The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum 单词提示 1.scarecrow 稻草人 2.pole 杆子 3.straw 稻草 4.tin 包白铁 5.coward 胆小鬼 原文 Chapter Two: The Yellow Brick Road Dorothy and Toto walked along the yellow brick road for a long time. When they were tired, they stopped in a field by the road. Not far away, there was a scarecrow, and Dorothy and Toto walked across to look at it. 'Good day,' said the Scarecrow. 'Oh!'said Dorothy. 'You can speak!' 'Of course I can speak,' said the Scarecrow, 'But I can't move, up here on this pole. I'd like to get down, can you help me?' Carefully,Dorothy took the Scarecrow off his pole. 'Thank you very much,' said the Scarecrow. He moved his arms and legs, and straw went everywhere. 'Who are you?', he asked, 'And where are you going? ' 'I'm Dorothy, and I'm going to the Emerald City. I want to go home to Kansas, but I don't know the way. I'm going to ask the Wizard of Oz for help. ' 'Where is the Emerald City?', asked the Scarecrow, 'And who is the Wizard of Oz? I don't know anything, you see, because I have no brains in my head— only straw.' 'Oh dear!', said Dorothy, 'I'm very sorry.' 'I would very much like to have some brains,' the Scarecrow said, 'Can I go to the Emerald City with you? Perhaps the Wizard of Oz can give me some brains. What do you think?' 'I don't know,' said Dorothy, 'But yes, please come with me. He's a famous wizard,so perhaps he can help you.' She felt very sorry for the Scarecrow. 'Don't be afraid of Toto,' she said, 'He never hurts people.' 'Nothing can hurt me,' said the Scarecrow, 'I'm not afraid of anything. Well, that's not true. I am afraid of fire, of course.' Dorothy walked along the road with her new friend. Soon she began to feel hungry, so she sat down and she and Toto ate some bread and apples. 'Would you like some, Scarecrow?' said Dorothy. 'No,thank you,' said the Scarecrow. 'I don't need to eat or drink. You can't eat when you're made of straw...Now, tell me about your home. ' So Dorothy told him about Kansas, and Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and the cyclone. 'But why do you want to leave this beautiful country?' asked the Scarecrow, 'Kansas,you say, has no trees, no green hills, no gardens. I don't understand.' 'That's because you have no brains,' said Dorothy, 'Kansas is my home. We say, “East,west, home's best”, and it's true. I want to go home.' They walked along the road for some hours, and then it got dark. Dorothy was tired, and soon the Scarecrow saw a little house behind some trees. There was nobody there, so they went in. Dorothy and Toto slept, but the Scarecrow just stood all night with his eyes open. 'Scarecrows don't sleep,' he said. In the morning, Dorothy looked for water. 'Why do you want water?' asked the Scarecrow. 'Toto and I are thirsty. And I need to wash.' 'I'm sorry for you,' said the Scarecrow, 'You need a lot of things! But you have brains, and you can think, and that's wonderful.' They found some water, and Dorothy washed. Then she and Toto ate some bread. Suddenly,they heard a shout from the trees near the house, and they all ran out of the house to look. They saw a man by a big tree, with an axe in his hand. He was made of tin. He stood very still and shouted 'Help!' again and again. 'What can I do for you?' asked Dorothy. 'I can't move,' said the Tin Man, 'Please oil me. There's an oil-can in my house.' At once, Dorothy ran back to the house and found the oil-can. Then she came back, and with the Scarecrow's help, she carefully oiled the Tin Man. Slowly,he began to move, first his head, and then his arms and legs. 'Thank you,' he said. 'I feel better now.' He put down his axe. 'I went out in the rain, you see, and water is very bad for a tin body. I was there for a long time, and nobody came to help me.' 'We stopped at your house for the night,' Dorothy said, 'and we heard your shout this morning.' 'Where are you going?' asked the Tin Man. So Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz. 'I want to go back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants some brains,' she said. The Tin Man was very interested. 