英文绘本《The Gingerbread man》(姜饼小人)

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周六去图书馆参加图书馆的亲子绘本活动,因为还要赶着带乐乐去上另一个课,所以很遗憾只参加了一个英语绘本的环节。
这次的英文活动是Dora妈妈和Dora做的Gingerbread girl的故事,根据国外很有名的Gingerbread man,姜饼小人“改编”的,有小朋友上去表演,内容稍微有了改动,结尾是圆满大结局,小孩也更容易接受。
说起Gingerbread man还是有点印象的,记得是在《怪物史瑞克》里面看到的,后来比较感兴趣,就了解了一下,原来这个姜饼小人可是一个在西方家喻户晓的童话形象,应该和《三只小猪》一样属于传统故事。
The Gingerbread man是一个西方的传统故事,讲一只刚烤好的姜饼小人为了避免被吃的命运,从烤箱里逃出来,一路狂奔,躲过了老爷爷老奶奶,猪,牛,马,最后在过河时,被狡猾的狐狸欺骗还是被吃掉了。整个故事里姜饼小人一直在唱一句话“Run,run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbreadman.” 所以“姜饼人”被用来形容那种单纯又勇往直前的人。
在西方国家的古代,“姜”是一种昂贵的进口香料,因此只舍得用在像圣诞节这样的重要节日。把姜加入蛋糕、饼干中以增加风味,而且有驱寒的功用。久而久之,姜饼就成了与圣诞节关联的点心。以后,欧洲就有了一种“姜饼市集”,市集中会因不同的季节提供不同形状的姜饼。
每到盛大的节日,大人们就会将各种形状如心形、人形的姜饼送给孩子们,或偷偷地放入孩子们期待的袜子内。
乐乐晚上回来说要看这个绘本的视频,在群里有这个资料,另外在网上找到了这个视频:
The Gingerbread man 英文视频 (这个版本最后是鳄鱼不是狐狸)
http://v.qq.com/page/y/s/p/y0141lse9sp.html
英文原文如下(原版故事原文):
The Gingerbread man
Once upon a time a little old woman and a little old man lived in a cottage. One day the little old woman made a gingerbread man . She gave him currants for eyes and cherries for buttons. She put him in the oven to bake.
The little old woman and little old man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. As soon as he was cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door. The gingerbread man jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, 'Don't eat me!'
The little old woman and little old man ran after the gingerbread man.
'Stop! Stop!' they yelled.The gingerbread man did not look back. He ran on saying, 'Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!'
Down the lane he sped when he came to a pig. 'Stop! Stop! I would like to eat you," shouted the pig. The gingerbread man was too fast. He ran on saying "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.”
A little further on he met a cow. 'Stop! Stop! little man,' called the hungry cow, 'I want to eat you.' Again the gingerbread man was too fast. He sped on down the road saying, "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
The cow began to chase the gingerbread man along with the pig, and the little old woman. But the gingerbread man was too fast for them.
It was not long before the gingerbread man came to a horse. 'Stop! Stop!' shouted the horse. 'I want to eat you, little man.' But the gingerbread man did not stop. He said,'Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.'
The horse joined in the chase. The gingerbread man laughed and laughed, until he came to a river. 'Oh no!' he cried, 'They will catch me. How can I cross the river?'
A sly fox came out from behind a tree. 'I can help you cross the river,' said the fox. 'Jump on to my tail and I will swim across.'
'You won't eat me, will you?' said the gingerbread man.
'Of course not,' said the fox. 'I just want to help.'
The gingerbread man climbed on the fox's tail. Soon the gingerbread man began to get wet. 'Climb onto my back,' said the fox. So the gingerbread man did. As he swam the fox said, 'You are too heavy. I am tired. Jump onto my nose.' So the gingerbread man did as he was told.
No sooner had they reached the other side, than the fox tossed the gingerbread man up in the air. He opened his mouth and 'Snap!' that was the end of the gingerbread man.
The End