卖火柴的小女孩
The Little Match Girl
Level 4 · World Tales · 世界童话 · 70 vocabulary words
Source: 安徒生童话 · Hans Christian Andersen
大年夜下着雪,卖火柴的小女孩光着头赤着脚在街上走。
New Year's Eve in snow; the little match-seller barefoot in the street.
她不敢回家,火柴一根没卖出去,爸爸会打她。
She dared not go home unsold, father would beat her.
她在墙角坐下来,擦亮一根火柴:眼前出现了一个大火炉。又擦一根:烤鹅朝她走来。又一根:好大的圣诞树。
In a corner she struck a match, a great stove; another, a roast goose walking to her; another, a Christmas tree.
最后一根火柴照亮了奶奶的脸,她擦亮了整把火柴让奶奶别走。第二天早上,小女孩冻死在墙角,脸上带着笑,手里是烧完的火柴。
The last showed her grandmother; she struck the whole bundle to keep her. In the morning she lay frozen, smiling, the burnt matches in her hand.