初中基础-可以看懂的英文小说-有注释-睡美人-(2).doc

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初中基础?可以看懂的英文小说，有注释?睡美人

Sleeping?Beauty

CHAPTER?1

The?Curse

There?once?lived?a?brave?King?and?his?fair?Queen.

For?years?they?wanted?to?have?children.

Finally,?the?Queen?had?a?baby?girl.

Her?birth?was?celebrated庆典?throughout?遍及?the?kingdom.

There?were?seven?magical?fairies?in?the?land.

The?and?Queen?asked?them?to?be?the?baby’s?godmothers

The?fairies’?gifts?would?make?any?baby?perfect.

They?would?provide给某人……the?baby?with?grace优雅and?goodness美德.

The?King?gave?a?party?for?the?fairies.

There?was?a?table?with?seven?place.

The?fairies?all?sat?down?to?eat.

Then,?an?old,?old?fairy?walked?into?the?room.

No?one?had?invited?her?because?they?thought?she?died.

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The?old,?old?fairy?said?angrily,

“Insult?me,?will?they?

I’ll?teach?them?something!”

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A?younger?fairy?heard?her.

She?wanted?to?prevent?it?when?the?old?fairy?did?anything?awful.

(形容词修饰something,?anything,?nothing等不定代词时，放在不定代词后。）

The?youngest?fairy?gave?the?baby?beauty.

The?next?gave?her?wit.

The?third?gave?her?grace.优雅

The?fourth?made?her?an?excellent卓越的dancer.

The?fifth?made?he?a?wonderful?singer.

The?sixth?gave?her?musical?音乐的talent天赋.

It?was?now?the?old,?old?fairy’s?turn.

Angrily,?she?said,

“The?princess?will?cut?her?finger?on?a?spindle?and?die.”

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Everyone?was?shocked.

The?younger?fairy?stepped?up?to走到跟前the?baby.o

She?said,?“Do?not?fear,?Your?Majesties.（majesty?威严的皇权）

I?can’t?undo解除this?wicked?course.

But?I?can?change?it.

When?the?princess?cuts?her?finger,?she?will?not?die.?

She’ll?be?awakened(awaken?唤醒）by?a?handsome?prince.”

The?King?wanted?to?protect?her.

He?made?a?law.

There?should?be?no?spindles?in?the?kingdom.

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Fifteen?years?later,?the?princess?grew?into?a?beautiful?young?lady.

One?day?she?decided?to?explore?the?castle.

She?found?a?tiny?room?high?up?in?the?castle.

In?the?room,?she?saw?an?old?woman.

In?her?hand?she?held?a?spindle.

The?princess?had?never?seen?it?before.

“Please,?what?is?that?”

“This?is?a?spindle,?my?dear,”?said?the?old?woman.

“How?beautiful!?

May?I?see?it?”?asked?the?princess.

As?the?