今天小編給大家送上一篇英語閱讀，經典童話故事美人魚公主。
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mermaid
n.美人魚
The little mermaid wasn't happy because she didn't want to wait.
小美人魚不太高興，因為她等不及了。
envied
adj.被人妒忌的，被人羨慕的v.妒忌，羨慕
( envy的過去式和過去分詞 )
Better be envied than pitied.
寧可讓人妒忌，不可讓人憐憫。
standing
n.持續，地位；adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.
地震過後只有幾幢房屋還立著。
consciousness
n.意識，覺悟，知覺
He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.
他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知覺。
witch
n.巫婆，女巫；vt.施巫術，迷惑
The witch changed the prince into a frog.
巫婆把王子變成了青蛙。
bubble
n.泡，水泡，氣泡；泡影，妄想；vt.(使)起泡；vi.沸騰，冒泡；發出氣泡聲
Their hopes of success have burst like a bubble.
他們成功的希望已經成了泡影。
sudden
n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的
All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.
他突然轉過身來看見了我。
stab
n.刺，戳，刺傷的傷口，劇痛，嘗試；vt.刺傷，中傷；vi.刺，扎
I found a stab wound on his leg.
我在他的腿上發現一處刺傷。
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The Mermaid Princess
《美人魚公主》
In the deep, sea palace, there lived amermaidprincess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyoneenviedher. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.
在深海王宮裡，生活著一位美麗的美人魚公主。每當她用美麗的歌喉唱歌時，所有的人都羨慕她。然而，美人魚公主卻想要去看看外面的世界。
「I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. "The king promised her. 「When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea." 「Oh, I can't wait!"
「我想聽聽小鳥的歌聲。"國王應允了她。「當你15歲的時候，你可以去看看大海以外的景象。"「我都有點迫不及待了呢！"
Finally, it was the mermaid princess' 15th birthday. She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship. And she saw a handsome princestandingon the ship. The princess fell in love with him at first sight.
終於等到美人魚公主的十五歲生日了。這一天她浮上海面看見了一艘大船。船上的甲板上站著一位英俊的王子。公主對王子一見鍾情。
However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side. The prince lost hisconsciousnessand fell deep into the sea. 「Oh, no! The prince fell into the water. Let me hurry and save him."
然而，突然間雷電襲來將船擊沉了。王子失去知覺掉進了海裡。「哦，不！王子掉進了海裡了。我得趕快去救他！"
The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess took care of him all night. When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.
美人魚公主救了王子並將他放在沙灘上。公主照顧了他一整晚。當王子睜開眼睛的時候，美人魚公主怕王子會被她的尾巴嚇到而躲了起來。就在這時，一位鄰國的公主出海遊玩，她看見了王子。
The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night. The princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.
公主遠遠的望了一眼總是在晚上出海遊玩的王子。公主很傷心，她想成為一個人類，這樣她就可以和王子在一起。
She asked thewitch.「Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice. If the prince marries someone else, you will become a waterbubble. You must marry the prince."
她找到並詢問女巫。「好吧，我可以讓你變成人，但是你必須用你美麗的聲音作交換。
如果王子娶了別人，你就會變成泡沫。所以你必須要嫁給王子。"
On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With the bigsuddenpain, she turned into a human. Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.
在沙灘上，美人魚喝下了女巫給她的藥。伴隨著劇痛，她慢慢變成人類。就在這時，王子出來後看到了美人魚公主。
The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace. Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince. The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.
王子帶著不能說話的公主，回到了他的宮殿。即使不能說話，她也很高興能伴隨在王子身邊。可是，王子卻要和一位來自鄰國的公主結婚。
「I will be marrying the princess that saved my life." 'I am the one that saved your life.' But, her voice could not be heard.
「我要和一位救了我性命的公主結婚"救你的那個人是我啊！可是，她說不出來。
At night, the mermaid princess' older sisters came up to the sea. They gave the mermaid princess a knife and said, 「If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again. If you don't, you will become a water bubble."
晚上，美人魚公主的姐姐們來到海邊。他們給了美人魚公主一把刀說：「用這把刀刺死王子，你可以再次成為美人魚！否則的話，你會變成泡沫的。"
On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But, she could not kill the loving prince. 「It's best that I just turn into a water bubble. "When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.
在婚禮之夜，美人魚公主握著刀子走向正在熟睡的王子。但那是她心愛的王子，她下不了手。「我變成泡沫是最好的結果。"第二天清晨來臨時，美人魚變化美麗的泡沫，緩緩地升上了天堂。
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