Through Three Gaps, Then a Bird Flies - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音
穿過三個縫隙，然後小鳥飛走 | 英文/中文 雙語朗讀
Story Content
English Original
Cool grass rests under Olwen's shoes.
The caregiver sits on the porch.
Close by.
"I am right here," they say.
Olwen stands on the cool lawn.
Soft blades press under her soles.
A thin pressed line sits nearby.
She looks through a small gap.
It lies between pile and lawn.
She watches.
A warm cider smell drifts.
Fresh gold leaves top older brown.
Olwen and the caregiver share the view.
A fresh leaf slips and fills the gap.
Olwen walks to the wide tree.
She peers through two low branches.
One dry leaf shows a thin spine.
The last leaves rustle softly.
She steps near the small wooden rake.
She looks through its tines.
A single dry leaf half lifts.
Leaves at the fence drum.
A far clock chimes the hour.
A small bird on the fence jumps.
It flies beyond the low fence.
繁體中文 Translation
涼涼的草在 Olwen 的鞋底下。
照顧者坐在門廊上。
就在旁邊。
他們說：「我在這裡。」
Olwen 站在涼涼的草地上。
柔軟的草葉頂在她的鞋底下。
一條細細的壓痕在旁邊。
她看向一個小縫。
它在落葉堆和草地之間。
她看著。
溫熱的蘋果酒味飄來。
新鮮的金色葉子覆在較舊的棕色上。
Olwen 和照顧者一起分享這個景象。
一片新葉滑下，塞住縫口。
Olwen 走到大樹旁。
她透過兩根低枝看。
一片乾葉露出細細的中脈。
最後幾片葉子沙沙作響。
她站到小木耙旁邊。
她透過耙齒的縫看。
一片乾葉半抬起。
靠著籬笆的葉子輕輕敲打。
遠處的鐘敲出整點。
一隻小鳥在籬笆上跳一下。
牠飛過矮籬笆外。
Vocabulary in Context
- chime
（鐘）鳴響、報時；發出清脆的叮噹聲。
“The far clock chimes and the bird jumps.”
遠處的時鐘響起，鳥兒跳了一下。
- drum
發出像鼓一樣的規律聲響；咚咚或噠噠作響。
“Dry leaves drum softly at the fence.”
乾葉在柵欄邊輕輕地咚咚作響。
- hour
小時；整點時刻（鐘聲報出的那一刻）。
“The clock chimes the hour for them.”
時鐘為他們敲出整點。
- spine
（葉子）中央那條硬硬的線；也可指脊椎或書脊。
“A dry leaf has a thin spine.”
一片乾葉有一條細細的脊線。
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