2024年3月15日发(作者：)

The Story Of Chinese Zodiac

作者：王娜娜 林平

来源：《阅读（快乐英语高年级）》2020年第12期

你听过十二生肖的传说吗？很久很久以前，玉皇大帝决定在人间选拔十二种动物作为“十

二生肖”。这一天，很多动物都急急忙忙赶来报名参赛，一场声势浩大的动物生肖争夺赛就此

拉开帷幕。一起来欣赏江苏省苏州市高新区实验小学同学们的精彩表演吧！

Actors：

王艺璇 吴佳怡 刘书宇 孙若琪

刘晓茹 王瑞京 丁可涵 朱乐橙

黄子轩 仲明 郭书豪 刘小溪

林萍 庄广峰

ACT 1

Narrator： Long long ago， people always forgot in whichyear they born. The Jade Emperor

（玉皇大帝）came up with anidea.

Jade Emperor： It’s too difficult to remember a don’t we choose twelve animals to

represent the year？ I willhold a race and the first twelve animals would be chosen to be theChinese

zodiac.

Narrator： All the animals were very excited and everyonewas talking about the race. At that

time， the cat and the rat werevery good friends.

ACT 2

Rat： We can’t swim. How can we cross the river？

Cat： Let the ox help us. He can carry us cross theriver.

Rat： Good idea！ Let’s go！

Cat & Rat： We can’t swim. Can you help us， bigbrother ox？

Ox： Of course. I can swim.

Narrator： The next morning， the rat got up earlybefore the rooster woke up.

Ox： Let’s go！ Come on， friends. We will be the on my head.

Rat： OK！ Hurry up！

Cat： （yawns） I am tired. I want to sleep. Pleasewake me up ...

Rat： No problem！

ACT 3

Narrator： However， the rat didn’t wake up the went into one of the ox’s ears alone.

Rat： Go！ Go！ Go！ Big brother ox， we are almost can make it.

Narrator： The ox climbed up the shore and ran tothe finishing line. But the rat rushed to the

finishing lineand won the first place.

Rat： I am the first one！ I am the winner！

Ox： You are so cunning（狡猾的）. I don’t want tomake friends with you！

Narrator： So the ox became the second！ Then camethe tiger.

Tiger： I’m the first， right？

Jade Emperor： No， you are the third.

Tiger： Oh， no！ Why am I not the first one？ Look atme！ I’m so strong.

ACT 4

Narrator： A whirlwind（旋風）came as thedragon arrived.

Dragon： I can fly. I must be the first one.

Narrator： But a rabbit sprinted（冲刺）ahead of thedragon.

Rabbit： Haha！ I’m the fourth. I can’t swim but I canjump. I am faster than you， Mr Dragon.

Horse： I am coming！ I’m not the first one. But I am thesixth.

Snake： Aha， I am the sixth. I can move swiftly（敏捷地）.

Narrator： Working together， the goat， the monkey andthe rooster rowed on a log. As a

result， they are eighth， ninth，and tenth. Then， the dog came.

Dog： Oh， no. Just now， I played in the water for so I am late for the race. I am the

eleventh.

Narrator： At last， the pig got there.

Pig： Is there any food to eat？ I am hungry and thirsty. I’mtoo tired to run.（looks around）

Oh， I’m so lucky. I’m the lastone！ I am the twelfth！

ACT 5

Narrator： The race was over. The top 12（前12名）animals were the winners. Soon， the cat

arrived drippingwet（湿淋淋地）.

Cat： I’m coming.

Jade Emperor： You are the thirteenth.

Cat： You bad rat！ I won’t spare you！

Narrator： The cat slapped the rat’s face andknocked out all of his teeth except the two in front.

Fromthen on， when the rat sees the cat’s shadow， he runs likecrazy.

（The End）