范文：The big night At last, the big night arrived. Everyone sat down and waited for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.
Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing!
Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy. Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox.
He couldn’t stop himself. He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”
But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP! Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed.
Next, it was Polar Bear’s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly. Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head.
Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made it all look such fun. Walrus was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear.
All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice. “I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!”
But Walrus couldn’t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP! Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.
翻译：重要的夜晚终于来临了。大家都坐下来等待演出开始。海象坐在前排。他非常激动。狐狸来到冰上鞠躬。大家都欢呼起来。
然后狐狸开始滑冰。福克斯向前、向后、侧滑。她以完美的圆圈和八位数滑冰。她优雅而迷人！
海象看着，他喜欢他所看到的。福克斯让这一切看起来很简单。海象确信，如果他真的努力，他可以像狐狸一样滑冰。
他无法控制自己。他只好跳到冰上，加入福克斯的行列。”“我会滑冰，”他喊道看看我！”
但是海象根本不会滑冰。他只能绊倒在地。他撞到了狐狸，狐狸趴在她的脸上。扑通！福克斯非常沮丧。”海象毁了我的表演，”她哭着说。
接下来，轮到北极熊了。他像一个白色的大雪球一样滚过冰面。大家热烈鼓掌。然后北极熊开始倒下。他做了跳跃、旋转和翻筋斗，并且倒立着。
海象看着，他喜欢他所看到的。北极熊让这一切看起来很有趣。海象确信，这一次，如果他真的努力，他可以像北极熊一样摔倒。
突然，海象停不下来，跳到了冰上。”“我也会摔倒，”他喊道看看我！”
但是海象一点也不会摔倒。他只能绊倒在地。他绊倒了北极熊，它猛地摔了下来！当然，北极熊非常生气。”海象毁了我的表演，”他哀叹道。
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1、省略翻译法
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1
What will Walrus do?
Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and ANYONE could be in it.
‘I will do skating,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘I’m good at that!’
‘I’ll do tumbling,’ said Polar Bear. ‘No one tumbles quite like me!’
‘I’ll do singing,’ said Seal. ‘Everyone says I have a very fine voice!’
‘Then I’ll do diving,’ said Whale. ‘I won a prize for diving at school, you know!’
They all looked at Walrus. ‘What will YOU do?’ they asked.
But Walrus was not good at anything.
He wasn’t good at skating, and he wasn’t good at tumbling.
He was terrible at singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got water up his nose.
He sat and chewed his whiskers sadly.
‘Never mind,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘You can watch us.’
Arctic Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale practised hard for the big show.
Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers.
He wished he was good at something.
2
The big night
At last, the big night arrived. Everyone sat down and waited for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.
Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.
Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing!
Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy.
Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox.
He couldn’t stop himself. He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”
But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over.
He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!
Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed.
Next, it was Polar Bear’s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly.
Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head.
Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made it all look such fun. Walrus was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear.
All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice.
“I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!”
But Walrus couldn’t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP!
Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.
3
From bad to worse
It was Seal’s turn next. She gave Walrus a don’t-you-dare stare, and then she started to sing:
“O, how many heart rejoices when I see the Northern Lights.
My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night!”
Walrus listened. What a beautiful song! Surely if he really tried, he could sing as beautifully as Seal? Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn’t stop himself again.
“I know that song,” he cried. “I can sing it too!”
He leaped up and started singing along with Seal.
But Walrus couldn’t sing! He sounded terrible. In fact, he sounded like a rusty old bucket.
Seal stopped singing and burst into floods of tears.
“Walrus has RUINED my song,” she wailed.
Wale was last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not ruin his act.
Whale leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash!
Walrus watched. He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers began to twitch, and his whiskers bristled with excitement. He tried and tried his very best not to join in.
But then he had a brilliant idea.
“I’ll hold my nose when I dive,” he thought. “Then the water won’t go up it!”
Walrus just couldn’t stop himself. He had to join in.
“Everybody, look at me!” he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive too!”
But just at that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a big jet of water.
WHOOSH!
Whale spouted Walrus high into the air!
Everyone was watching Walrus now. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back in the sea with a SPLOSH!
Whale was furious. “You are a meddling, incompetent BUFFOON!” he roared. “You have RUINED my act. Now GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”
Whale was pretty scary when he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry.
4
The show will go on!
The show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale stood in a line, blushing and wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.
But everyone was cheering like mad.
“Well done, Polar Bear, well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!” they shouted. “But where’s the clown? Why isn’t he here? Where’s Walrus?”
Behind is snowdrift, Walrus heard the cheers. Were they really cheering for him, too?
Yes! They were!
He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear and Seal And Whale.
“I’m very sorry,” he said.
“So you should be,” said Fox.
“At least everyone thought you were part of the show,” said Polar Bear.
“I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was really part of our next show, it couldn’t be any worse.”
Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried. “Truly? Can I be part of the show? Can I join in next time?”
“Yes,” said Whale. “It will be
a lot safer that way. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly.”
Walrus practiced hard and became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part.
Sometimes, when Walrus is clowning around, they really just can’t stop themselves. They have to join in too!
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