这个星期要进行期中考试了，作业比以往多了好多，学习英语的时间就少了，只能见缝插针利用时间了。尽量中午读一个简短的英语小故事，早上吃早点和晚上睡觉前听2到3个英语故事。（前段时间，檀被中文故事《纳里亚传奇》和《猎人海力布》给迷住了，每天晚上都要听，结果我的英文故事泡汤了）

    我们的《神奇树屋》在坚持着（速度比较慢，但是还是要坚持，不怕慢，就怕停）。怕檀会听腻里面的故事，所以有时候也给她听别的英语故事。

   这几天晚上，檀要我陪她睡觉。我们一起听了《The True Story of Pocahontas 》，很好听的故事。

    Chapter One: The Sailing

May was a beautiful month in the land of the Algonquin Indians. There were tall trees and colorful flowers everywhere. The sky and the sea were deep blue. Pocahontas was the favorite① daughter of Chief Powhatan. She was an Indian princess. Chief Powhatan was a powerful chief of the Algonquin tribe. Pocahontas was eleven years old. She was a lovely young girl with black hair and dark eyes. She wore a buckskin dress② and moccasins③. She had a feather④ in her hair. Pocahontas was always happy. She ran in the forest and danced in the fields. She sat on the hill and looked at the blue sea.
On May 6, 1607, Pocahontas sat on the hill and she saw something strange in the bay. It was a big sailing ship! She was very surprised. The sailing ship was something new. It had big white sails and flags. She looked at it for a long time. Where did it come from? Why was it there? She was very excited. Pocahontas ran to her village to tell her father and brother the news. "Father, father!" she said. "There's a big sailing ship in the bay! It has white sails and colored flags!" Her father, Chief Powhatan, was outside his longhouse. He was a tall man, with long black hair. He wore the feathers of an Indian chief on his head. He listened to the news, but he was not happy. "The white men are here," Powhatan said sadly. "This is bad news for our people. There is no peace with the white men here." Nantaquas was Pocahontas' brother. He was eighteen years old. He was a strong Indian warrior①. He looked at his sister and said, "In the past the white people killed the Indians. They want to take our land." "Oh, Nantaquas, let's go to see the white people. Let's go to see their big ship!" said Pocahontas. "You can go to see them, but don't go near the ship. Stay far away! Be
careful!" said Powhatan. "Remember, Pocahontas, white men are
dangerous." Nantaquas and Pocahontas went to the river. There were many canoes near the river. They got into a small canoe. Then Nantaquas paddled② down the river to the bay. In the bay they saw the big sailing ship. There was a tall, white man on the ship. He smiled at them. There were other white men too. They all looked at the small canoe and at the two Indians. Pocahontas smiled at the white man. "Let's go to the ship," she said. "No," said Nantaquas. "It's dangerous. We don't know who these white
men are. We can look and then go home. We must obey our father."
The white man on the ship smiled again. "Look, Nantaquas," said
Pocahontas, "that man has red hair and white skin! He's smiling at us. Look at his clothes! They are strange." Nantaquas turned the canoe and paddled up the river. When they arrived home, Nantaquas said, "I saw a big sailing ship. There were many white men
on the ship." Powhatan talked to his medicine men③ and tribe advisers④. They all sat inside the longhouse for a long time.
He said, "White men bring us problems. They have a strange magic. They carry thunder sticks① to kill our people. They want to take our land, our lakes, our rivers and our forests. They can stay for a short time but they cannot stay here forever. Let's watch them and see what they do!" （未完待续）
  纯洁、美丽的宝嘉康蒂是印第安一个部落首领的女儿。1607年，白人探险家闯入了她的家乡，与印第安人发生了冲突。但她向白人伸出了友爱之手，两次救了约翰·史密斯上尉的命，又与白人青年缔结良缘。宝嘉康蒂芳龄早逝，但她的勇气却人人称颂，世代相传。
　　宝嘉康蒂实有其人，她是第一个与白人通婚的印第安女子，其后代至今生活在美国弗吉尼亚州。她的故事被迪士尼公司拍成动画片《风中奇缘》。

    晚上听英语故事真是一个非常好的时间，那时候没有白天的吵杂，很寂静。所以能清晰地听着mp3里面的英语故事。而且听英语故事不会像听中文故事那样兴奋，一般听完两个故事，檀就能睡着了。

   听完这个故事的第一章，檀简单地和我说了这个故事的中文内容：这是个真实的故事。小姑娘是印地安首领的女儿。有一天她在山顶看到一艘船，船上有个白人。她把这个消息告诉了爸爸，但是她爸爸不要她靠近船，说白人很危险，会侵略他们的土地和河流。。。