The Crab with the Hammer- 適合初學者的英語短篇故事
拿起小鎚子的螃蟹| 英語/中文 雙語朗讀
Story Content
English Original
A bright red shell gleams.
Tara stands on wet sand.
Foam slides back with sound.
The morning light is soft.
She walks toward two dark rocks.
A narrow gap waits between them.
Tara bends and looks through.
A crab lifts a broken hammer.
The hammer taps a tiny pebble.
Pebble jumps, then sinks again.
She walks to hollow driftwood.
A deep hollow cuts through it.
Tara peers into the shadow.
Inside sand grains create little hills.
A blue kite tail rests there.
Green paint dries on the wood.
Waves turn a loose shell over.
Tara walks to a tilted boat.
A broad space lies under it.
She crouches and looks through.
Sunlight paints stripes on sand.
A polished board glints, then twists.
The board swings, blocking her view.
The crab scuttles away across sand.
Its tracks fade as waves reach.
Tara stands up and walks on.
She moves along the bright shore.
Tara walks away downshore.
繁體中文 Translation
一顆鮮紅的貝殼閃亮。
Tara 站在濕潤的沙地上。
泡沫伴著聲音後退。
早晨的光線柔和。
她走向兩塊黑色岩石。
岩石間留著狹窄縫隙。
Tara 彎身向內張望。
一隻螃蟹夾起破鎚子。
小鎚敲打一顆卵石。
卵石彈起又沉下。
她走向中空的漂木。
深深的空洞穿過木頭。
Tara 把頭探進陰影。
裡面，沙粒堆出小丘。
一條藍色風箏尾巴躺著。
綠色油漆在木面上變乾。
海浪翻轉一枚鬆動貝殼。
Tara 走到傾斜的小船旁。
船下留著寬闊空間。
她蹲下再度張望。
陽光在沙上畫出條紋。
一塊光滑船板閃後扭動。
船板擺動擋住她視線。
那隻螃蟹橫走離開沙地。
它的痕跡被海浪抹淡。
Tara 站起繼續前行。
她沿著明亮海岸移動。
Tara 沿岸走遠。
Vocabulary in Context
- paint
用顏料塗抹或上色的行為
“Tara can paint shells.”
塔拉可以畫貝殼。
- create
使某物存在或形成
“Tara can create art here.”
塔拉可以在這裡創作藝術。
- hammer
一種用來敲打的工具
“The hammer can build things.”
這把錘子可以建造東西。
- kite
一種在空中飛的玩具，通常用線牽著
“The kite flies high today.”
今天的風箏飛得很高。
- turn
改變方向或位置
“Tara can turn the shell.”
塔拉可以轉動貝殼。
Recommended Reading
Oil Sheen Shimmers Inside Driftwood
When the Pebble Stirred
Flash of Blue Wings
The Gull After the Crab
When Sand Became a River
Wind Tips the Shells
The Frost Pebble Behind Driftwood
Sand Grains Jump in the Morning Wind
Shell in the Air
Wave Covers a Sand Trench
Crab Tap and the Sand Tower
