英文閱讀聽力素養訓練課：格林童話

「聽重點」的聽力策略 ，幫助 讀者體驗不用字字聽懂，就能輕鬆聆聽童話名著的樂趣。 《格林童話》是格林兄弟完成的世界經典童話，並譯成一百多種語言出版各地， 至今風靡全球。本書選取的英文版本，為瑪格麗特‧杭特（Margaret Hunt ）於 1884 年完成的英譯作品。由於完成年代距今已久，部分用法及用字較艱難，本書 特以 全民英檢中級程度字彙 加以改寫故事，並列出其中 使用頻率較高的字彙

only as big as a thumb

Then the couple said, “It is as we wished it to be and he shall be our dear child.” And because of his size, they called him Thumbling.

gave him enough food

Though the couple did not let him go without food, the child did not grow taller, but remained as he had been at first. Nevertheless, he looked sensibly at the world through his eyes and soon showed himself to be a wise and graceful creature, for everything he did turned out well.

However will

living thing because

One day the peasant was getting ready to go into the forest to cut wood when he said, as if to himself, “How wish that there was someone who would bring my cart to me.” “Oh, Father,” cried Thumbling, “I will soon bring the cart. Trust me. It shall be in the forest when you need it.”

The man smiled and said, “How can you do that? You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins.”

What did Thumbling want to

True or false?

1 The peasant and his wife were rich. 2 Thumbling didn't grow as time went by. One day, the peasant needed his cart in the forest.

too . to . = so . that . You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins. (= You are so small that you cannot lead the horse by the reins.)

all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and 3._______________.”

“Yes,” replied his wife with a sigh. “Even if we had only one, and it were quite small, and only as big as a thumb, should be quite satisfied, and we would still love it with all our hearts.”

Now it happened that the woman fell ill, and after seven months she gave birth to a child that was perfect in all his 4._______________, but no longer than a thumb.

Then the couple said, “It is as we wished it to be, and he shall be our dear child.” And because of his size, they called him Thumbling.

Though the couple did not let him go without food, the child did not grow taller, but 5._______________ as he had been at first. Nevertheless, he looked 6._______________ at the world through his eyes and soon showed himself to be a wise and 7._______________ creature, for everything he did turned out well.

One day the peasant was getting ready to go into the forest to cut wood when he said, as if to himself, “How wish that there was someone who would bring my 8._______________ to me.”

“Oh, Father,” cried Thumbling, “I will soon bring the cart. Trust me. It shall be in the forest when you need it.” The man smiled and said, “How can you do that? You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins.” 1. peasant 2. thread 3. lively 4. limbs 5. remained 6. sensibly 7. graceful 8. cart Answers 2

Thumbling 1

There was once a poor peasant who sat one evening by the fireplace and poked the fire as his wife sat spinning thread. Then he said, “How sad it is that we have no children. With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively.”

“Yes,” replied his wife with a sigh. “Even if we had only one, and it were quite small, and only as big as a thumb, I should be quite satisfied, and we would still love it with all our hearts.”

with all our love and care

pushed with a stick spin–spun–spun became

energetic legs and arms

Now it happened that the woman fell ill, and after seven months she gave birth to a child that was perfect in all his limbs, but no longer than a thumb.

a child was born

What is the peasant couple's wish?

Stop & Think thread fireplace

K ey Words

• peasant a poor farmer • poke to push with a finger or an object • spin to turn around quickly *spin–spun–spun • thread a long, thin string to make clothes • lively full of energy; energetic • sigh a loud, deep breath

limb an arm or leg

remain to stay the same

nevertheless however

sensibly intelligently

graceful having grace; elegant

creature a living thing

Then the couple said, “It is as we wished it to be, and he shall be our dear child.” And because of his size, they called him Thumbling.

Though the couple did not let him go without food, the child did not grow taller, but remained as he had been at first. Nevertheless, he looked sensibly at the world through his eyes and soon showed himself to be a wise and graceful creature, for everything he did turned out well.

gave him enough food

However will

living thing because

One day the peasant was getting ready to go into the forest to cut wood when he said, as if to himself, “How I wish that there was someone who would bring my cart to me.”

“Oh, Father,” cried Thumbling, “I will soon bring the cart. Trust me. It shall be in the forest when you need it.”

The man smiled and said, “How can you do that? You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins.”

Stop & Think cart reins

C h eck Up

1 The peasant and his wife were rich.

2 Thumbling didn't grow as time went by.

3 One day, the peasant needed his cart in the forest.

Grammar point

only as big as a thumb too . . . to . . . = so . . . that . . .

What did Thumbling want to do for his father?

True or false?

• You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins. (= You are so small that you cannot lead the horse by the reins.)

They went to the peasant and said, “Sell us the little man. He shall be well treated with us.”

We will be nice to Thumbling.

“No,” replied the father. “He is the apple of my eye, and all the money in the world cannot buy him from me.”

