丑小鸭TheUglyDucklingAmotherduckwasbroodingonhereggsnearthemarginofapond.Aflockoflovelybabyduckswassoonborn,makingsweetpeepingsoundswhentheeggswerebroken.Butoneeggremainedunbroken."Itisstrange.Whyhasthiseggnotbroken?"Themotherduckcontinuedherbrooding.Atlast,theeggwasbrokenandababyduckwasborn.Howeverthatbabyduckwasveryuglycomparedtotheotherbabyducks.Themotherduckwasworried,butstillshetookthebabyducksnearthewaterandtaughtthemhowtoswim.Theuglyducklingalsoswamwithhisbrothersandsisters,movinghislegseagerly."Itisluckythough.Thatbabyswimswell."Stillhisbrotherspeckedattheuglyducklingwiththeirbills."Howhideousthisbabyduckis.Wedon'twanttoseeyou.Gotoacat."Hisbrothersgaveaveryhardtimetothepoorduckling."Stopit,don'tdothat!"Themotherducksighedandsaid,"Ah!Iwishthatthisbabycouldlivehappilyatanotherplace."Thebabyduckheardwhathismothersaidanddroppedtearsofsorrowsaying,"Mom,Iwillleave.Good-bye."Theuglyducklinglefthisnestbeyondthepond.Whenheenteredtheforest,otherbirdswerefrightenedbythebabyduckandranaway."Whydotheyrunaway?IsitbecauseIamsoawful?"Thebabyduckbecamesadderandploddedalongthefield.Nearthewaterbesidethefield,twowildduckswereplayingaround."Yah,whatisthatuglyduck?Let'smakefunofhim."Thetwowildducksflewupintheairandthrewstonesatthebabyduck."Bang!Bang!"Atthattime,ahuntershothisgun.Thetwowildducksfelldowndeadtotheground."Uh?Whatisthissmallbird?"Thehuntertookhometheawkwardlittlebabyduckalongwiththetwowildducks."Dad,whatisthispoor-lookingbird?""Itookitwithmeinordertogiveittoyou,myson.Itwastremblingwithfearinthewater."Thechildrengaveahardtimetothebabyduckbypullingitswingsandtail."Thathurts!Ow!"Thebabyduckspilledajugofmilkwhilerunningawayfromthecruelhandsofthechildren.Thedishesonthetablewerealsobroken.Theangryhuntersentoutthebabyduckwithaflourishofhisbroomstick.Andsotheafterbeingcastoutfromthehouseofthehunter,theuglyducklingspentalongandcoldwinteralone.Finallyspringcame.Thebabyduckhadagoodstretchandflewupintheairvigorously."Uh!Iamflying!"Uponthelake,aflockofwhiteandprettyswanswereplayingaroundwhileswimming."Theyareindeedprettybirds."Thebabyduckbecamesad."ThosebirdsmaynotlikemeasIamsougly."Thebabyducktriedtorunawayfromthegroupofbeautifulswans."Hi!Whereareyougoing?Comeandplayaroundwithus!"Thebabyduckapproachedtheswanshesitatingly.Atthatmoment,thebabyducksawhisownappearancereflectedtothelake.Therewasonemorebeautifulswanglidinggracefullyacrossthewater.Theuglyducklingwhoovercameallsufferinghadfinallybecomeabeautifulswan.Andsohelivedhappilyeverafter.单词注释：broodingadj.沉思的；徘徊不去的peepingv.唧唧叫；窥探（peep的ing形式）例句：Theywerepeepingatusfrombehindcurtains.他们从窗帘后在偷看我们。eagerlyadv.急切地；渴望地；热心地例句：Thechildreneagerlylearnsomethingnewfromtheteachereveryday.孩子们每天都渴望从老师身上学习新事物。hideousadj.可怕的；丑恶的例句：Thedollar,forallitsblemishes,istheleasthideous-looking.美元，就算算上它全部的僻陋，也是最看得起眼的。awkwardadj.笨拙的；尴尬的；棘手的；不合适的crueladj.残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的例句：Withoutloveapersoncouldgohaywardandalsobecomecruelandferocious.没有爱的人生可能会误入禁区，也会变得残酷而凶恶。hesitatinglyadv.踌躇地；支吾其词地例句：movehesitatingly,asifabouttogiveway.踌躇地走动，好像打算让路。
