少儿英语故事：口干舌燥的乌鸦

There once lived a young crow in the countryside. One summer, there was no rain and it was very hot. The crow was very thirsty, but he couldn't find any water.
很久很久以前，在一个农村里住着一只小乌鸦。这个夏天，村庄里没下雨并且很热，这只乌鸦很渴，但是又找不到水喝。

"How can I survive?" he thought. "I must have water or I'll die!"
“我该怎么活下来啊？”他心想，“我必须要喝点水，不然我就渴死了！”

Just then he saw a farmhouse. Outside the house, there was a vase with some water at the bottom. He tried to drink, but he couldn't reach the water inside.
就在这时，他看见了一个农舍。在农舍的外面，一个花瓶的底部有一点水。他努力去喝，但是他喝不到里面的水。

The young crow didn't know what to do. He leaned against the vase and cried.
这只小乌鸦不知如何是好，他靠在花瓶旁伤心地哭了。

"Will somebody please help me?" sobbed the crow. He cried and cried, but nobody heard him. Finally, he dried his eyes and stood up.
乌鸦大喊着说：“有人可以帮帮我吗？”他哭了又哭，但是没有人听到他的呼救，他停止了哭泣并且擦干眼泪。

He tried knocking over the vase, but it was too heavy. Then he tried breaking it, but he wasn't strong enough. Finally, he had a good idea. He began dropping stones into the vase. The water slowly rose to the top. At last, the crow could drink.
他试着敲打花瓶，但是花瓶很重。然后他试着砸掉花瓶，但是他不够有力气。最后，他想到一个好办法！他开始往花瓶里扔石头，花瓶里的水慢慢升到瓶口。最后，这只乌鸦喝到了水。

"What wonderful water!" said the crow. "I'm glad that I didn't waste all my time by crying. Thinking is much better than crying!”
“多么好喝的水呀！”乌鸦说道，“我高兴的是我没有浪费所有时间去哭泣，想办法总是 比哭好！”
乌鸦说得多，当我们遇到问题的时候，哭是解决不了问题的。

所以小朋友如果在遇到难题的时候，一定要开动脑筋想办法，而不是一味地哭泣哦！
那么通过这个故事我们可以学到哪些新单词呢？一起来看看吧！
1.survive v.生存
2.outside prep.在外面
3.vase n.花瓶
4.bottom n.底部
5.sob v. 啜泣
6.dry v.使干燥
7.glad adj.高兴的
8.waste v.浪费