<p>今天我们要赏读的经典绘本The Very Hungry Caterpillar（好饿好饿的毛毛虫）出自大名鼎鼎的Eric Carle（艾瑞克·卡尔）老爷爷。</p> <p>Eric Carle, 艾瑞克·卡尔，国际儿童文学大师，绘本专家。他的创作风格鲜明独特：他采用拼贴的方式，层叠出明亮欢快的图案。他的创作流露出童稚般的天真，表达出对自然的了解与关爱，也引导小朋友从身边的事物中学习。</p> <p>In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on the leaf.</p><p>月光下，一个小小的卵，躺在树叶上。</p> <p>One Sunday morning, the warm sun came up, and“pop”, out off the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.</p><p>一个星期天的早晨，暖暖的太阳升起来了——啪！——从卵壳里钻出一条又瘦又饿的毛毛虫。</p> <p>He started to look for some food.</p><p>他四下寻找着可以吃的东西。</p> <p>On Monday, he ate through one apple, but he was still hungry.</p><p>星期一，他啃穿了一个苹果。可他还是觉得饿。</p> <p>On Tuesday, he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.</p><p>星期二，他啃穿了两个梨子，可他还是觉得饿。</p> <p>On Wednesday, he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.</p><p>星期三，他啃穿了三个李子，可他还是饿。</p> <p>On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry. </p><p>星期四，他吃了四个草莓，但是他还是非常饿。</p> <p>On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry. </p><p>星期五，他整整吃了五个橘子，但是他仍然很饿。</p> <p>On Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.</p><p>星期六，他吃了好多好多……蛋糕，冰淇淋，黄瓜，瑞士奶酪，香肠，棒棒糖，馅饼，热狗，杯子蛋糕，还有西瓜！</p> <p>That night he had a stomachache!</p><p>那天晚上，他开始肚子疼了。</p> <p>The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, and after that he felt much better.</p><p>第二天，又是一个星期天。毛毛虫吃了一片新鲜的树叶，之后他便感觉好多了。</p> <p>Now he wasn't hungry anymore -- and he wasn't a little caterpillar anymore. He was a big, fat caterpillar.</p><p>现在，他再也感觉不到饿了——他已经不再一条小小的毛毛虫了，他长成了一只肥嘟嘟的大毛毛虫。</p> <p>He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out….</p><p>他绕着自己的身子，建了一个叫“茧”的小房子。他在里面整整待了两周。然后他在茧上一点一点地啃了一个小洞，钻了出来….</p> <p>He was a beautiful butterfly! </p><p>他变成一只漂亮的蝴蝶啦！</p>