'Can the Wizard give me a heart, do you think? I have no heart, so I can't love, or feel... I would very much like to have a heart.' 'Come with us,' said the Scarecrow. 'Yes,' said Dorothy, 'And then you can ask the Wizard for help, too.' So they all walked along the yellow brick road. There were many tall trees next to the road, and sometimes the three friends heard noises from animals behind the trees. Dorothy did not like these noises very much. 'How far is it to the Emerald City?' she asked the Tin Man, 'Do you know?' 'It's a long way, I think,' said the Tin Man, 'And we must be careful because—' But just then, a big lion suddenly ran out from the trees, into the road. It opened its mouth— it had long yellow teeth— and began to run after Toto. Dorothy was afraid for Toto. She ran up to the lion and hit it on the nose with her bag. 'Don't hurt my dog!' she cried angrily, 'He's smaller than you!' 'I didn't hurt him,' said the Lion, 'Don't hit me again— please!' 'Why—you're afraid!' said Dorothy, 'Be quiet,Toto, he isn't going to hurt you. He's more afraid than you are. He's just a big coward.’ 'It's true,' said the Lion, 'I am a coward.Everyone thinks lions are brave. I make a lot of noise, but I'm not brave. I'm just a coward.' And the Cowardly Lion began to cry. Then Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz. 'Come with us to the Emerald City,' she said, 'I want to go back to Kansas, the Scarecrow wants some brains, and the Tin Man wants a heart. Perhaps the Wizard of Oz can make you brave.' 'Oh,thank you!' said the Lion, 'I would very much like to be brave.' And so the Cowardly Lion came with them. At first, Toto was afraid of him, but very soon he and the Lion were good friends. That night, Dorothy and Toto slept under a big tree, next to the Cowardly Lion's big warm body. In the morning, they ate the last of their bread. 'Oh dear!' said Dorothy, 'What are we going to eat for dinner?' 'I can kill an animal for you,' said the Cowardly Lion. 'Oh no— please don't kill anything!' the Tin Man said. He began to cry, 'We don't want to hurt any animals. I haven't got a heart, but Ifeel sorry for them.' Dorothy quickly got out the oil-can and oiled his face. 'Don't cry,' she said, 'You know water is bad for you.' They walked along the yellow road, and after an hour or two, they came to a big river. 'Oh no!' said Dorothy, 'How can we get across?' The Lion looked down at the river. 'I'm very afraid of falling,' he said, 'but I think I can jump across.' 'Good!'said the Scarecrow at once, 'You can carry us on your back, one at a time.' So the Cowardly Lion jumped across the river, first with the Scarecrow on his back, then with Dorothy and Toto, and last with the Tin Man. But soon they came to a second river. This one was very big, and the Lion could not jump across it. The Scarecrow thought for a minute. 'Look,'he said, 'There's a tall tree next to the river. The Tin Man can cut it down with his axe. And when the tree falls across the river, we can walk across the tree.' 'Very good,' said the Lion, 'For somebody with straw in their head, and not brains.' So the Tin Man cut down the tree with his axe, and soon they were all across that river, too. 翻译 第二章：黄砖路 多萝西和托托沿着黄色的砖路走了很长一段距离。当他们感到疲惫时，便在路边的一片田野里停下来休息。不远处有一个稻草人，多萝西和托托走过去去看他。“你好啊，”稻草人说道。“哦！”多萝西说道，“你居然能说话啊！”“当然我能说话，”稻草人说道，“但我在这根杆子上动不了了。我想下来，你能帮我吗？”多萝西小心翼翼地把稻草人从杆子上取了下来。“非常感谢你，”稻草人说道。他动了动自己的胳膊和腿，稻草四处乱飞。“你是谁？”他问道，“你要去哪里？”“我是多萝西，我要去翡翠城。我想回堪萨斯老家，但我不知道路。我要去向奥兹巫师求助。”“翡翠城在哪里？”稻草人问道，“奥兹巫师是谁？你知道的，因为我脑袋里没有脑子——只有稻草。”“哎呀！”多萝西说道，“我很抱歉。”“我非常希望能有一些脑子，”稻草人说道，“我能和你一起去翡翠城吗？也许奥兹巫师能给我一些脑子。你觉得怎么样？” “我不知道，”多萝西说道，“不过，好吧，请跟我来吧。他可是个著名的巫师，或许他能帮到你。”她为稻草人感到非常难过。“别害怕托托，”她说，“他从不伤害人。”“没有什么能伤害到我，”稻草人说道，“我什么都不怕。嗯，这不完全是真的。我当然害怕火。”多萝西和她的新朋友一起沿着道路前行。很快她就开始感到饿了，于是她坐了下来，和托托一起吃了些面包和苹果。“稻草人，你想吃点吗？”多萝西说道。“不用了，谢谢，”稻草人说道。“我不需要吃或者喝。当你是稻草做成的时候，是不能吃东西的……现在，告诉我一些关于你家乡的事”多萝西向他讲述了她的家乡——堪萨斯州，还有亨利叔叔和埃姆婶婶，以及那场龙卷风。“可你为什么要离开这个美丽的国度呢？”稻草人问道，“你说的堪萨斯没有树木、没有绿色的山丘、没有花园。我不明白。”“那是因为你没有头脑，”多萝西说道，“堪萨斯是我的家乡。我们常说‘无论东西，家才是最好的’，这是真的。我想回家。”他们沿着道路走了几个小时，然后天色暗了下来。多萝西累了，很快稻草人看到一些树后面有一座小房子。 那里没有人，于是他们走了进去。多萝西和托托睡着了，但稻草人整晚都睁着眼睛站着。“稻草人是不会睡觉的。”他说。早上，多萝西去找水。“你为
