Lesson 22: The Giant (I)
第二十二课：巨人（一）
Once upon a time, there was a large, lovely garden.
从前，这有一大片美丽的花园。
Its grass was soft and green. Its trees were filled with singing birds.
草地翠绿柔软。树上满是鸟儿鸣唱。
Every afternoon, children would play in the garden after school.
每天下午，孩子们放学后在花园里玩耍。
They ran in the grass and climbed the trees.
他们在草地上跑，爬树。
They loved to listen to the singing of the birds. How happy they were!
他们喜欢听鸟儿鸣唱。他们多么幸福啊！
One day the children were playing in the garden when a giant appeared.
有一天，孩子们正在玩耍时，有个巨人出现了。
"What are you doing here?" the giant cried in a loud voice.
"你们在这里干什么？"巨人大声喊道。
"This is my garden! You must leave immediately!" The children were frightened.
"这是我的花园！你们必须马上离开！"孩子们吓坏了。
They ran away and dared not come back.
他们跑开了，再不敢回来了。
The next day, the giant built a high wall around his garden and put a notice on a board:
第二天，巨人围着花园建起一堵高墙，竖起一块
DO NOT ENTER! The poor children no longer had a place to play.
"禁止入内！"的牌子。可怜的孩子们再也没有地方玩耍了。
Summer turned to fall and fall turned to winter.
夏天过后，秋天到了；秋天过后，冬天来了。
When spring came, flowers blossomed and the birds began to sing across the land.
当春天来临时，大地上花儿绽放，鸟儿开始唱歌。
But in the giant's garden, it was still winter.
但是在巨人的花园里，仍然还是冬天（的景象）。
The green grass was covered with snow, and the cold winds kept the birds away.
绿草仍然被雪覆盖，寒风刮走了鸟儿们。
"I don't understand why spring is so late coming to my garden this year," said the giant.
"我不明白为什么今年花园的春天来得这么晚？"巨人说道。
He felt sad as he looked through the window at his frozen, white garden.
当他透过窗户看到冰冻雪白的花园时，他感到十分难过。
One morning as the giant was lying awake in his bed, he heard lovely music coming through the window.
一个清晨，当巨人醒着躺在床上的时候，他听见窗外飘来优美的音乐。
He thought it must be the king's musicians passing by.
他想一定是国王的乐师们（从外面）经过。
"Perhaps spring has come at last," he said as he jumped out of his bed and looked outside.
"或许，春天最终还是来了。"他跳下床，看着窗外。
What did the giant see?
巨人看到了什么？