢端正在回家的路上。他看见一只蜗牛在路上。谢端捡了起来。他把它带回家了。
蜗牛需要水。谢端把水放在一个罐子里。
然后他把蜗牛也放进去了。
第二天晚上，谢端又很晚才回家。当他走进他的房子时，他发现了一个巨大的惊喜！房子干净整洁！有一顿热饭等着他呢！
“哦！我的邻居真是太好了！”谢段想。
“他们打扫了我的房子，给我做了一顿热饭。”
第二天早上，谢端去感谢他的邻居。
谁打扫了他的房子，给他做饭？没人知道发生了什么。
第二天晚上，谢端又很晚才回家。一个干净的家和一顿热饭等着他！第三天晚上也是这样。第四晚和第五晚也是一样！
谢端真的很想解开这个谜。
第二天，他很早就回家了。他偷偷溜到自己家里。他躲在厨房外面的窗户下面。
然后他往里面看了一眼，谢端简直不敢相信他所看到的！一个漂亮的女孩正在他的炉子上做饭！
“你是谁？”谢端哭着说。“你为什么要给我做饭？你为什么要照顾我的房子？”
“我是蜗牛，”女孩告诉他。她指着那个小罐子。
谢端看了看壶。它是空的。蜗牛不见了。
“你对我很好，”蜗牛姑娘说。“你救了我，我想谢谢你！”
谢端也很感激。
蜗牛姑娘一直在照顾谢端。他每天种地。每天，她做饭、打扫卫生，谢端和蜗牛姑娘坠入爱河。他们结婚了。
谢端不再寂寞了。他们俩从此过着幸福的生活。
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