大嘴君：昨天是二十四節(jié)氣中的大雪，生活在南方的我們還安好，不過美國國土的北部地區(qū)下起大雪來那可不是開玩笑的。今天的這個故事，講的就是小怪物和家人朋友們度過一個非常開心的Snow Day的故事。

美國國土的緯度總體比中國高，遇上寒冬，北部地區(qū)下起大雪來那可不是開玩笑的。隨便來兩張雪景感受一下：

這時孩子怎么上學(xué)呢，答案是——不上學(xué)。所以每到大雪天就像過節(jié)一樣，全校上下一片歡騰，曾經(jīng)一位特有才的校長是這么發(fā)布雪天停課通知的，聽著也是醉了～～

這種幽默娛樂精神真值得每位校長學(xué)習(xí)。話說遇上災(zāi)害天氣就停課會影響學(xué)習(xí)嗎?其實也不會，因為學(xué)校每年的課程計劃里已經(jīng)早有準(zhǔn)備。美國每個學(xué)區(qū)在做課程計劃時，都會留幾天Bad Weather Makeup Days(“惡劣天氣補償日”)。

其實這就像我們平時所說的，做計劃要留些buffer，Bad Weather Makeup Days相當(dāng)于一年學(xué)習(xí)計劃的buffer。咱們平時和孩子做計劃時也可以參考這個思路。

不過孩子們來說，才不管什么Bad Weather呢，下雪放假就敞開盡情玩耍，如果哪年氣候溫和，到了“Bad Weather Makeup Day”放假，就像天上掉餡餅一樣。

今天的這個故事，講的就是小怪物和家人朋友們度過一個非常開心的Snow Day的故事。

JUST A SNOWMAN

堆 雪 人

It snowed and snowed all night long, so today we had a snow day. Hooray!

▲ 說明：大雪下了整整一夜，所以今天小怪物要過Snow Day，不上學(xué)啰!

I wanted to build a snowman. I put on my snow boots and my mittens and my scarf.

Then, I helped Little Sister put on her snow stuff.

▲ 說明：小怪物全副武裝，也幫妹妹穿戴好所有雪天的裝備(好暖的哥哥啊)，準(zhǔn)備出門堆雪人!

After that, Dad needed my help. We shoveled and shoveled lots of snow……

……and then we had to find the car.

▲ 說明：可是爸爸需要幫忙(看到大雪封車的場景了嗎?)，小怪物只好先幫他鏟雪。

I was going to build a snowman next, but Little Sister wanted to have a snowball fight. I let her hit me a bunch of times.

I only hit her one time by accident.

So then, I had to say I was sorry and give her a big hug.

▲ 說明：終于可以開始堆雪人了，可妹妹想要打雪仗，小怪物陪她玩了會兒，一不小心把雪球砸到妹妹身上，還得哄她半天(媽媽通常都是護著小的，當(dāng)妹妹也總會嬌氣一點兒，畫面上媽媽和妹妹的眼神好生動)

I was going to build a snowman after that, but Tiger and Bun Bun wanted to go ice-skating.

So, I showed everyone how I can skate backwards……and do jumps.

Then Tiger and I raced. It was a tie.

▲ 說明：搞定妹妹后小怪物想堆雪人，可好朋友Tiger和BunBun來了，小怪物只好先陪他們滑冰。

I was ready to build a snowman next, but Maurice and Molly wanted to go sledding. I steered all the way down the big hill. Wach out, Maurice and Molly, here we come!

▲ 說明：接著，又陪Maurice 和 Molly劃雪橇;

When Little Sister and I got home, I was going to build a snowman. But Gator wanted me to help him build a snow fort.

And then Gabby wanted to make snow angels.

▲ 說明：回到家后，還幫Gator搭了個雪堡和雪天使……

Finally! It was time to build a snowman. First, we made a big snowball for the bottom.

Next, we put a smaller one on top……and an even smaller one on top of that one.

▲ 說明：終于，好不容易輪到堆雪人了，小怪物和妹妹配合得非常好，不一會兒，一個大雪人就堆出來啦!

Little Sister added prunes for his eyes and mouth, and a carrot for his nose.

And I put Mom's scarf around his neck and Dad's hat on his head. I even let him wear my sunglasses. Our snowman sure looked great!

▲ 說明：他們給雪人做了很多裝飾，看起來真漂亮。

Little Sister was getting cold so we went inside. The snowman looked cold, too, so I decide to make some of my special hot chocolate to warm us all up.

First, Mom heated some milk while I got the secret ingredients.

▲ 說明：妹妹覺得冷，要進屋待一會兒。

I put everything into the pot and stirred it all up with a big spoon.

Then I put marshmallows on top and I poured the hot chocolate into three big mugs— one for me, one for Little Sister……

▲ 說明：小怪物翻箱倒柜地找出各種材料做了三杯美味的熱巧克力。

……and one for the snowman. It was the best snow day ever. I sure hope it snows again tomorrow!

▲ 說明：為什么是三杯呢?因為一杯給小怪物自己，一杯給妹妹，還有一杯是給雪人的。

大嘴君溫馨提示：真是太有愛了!這個故事特別適合冬日爸爸媽媽和孩子窩在被窩里，或者沙發(fā)上，在柔和的燈光下一起閱讀哦。

想讓孩子聽真人外教講睡前故事嗎?你也有很多關(guān)于繪本的疑問嗎?掃下方二維碼加大嘴君為好友，一起進入“繪本群”，我們帶你和寶貝跟外教一起說故事。大嘴君等你哦……

如果你想讓你的孩子上國際學(xué)校，甚至想讓您的孩子出國留學(xué)，也許你就是單純的想讓孩子學(xué)好英語，但是孩子在英語學(xué)習(xí)過程中卻不敢開口運用，甚至不喜歡學(xué)習(xí)英語。那就來大嘴外教吧，這里有最專業(yè)的顧問老師，浸泡式母語氣氛教學(xué)，讓孩子輕松學(xué)英語，別再猶豫，即刻點擊預(yù)約免費試聽課，讓您的孩子愛上英語。

關(guān)鍵字：外教  少兒英語外教  青少年英語