Thumbling, however, when he heard the men’s idea, crept up the folds of his father’s coat, placed himself on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear, “Father, do give me away. I will soon come back again.”

creep–crept–crept amount

Then the father sold him to the two men for a large sum of money. “Where will you sit?” the man asked Thumbling. “Oh, just set me on the edge of your hat, and then I can walk back and forth and look at the country and still not fall down.”

They did as he wished, and when Thumbling had said goodbye to his father, they went away with him.

K Stop & Think

ey Words • creep to move slowly and carefully *creep–crept–crept • whisper to speak quietly with one’s breath, not the voice • sum amount • back and forth repeatedly from one side to the other • necessary needing to be done • good manners good behavior; politeness

•

slip into to go quickly into a space

stick to push something in *stick-stuck-stuck • no use useless; in vain

crawl to move slowly on the ground with your hands and knees

frustration a disappointed feeling

They walked until it was dark, and then the little fellow said, “Do take me down. It is necessary.”

“Just stay up there,” said the man on whose hat Thumbling sat. “I don’t care. The birds sometimes drop things on me.”

“No,” said Thumbling. “I know good manners. Take me down quickly.”

drop bird shit politeness useless

The man took his hat off and put the little fellow on the ground by the side of the road. Thumbling jumped and crept around a little on the ground, and then he suddenly slipped into a mousehole which he had been looking for. “Good evening, gentlemen. Just go home without me,” he shouted to the men and laughed.

slid disappointment

stick-stuck-stuck

further

They ran to the mousehole and stuck their walking sticks into it, but it was no use. Thumbling crawled still farther in, and as it soon became quite dark, they had to go home with their frustration and their empty pockets.

Stop & Think

walking stick crawl

Did Thumbling really want to use the toilet?

C h eck Up Choose the right words.

1 Thumbling a mousehole. (crept up | slipped into)

2 Thumbling's father sold him for a large of money. (sum | manner)

3 The two men went home with their and empty pockets. (edge| frustration)

Grammar point

V (verb) + O (object) (imperative sentence)

• Sell us the little man. • Do give me away. * "Do" adds emphasis. • Do take me down.

Rumpelstiltskin

Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. One day he had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear important, he said to the king, “I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold.”

seem makes me happy if she can really spin straw into gold led her to

The king said to the miller, “That is a skill which pleases me well. If your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her tomorrow to my palace, and I will see what she can do.”

And when the girl was brought to the king, he took her into a room which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning wheel and a reel, and said, “Now get to work, and if by early tomorrow morning you have not spun this straw into gold, you must die.”

Stop & Think

K ey Words

• miller a person who owns or works in a factory that makes flour

• spin . . . into . . . to produce something by spinning

spinning wheel reel

• reel a round object onto which thread can be rolled

• have no idea not to know

What special skill did the miller say his daughter had?

Then he himself locked up the room and left her in it alone. So there sat the poor miller’s daughter. She did not know what to do, and she had no idea how straw could be spun into gold. She grew more and more frightened until at last she began to weep.

cry

But all at once the door opened, and in came a little man who said, “Good evening, Miss miller. Why are you crying so?”

“Oh,” answered the girl, “I have to spin straw into gold, and I do not know how to do it.”

“What will you give me,” said the little man, “if I do it for you?”

“My necklace,” said the girl.

C h eck Up True or false?

1

2

The miller made himself appear important to the king.

The miller's daughter could spin straw into gold.

3 The miller's daughter offered the little man her ring.

Grammar point

didn't know became immediately so sadly what to . . . / how to . . .

• She did not know what to do.

• I do not know how to do it.

Stop & Think

Did the miller lie to the king?

necklace

The little man took the necklace, seated himself in front of the wheel, and “Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!” Three turns, and the reel was full. Then he put another on, and “Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!” Three times around, and the second was full too. And so it went on until the morning when all the straw had been spun and all the reels were full of gold.

the spinning wheel continued to spin the straw had been changed into gold

By dawn the king was already there, and when he saw the gold he was amazed and delighted, but his heart only became greedier. He had the miller’s daughter taken into another room full of straw, which was much larger, and commanded her to spin that also into gold in one night if she wanted to live.

Stop & Think

What did the little man take from the miller's daughter the first time?

• go on to continue

• amazed very surprised

greedy

(a sound made when something spins fast and regularly) the king wanted to have more gold K ey Words

• at the sight at the moment of seeing something

The girl didn’t know how to save herself. She was crying when the door opened again and the little man appeared and said, “What will you give me if I spin that straw into gold for you?”

“The ring on my finger,” answered the girl.

The little man took the ring, again began to turn the wheel, and by morning had spun all the straw into shining gold.

The king rejoiced greatly at the sight, but still he was not satisfied. He had the miller’s daughter taken into a still larger room full of straw and said, “You must spin all of this into gold tonight, but if you succeed, you shall be my wife.”

when he saw this She would be the richest wife that I could have.

