A Baby Lion Learns to Roar小獅子學(xué)吼叫

Once upon a time， there lived a PapaLion with his son in a jungle2. Papa Lionloved him very much. But he was also veryworried. The Baby Lion had still not learnedto roar.

One day， Papa Lion decided to appoint3a teacher to teach his son how to roar. Heasked Jack， the Jackal4， to be his son’stutor. The next morning Jack came over tothe lion’s cave5. The Baby Lion had neverseen such an interesting teacher.

Jack started the lesson. “This is how todo it，”he said. “Watch me.”He turnedtowards the sky and shouted. Then the BabyLion shouted. That was simple.

They both went proudly6 over to PapaLion. Papa Lion askedhis son， “What haveyou learned？” TheBaby Lion turned to thesky and shouted，“Ooo-wooo. Ooo-wooo.”“You call that a roar？”Papa Lion asked and roared angrily7. Jackwas frightened8 and ran away.

Next day， Papa Lion hired9 a newtutor—the Elephant， Mr. Hophop. He was astrict teacher. He said， “You must payattention10 to your studies. We shall nowbegin our lesson. Now watch me carefullyand repeat after me.”

Mr Hophop lifted his trunk11 andshouted. The Baby Lion lifted his paw12 andshouted.“Very good，” said Mr. Hophop.“You have now learned how to roar.”

But when in front of Papa Lion， thebaby Lion lifted his paw and roared， PapaLion became very angry.“This is anelephant’s roar！”he shouted.“Lions do notroar like elephants！ ”Then he chased13 Mr.Hophop away.

Next day， Papa Lion hired Mr. Cool theCat as the new teacher. Mr. Cool first dranka glass of milk， cleaned his paws carefullysaid，“Meow. Meow.”

“This is very interesting，” the BabyLion said to himself， quite happy. “Fun tolearn.” Later， Papa Lion asked his son，“Let’s see what have you learned.”

從前，叢林里住著一只獅子爸爸和它的兒子。獅子爸爸非常愛它。但它也非常擔(dān)心，小獅子還沒有學(xué)會(huì)吼叫。

一天，獅子爸爸決定請(qǐng)一位老師來教它的兒子如何吼叫。它請(qǐng)到了豺狼杰克做它兒子的家庭教師。第二天早上，杰克來到了獅子的洞穴。小獅子從未見過如此有趣的老師。

杰克老師開始上課?！熬褪沁@樣做的?！彼f，“看我的。”于是它轉(zhuǎn)向天空，喊了一聲，小獅子也跟著喊了一聲。這很簡單。

它們都驕傲地走到獅子爸爸面前。獅子爸爸問它的兒子：“你學(xué)到了什么？”小獅子轉(zhuǎn)向天空喊道：“嗷嗚，嗷嗚?！豹{子爸爸非常生氣，問道：“你管那叫吼么？”接著一聲獅吼。杰克嚇壞了，于是就逃跑了。

第二天，獅子爸爸雇了一個(gè)新的家庭教師——大象霍普先生。它是一位嚴(yán)格的老師?；羝障壬f：“你必須把注意力集中在你的學(xué)習(xí)上。我們現(xiàn)在開始上課。仔細(xì)看著我，跟我重復(fù)一遍?！?/p>

霍普先生舉起它的象鼻大叫一聲。小獅子舉起它的爪子也大叫一聲。“很好。”霍普先生說，“你現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)如何咆哮了?！?/p>

但是當(dāng)小獅子在獅子爸爸面前舉起爪子吼叫時(shí)，獅子爸爸變得非常生氣?！斑@是大象的吼聲！”它喊道，“獅子不像大象那樣咆哮！”然后它趕走了霍普先生。

第二天，獅子爸爸請(qǐng)了小貓酷先生做新老師?？嵯壬群攘艘槐Ｄ蹋⌒牡厍逑戳俗ψ?，然后說：“喵，喵?！?/p>

“這很有趣。”小獅子很開心，自言自語道，“學(xué)起來很有趣?！彪S后，獅子爸爸對(duì)兒子說：“讓我看看你學(xué)到了什么?！?/p>

The Baby Lion drank a glass of milk，cleaned his paws proudly.“Well？”said Papa Lion impatiently14.“Meow， meow，” said the Baby Lion withgreat pride.

Papa Lion was angry and said， “If thatis a roar， then what is this？”He started toroar. By the time he stopped roaring， Mr.Cool had disappeared15.

“Maybe I’d better teach you myself，”he said. Papa Lion roared again and said，“Try to repeat.”The Baby Lion tried but hejust could not do it.

“All right，”said Papa Lion. “We willdo it step by step.”But the Baby Lion justcould not do it.

Papa Lion was disappointed16 andangry， then walked away. The Baby Lionbecame very sad. He tried many times butwas not able to roar. “I will never do it，”hethought and began tocry. His friends gatheredaround him.“Do notworry，”they said.“Youwill learn at last.”

小獅子喝了一杯牛奶，驕傲地清洗了它的爪子。

“然后呢？”獅子爸爸不耐煩地說?！斑?，喵?！毙—{子非常自豪地叫出聲。

獅子爸爸生氣了，說：“如果那是吼聲，那這是什么？”它咆哮起來，當(dāng)它停止咆哮時(shí)，酷先生已經(jīng)消失了。

“也許我還是親自教你更好?！彼f。獅子爸爸又吼了一次，說：“試著重復(fù)一下?！毙—{子試了試，但它就是做不到。

“好吧。”獅子爸爸說，“我們一步一步來?！钡—{子還是做不到。

獅子爸爸既失望又生氣，然后走開了。小獅子很傷心。它試了很多次，但還是學(xué)不會(huì)吼叫。它想：“我永遠(yuǎn)都學(xué)不會(huì)了?！比缓罂蘖似饋?。它的朋友聚集在它周圍?！皠e擔(dān)心?！彼鼈冋f，“你最終總能學(xué)會(huì)的?！?/p>

Many days passed. One day theBaby Lion was playing with his friends.Suddenly， they heard some noises likebang17 bang. All his friends ran away.

“Run. Run，”they cried to the BabyLion. “There are some hunters18 in theforest. They are here to kill animals. Run.”

The Baby Lion began to run. Ahunter saw him and began to run afterhim. The Baby Lion was scared and raneven faster. The hunter fired19. The BabyLion’s was so frightened that he suddenlylet out a roar！

The roar scared the hunter away.The Baby Lion was very surprised. Hehad learned to roar.

許多天過去了。一天，小獅子正在和它的朋友們一起玩。突然，它們聽到砰砰的聲音，所有的朋友都跑了。

“跑，快跑。”它們對(duì)小獅子喊道，“森林里有幾個(gè)獵人。他們是來殺動(dòng)物的，快跑?！?/p>

小獅子開始奔跑。一個(gè)獵人看見了它，開始追趕它。小獅子很害怕，跑得更快了。獵人開了一槍。小獅子嚇壞了，突然發(fā)出了一聲獅吼！

吼聲把獵人嚇跑了。小獅子非常驚訝，它已學(xué)會(huì)了吼叫。

（英語原文選自：pitara.com）