父母都会记得给孩子过生日。

   而生日Party, Candy, Cake, Present...这些让小朋友对生日产生了美好的印象。

   依依在平时过家家中，也时常给爸爸或妈妈安排一个生日，喊着：Happy Birthday!然后送上一些礼物。

   Happy Birthday Moon 这个故事，依是从动画片接触的，觉得小熊和月亮的对话有趣。而且很快告诉我她的发现：“里面月亮说的话和小熊一样哎。” 后来很自然地就喜欢听这个故事的英文版录音了。

   这个绘本对大人或许显得有几分幼稚。但孩子的世界，就是这么简单而充满童真。

   了解了孩子们那充满童真而纯净的心理活动，那么对小熊和月亮之间的对话，我们就更能理解。也更能体会孩子的那份快乐。

一、绘本图书

  绘本的故事是这样的：小熊喜欢月亮，他想送给月亮一份生日礼物。

但是，小熊不知道月亮的生日是哪天？也不知道该送什么才好？

于是小熊爬上一颗高树，和月亮对话。但没有回答的声音。

他觉得自己离月亮越近，就越好和月亮对话，也就能知道月亮想要什么。

于是他越过小河，穿越森林，爬上高山。

这次近了，再来试试。“Hello!”

奇迹真的发生了，对面也传来了一声问候“Hello!”

月亮真的和小熊说话了……

二、动画片

    Scholastic旗下的Weston Woods，相信喜欢儿童英语的家长会越来越熟悉。因为它把大量精美的儿童绘本做成了动画片。让这些绘本不但有了声音，还动了起来。

   这些动画片对发音不好的中国家长们，简直是太重要了。

   《月亮，生日快乐》(Happy Birthday Moon)这个“超级”动人的绘本的动画片如下：

三、绘本正文

  这个动画片多看几次，孩子就能重复其中的一些对话了。

  多听几次这本书的英文录音，相信这些简单而充满童趣的语言，很多孩子都能长久地记下来。

 Happy birthday Moon

One night Bear looked up at the sky and thought, wouldn't it be nice to give the moon a birthday present.

But Bear didn't know when the moon's birthday was, or what to get him.
So he climbed a tall tree to have a little chat with the moon.
“Hello, Moon!” he shouted.
But the moon did not reply.

Maybe I am too far away, thought Bear, and the moon cannot hear me.

So Bear paddled across the river...and hiked through the forest...into the mountains.

Now I am much closer to the moon, thought Bear, and again he shouted:
“Hello!”
This time his own voice echoed off one of the other mountains:
“Hello!”
Bear got very excited. Oh, boy! he thought.
I'm talking to the moon.

“Tell me,”asked Bear,
“When is your birthday?”
“Tell me, when is your birthday?” replied the moon.

“Well, it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow!”said Bear.
“Well, it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow!”said the moon.
“What do you want for your birthday?” asked Bear.
“What do you want for your birthday?” asked the moon.
Bear thought for a moment, then he replied:
“I would like a hat.”
“I would like a hat.” said the moon.
Oh, goody! Thought Bear, now I know what to get the moon for his birthday.

“Goodbye,” said Bear.
“Goodbye,” said the moon.

When Bear got home, he dumped all the money out of his piggy bank.

Then he went downtown...
and bought the moon a beautiful hat.

That night he put the hat up in a tree where the moon could find it. Then he waited and watched

while the moon slowly crept up through the branches and tried on the hat.
“Hurray!” yelled Bear. “It fits just right!”

During the night while Bear slept, the hat fell out of the tree. In the morning Bear found the

hat on his doorstep.
“So the moon got me a hat, too” exclaimed Bear. He tried it on and it fit perfectly.

But just then, the wind blew Bear's hat off his head. He chased after it...but it got away.

That night Bear paddled across the river...and hiked through the forest...to talk with the moon.

For a long time the moon would not speak to him, so Bear spoke first.
“Hello!”he shouted.
“Hello!”replied the moon.
“I lost the beautiful hat you gave me,”said Bear.
“I lost the beautiful hat you gave me,”said the moon.
“That's okay, I still love you!” said Bear.
“That's okay, I still love you!” said the moon.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” said Bear.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” said the moon.