“Even if she is only a miller’s daughter,” he thought, “I could not find a richer wife in the whole world.”

Stop & Think

What will happen if the miller's daughter succeeds in spinning all of the straw into gold?

C h eck Up Answer the questions.

1 What did the miller's daughter NOT give to the little man?

a. A ring. b. Gold. c. A necklace.

2 What kind of a person was the king?

a. He was kind. b. He was greedy. c. He was easily satisfied.

Grammar point

ring have someone / something p.p.

• He had the miller’s daughter taken into another room full of straw. (= He ordered someone to take the miller’s daughter into another room full of straw.)

作者

原著 Brothers Grimm

(Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm / Wilhelm Carl Grimm)

英譯 Margaret Hunt

改寫 Richard Luhrs

英英解釋與測驗題 Olanda Lin

譯者 丁宥榆

編輯 林晨禾

插畫 楊雅媛 Story 1, 2 ／ 楊盟玉 Story 3 許永和 Story 4, 6／ 夏萱 Story 5 宋雅圓 Story 7, 8

校對 黃詩韻

林書玉（課本）／ 謝青秀（訓練書）

作者簡介

Margaret Hunt

為十九、二十世紀的英國小說家與翻譯，於 1884 年完成多篇格林童話之翻譯。

Richard Luhrs

紐約州立大學（State University of New York）英 語寫作系與哲學系（ BA in English Composition and Philosophy）雙學士，於日本、台灣、韓國等 地從事英語教學二十餘年，曾替 LTTC 財團法人語 言訓練測驗中心及各出版社編寫英語教材。

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英文閱讀聽力素養訓練課 : 格林童話(寂天雲隨 身聽APP版) / ABrothers Grimm原著 ; Richard Luhrs改寫 ; Margaret Hunt英譯 ; 丁宥榆譯 -- 初版. -- 臺北市 : 語言工場出版有限公司, 2022.11 ISBN 978-986-6963-84-1 (16K平裝) 1.CST: 英語 2.CST: 讀本 805.18 111017364

Vocabulary & Listening Practice

Thumbling

pp. 2–3

1 Vocabulary Practice: Match. 1. peasant A to turn around quickly

poke B a loud, deep breath

spin C having grace; elegant

thread D an arm or leg

lively E however

limb F to push with a finger or an object

1. I 2. F 3. A 4. L 5. H 6. D 7. B 8. J 9. E 10. K .11 C 12. G

2 Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct words. Remember to change the form of verbs or nouns if necessary.

There was once a poor 1._______________ who sat one evening by the fireplace and poked the fire as his wife sat spinning 2._______________. Then he said, “How sad it is that we have no children. With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and 3._______________.”

“Yes,” replied his wife with a sigh. “Even if we had only one, and it were quite small, and only as big as a thumb, I should be quite satisfied, and we would still love it with all our hearts.”

Now it happened that the woman fell ill, and after seven months she gave birth to a child that was perfect in all his 4._______________, but no longer than a thumb.

Then the couple said, “It is as we wished it to be, and he shall be our dear child.” And because of his size, they called him Thumbling.

Though the couple did not let him go without food, the child did not grow taller, but 5._______________ as he had been at first. Nevertheless, he looked 6._______________ at the world through his eyes and soon showed himself to be a wise and 7._______________ creature, for everything he did turned out well.

One day the peasant was getting ready to go into the forest to cut wood when he said, as if to himself, “How I wish that there was someone who would bring my 8._______________ to me.”

“Oh, Father,” cried Thumbling, “I will soon bring the cart. Trust me. It shall be in the forest when you need it.”

The man smiled and said, “How can you do that? You are far too small to lead the horse by the reins.”

5. remained 6. sensibly 7. graceful 8. cart

1. peasant 2. thread 3. lively 4. limbs

Thumbling

(Answers will vary for open questions. 開放性問題，答案僅供參考。)

pp. 2–3

Stop & Think

• What is the peasant couple's wish?

➡ Their wish is to have a child.

• What did Thumbling want to do for his father?

➡ He wanted to bring the cart to him.

Check Up

1. F 2. T 3. T pp. 4–5

Stop & Think

• How did Thumbling bring the cart to his father?

➡ He sat in the horse’s ear and told him where to go.

• Why did the two strange men want to buy Thumbling?

➡ They wanted to exhibit him in a large town for money.

Check Up

1. c 2. b 3. a

pp. 6–7

Stop & Think

• Do you think it was right for the peasant to sell Thumbling?

➡ No, I don’t think it was right for him to sell his son.

➡ Yes, I think it was right to sell Thumbling for a large sum of money.

• Did Thumbling really want to use the toilet?

➡ No, he didn’t want to use the toilet.

Check Up

1. slipped into 2. sum 3. frustration

pp. 8–9 Stop & Think

• Look at "the rich pastor's silver and gold." Is a "pastor" a place, person, or thing?

➡ A pastor is a “person” because only a person can own silver and gold.

Check Up

1. c 2. c