The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

胡桃夹子

Clara was fed up. She wanted to go to a theme park. But Uncle Fergus had come to stay. Uncle Fergus had brought presents. He gave mom a tin of elephant sweets. He Then Uncle Fergus gave Clara a box. In the box was a strange little man with a funny arm. What is it? asked Clara. It's a nutcracker said Uncle Fergus. You put a nut under its arm and crack the shell like this. You'll love it.

克拉拉烦透了。她本来想去主题乐园，可弗格斯舅舅来 家里住了。弗格斯舅舅带了好多礼物，他给了妈妈一罐大象软糖，还 接着弗格斯舅舅递给克拉拉一个盒子，盒子里有个模样古怪的小矮人，胳膊长得特别好笑。 “这是什么呀？”克拉拉问。“是胡桃夹子哦。”弗格斯舅舅说，“你把坚果放到它胳膊底下，就 能像这样把壳夹碎，你肯定会喜欢的。”

Uncle Fergus winked at Clara. Then he whispered, It's a magic nutcracker. It will help you sleep and give you wonderful dreams. But Clara didn't want a nutcracker. It didn't look magic, and she hated nuts. So she hid it. That night, Clara couldn't sleep, so she went downstairs to get the nutcracker. Perhaps it would help her to sleep after all. But the nutcracker wasn't there. Clara looked everywhere, but she couldn't find it.

弗格斯舅舅冲克拉拉眨了眨眼，然后小声说： “这是个有魔法的胡桃夹子，它能帮你睡着，还会给你带来超棒的梦哦。” 可克拉拉才不想要什么胡桃夹子，它看起来一点魔法都没有，而且克拉拉最讨厌坚果了。 所以她把胡桃夹子藏了起来。那天晚上克拉拉睡不着，就下楼想把胡桃夹子拿出来。 说不定它真的能帮自己睡着呢，可胡桃夹子不在原来的地方。 克拉拉找遍了所有地方，都没找到它。

All at once there was a flash of light and Clara began to shrink. Everything around her looked huge. Then she saw one of the aliens that Grandad had made. It was enormous. It reached out and tried to grab her. Clara had nowhere to run. She was trapped.

忽然闪过一道光，克拉拉开始变小了。 她周围的所有东西看起来都变得特别大。 接着她看到了外公做的其中一个外星人玩具。 它变得巨大无比。 它伸出手，想要抓住克拉拉。 克拉拉无处可逃。 她被困住了。

Suddenly, there was a yell from above, Nutcracker Man to the rescue! Clara looked up. It was her Nutcracker. The alien gave a roar and jumped on the Nutcracker. But Nutcracker Man took the alien under his arm and cracked him. The alien broke into little pieces. That was cracking good fun, said Nutcracker Man. How did you do that? gasped Clara.

突然，头顶传来一声大喊： “胡桃夹子勇士前来救援！” 克拉拉抬起头。 原来是她的胡桃夹子！ 外星人大吼一声，朝胡桃夹子扑了过去。 可胡桃夹子勇士一把把外星人夹到胳膊底下，咔哒一下夹碎了它。 外星人碎成了一小块一小块的。 “这也太好玩啦！”胡桃夹子勇士说。 “你怎么做到的呀？” 克拉拉喘着气问。

No time to tell you now, cried Nutcracker Man. An army of aliens was marching towards them. Nutcracker Man biffed and boffed the aliens. He cracked them with his Nutcracker arm. But the aliens kept coming. Nutcracker Man was in trouble.

“现在没功夫告诉你啦！”胡桃夹子勇士大喊。 一大群外星人正朝他们大步走过来。 胡桃夹子勇士对着外星人砰砰砰一顿猛打。 他用自己的胡桃夹子胳膊把它们一个个夹碎。 可外星人还是源源不断地涌过来。 胡桃夹子勇士遇到麻烦了。