1、睡前英語小故事帶翻譯 - 聰明的格蕾特There was a cook whose name was Gretel. She wore shoes with red heels, and whenever she went out wearing them she would turn this way and that way, and she was very cheerful, thinking, "You are a beautiful girl!"Then after returning home, because she was so happy, she wo

2、uld drink a swallow of wine, and the wine would give her an appetite, so she would taste the best of what she had cooked, until she was quite full, and then she would say, "The cook has to know how the food tastes."One day her master said to her, "Gretel, this evening a guest is comin

3、g. Prepare two chickens for me, the best way that you can.""Yes indeed, sir," answered Gretel. She killed the chickens, scalded them, plucked1 them, stuck them on the spit, and then, as evening approached, put them over the fire to roast. The chickens began to brown, and were nearly d

4、one, but the guest had not yet arrived.Gretel called to her master, "If the guest doesn't come, I'll have to take the chickens from the fire. And it will be a crying shame if they're not eaten soon, because they're at their juicy best right now."The master answered, "Y

5、ou're right. I'll run and fetch the guest myself."As soon as the master had turned his back, Gretel set the spit and the chickens aside and thought, "Standing2 here by the fire has made me sweaty and thirsty. Who knows when they will be back? Meanwhile I'll just run down into t

6、he cellar3 and take a swallow."So she ran down, lifted a jug4 to her lips, saying, "God bless it for you, Gretel!" and took a healthy drink. "Wine belongs together," she said further. "It's not good to keep it apart," and took another healthy drink.Then she wen

7、t and placed the chickens over the fire again, basted5 them with butter, and cheerfully6 turned the spit. Because the roasting chickens smelled so good, she thought, "They could be lacking something. I'd better taste them!" She tested them with her fingers, and said, "My, these ch

8、ickens are good! It's a sin7 and a shame that they won't be eaten at once!"She ran to the window to see if her master and his guest were arriving, but she saw no one. Returning to the chickens, she said, "That one wing is burning. I'd better just eat it." So she cut it off

9、 and ate it, and it tasted very good. When she had finished it, she thought, "I'd better eat the other one too, or the master will see that something is missing8."When both wings had been eaten, she once again looked for her master, but could not see him. Then it occurred to her, "

10、;Who knows? Perhaps they've gone somewhere else to eat and aren't coming here at all." Then she said, "Well, Gretel, be of good cheer! The one has already been cut into. Have another drink and eat the rest of it. When it's gone, you can relax. Why should this good gift of God g

11、o to waste?"So she ran to the cellar once again, downed a noble drink, and cheerfully finished off the first chicken. When the one chicken was gone, and her master still had not yet returned, she looked at the other chicken and said, "Where the one is, the other should follow. The two belo

12、ng together. What is right for the one, can't be wrong for the other. I believe that if I have another drink, it will do me no harm." So she took another hearty9 drink, and sent the second chicken running after the first one.Just as she was making the most of it, her master returned, callin

13、g out, "Gretel, hurry up, the guest is right behind me.""Yes, sir, I'm getting it ready," answered Gretel.Meanwhile the master saw that the table was set, and he picked up the large knife that he wanted to carve the chickens with, and stood in the hallway sharpening10 it.The

14、guest arrived and knocked politely on the door. Gretel ran to see who it was, and when she saw that it was the guest, she held a finger before her mouth, and said, "Be quiet! Be quiet! Hurry and get away from here. If my master catches you, you'll be sorry. Yes, he invited you for an evenin

15、g meal, but all he really wants is to cut off both of your ears. Listen, he's sharpening his knife for it right now."The guest heard the whetting11 and ran back down the steps as fast as he could.Then Gretel, who was not a bit lazy, ran to her master, crying, "Just what kind of a guest

16、 did you invite?""Why, Gretel? What do you mean by that?""Well," she said, "he took both of the chickens off the platter, just as I was about to carry them out, and then ran away with them.""Now that's a fine tune12!" said the master, feeling sorry ab

17、out the loss of the good chickens. "At the least, he could have left one of them, so I would have something to eat."He called out to him to stop, but the guest pretended not to hear. Then he ran after him, the knife still in his hand, shouting, "Just one! Just one!" But the guest

18、 could only think that he wanted him to give up one of his ears, so he ran as though there were a fire burning beneath him, in order to get home with both ears.從前有個名叫格蕾特的廚娘，她有一雙紅跟鞋。每當她穿著這雙 鞋子外出的時候，總是左邊右邊來回轉，心里讚美著自己：你真是 個挺漂亮的姑娘呢！回到家，她總要高興地喝上一口酒，而酒又能 開胃，所以無論自己做的甚么菜她都覺得味道極好，直到吃得飽飽的 才罷休，并且說：廚娘一定得知道飯菜的味道

19、如何。有一次，主人對她說：格蕾特，今晚我有個朋友要來，準備兩 只燒雞，味道一定要好。我會把這事兒辦好的。格蕾特回答道 她殺了兩只雞，用開水燙過，拔了毛之后又把它們用鐵焊插上。傍晚 時分，她將雞放到火上去烤，雞逐步變成棕色，差不多快烤好了，可 客人還沒有到。格蕾特對主人喊道：如果客人還不來，我只好把雞 從火上挪開了。但是現在是雞味道的時候，不趁這會兒吃簡直太可惜 了。主人說：我這就去把客人接來。說完轉身走了。格蕾特把 插著雞的鐵焊放在一邊，想：老待在火邊讓人又渴又熱。誰知道他 們甚么時候才來，還是先到地窖里去拿杯喝的吧。於是，她跑到地 窖，端著個大酒壺，說了句上帝保佑你，格蕾特。就喝了一大口 酒。可她覺得酒應該源源持續地喝才是，於是又痛痛快快喝了一大口接著她回到火邊，在雞上抹黃油，繼續烤，并快樂地轉動著手里 的鐵焊。雞的香氣實在太誘人了，於是格蕾特對自己說：也許缺了 點甚么，該嘗嘗味道才是。她用手指蘸著嘗了一點，說：多好的 烤雞呀！現在不吃真是罪過。於是她跑到窗口，看看主人有沒有帶 著客人來，她沒見任何人影，於是，又回到烤雞邊，想：一只雞翅 都烤焦了，我還是把它揪下來吃了的好。她切下雞翅，吃了，覺得 味道好極了。吃完后，她想：另一只也應該切下來，要不然主人會 發現少了東西。吃完兩只翅膀，她又到窗口看主人來了沒有，還是 沒