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今天小编给大家送上一篇英语阅读，经典童话故事美人鱼公主。
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mermaid
n.美人鱼
The little mermaid wasn"t happy because she didn"t want to wait.
小美人鱼不太高兴，因为她等不及了。
envied
adj.被人妒忌的，被人羡慕的v.妒忌，羡慕
( envy的过去式和过去分词 )
Better be envied than pitied.
宁可让人妒忌，不可让人怜悯。
standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.
地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
consciousness
n.意识，觉悟，知觉
He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.
他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
witch
n.巫婆，女巫；vt.施巫术，迷惑
The witch changed the prince into a frog.
巫婆把王子变成了青蛙。
bubble
n.泡，水泡，气泡；泡影，妄想；vt.(使)起泡；vi.沸腾，冒泡；发出气泡声
Their hopes of success have burst like a bubble.
他们成功的希望已经成了泡影。
sudden
n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的
All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.
他突然转过身来看见了我。
stab
n.刺，戳，刺伤的伤口，剧痛，尝试；vt.刺伤，中伤；vi.刺，扎
I found a stab wound on his leg.
我在他的腿上发现一处刺伤。
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The Mermaid Princess
《美人鱼公主》
In the deep, sea palace, there lived amermaidprincess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyoneenviedher. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.
在深海王宫里，生活着一位美丽的美人鱼公主。每当她用美丽的歌喉唱歌时，所有的人都羡慕她。然而，美人鱼公主却想要去看看外面的世界。
“I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. "The king promised her. “When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea." “Oh, I can"t wait!"
“我想听听小鸟的歌声。"国王应允了她。“当你15岁的时候，你可以去看看大海以外的景象。"“我都有点迫不及待了呢！"
Finally, it was the mermaid princess" 15th birthday. She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship. And she saw a handsome princestandingon the ship. The princess fell in love with him at first sight.
终于等到美人鱼公主的十五岁生日了。这一天她浮上海面看见了一艘大船。船上的甲板上站着一位英俊的王子。公主对王子一见钟情。
However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side. The prince lost hisconsciousnessand fell deep into the sea. “Oh, no! The prince fell into the water. Let me hurry and save him."
然而，突然间雷电袭来将船击沉了。王子失去知觉掉进了海里。“哦，不！王子掉进了海里了。我得赶快去救他！"
The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess took care of him all night. When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.
美人鱼公主救了王子并将他放在沙滩上。公主照顾了他一整晚。当王子睁开眼睛的时候，美人鱼公主怕王子会被她的尾巴吓到而躲了起来。就在这时，一位邻国的公主出海游玩，她看见了王子。
The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night. The princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.
公主远远的望了一眼总是在晚上出海游玩的王子。公主很伤心，她想成为一个人类，这样她就可以和王子在一起。
She asked thewitch.“Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice. If the prince marries someone else, you will become a waterbubble. You must marry the prince."
她找到并询问女巫。“好吧，我可以让你变成人，但是你必须用你美丽的声音作交换。
如果王子娶了别人，你就会变成泡沫。所以你必须要嫁给王子。"
On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With the bigsuddenpain, she turned into a human. Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.
在沙滩上，美人鱼喝下了女巫给她的药。伴随着剧痛，她慢慢变成人类。就在这时，王子出来后看到了美人鱼公主。
The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace. Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince. The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.
王子带着不能说话的公主，回到了他的宫殿。即使不能说话，她也很高兴能伴随在王子身边。可是，王子却要和一位来自邻国的公主结婚。
“I will be marrying the princess that saved my life." "I am the one that saved your life." But, her voice could not be heard.
“我要和一位救了我性命的公主结婚"救你的那个人是我啊！可是，她说不出来。
At night, the mermaid princess" older sisters came up to the sea. They gave the mermaid princess a knife and said, “If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again. If you don"t, you will become a water bubble."
晚上，美人鱼公主的姐姐们来到海边。他们给了美人鱼公主一把刀说：“用这把刀刺死王子，你可以再次成为美人鱼！否则的话，你会变成泡沫的。"
On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But, she could not kill the loving prince. “It"s best that I just turn into a water bubble. "When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.
在婚礼之夜，美人鱼公主握着刀子走向正在熟睡的王子。但那是她心爱的王子，她下不了手。“我变成泡沫是最好的结果。"第二天清晨来临时，美人鱼变化美丽的泡沫，缓缓地升上了天堂。
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