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每天一个经典睡前小故事，让孩子睡前得到正规英文发音滋养的同时，认识一个经典小故事。给孩子一个充实的晚安！外教...

每天一个经典睡前小故事，让孩子睡前得到正规英文发音滋养的同时，认识一个经典小故事。给孩子一个充实的晚安！

《美女与野兽》Beauty and the Beast原作由法国博蒙夫人编著，故事描绘了一位被变成野兽的王子，与为履行父亲诺言来到古堡居住的姑娘贝儿。贝儿不嫌弃野兽的丑陋外表而欣赏他的善良内心，他们在相处中渐生情愫，最后野兽成功解除魔法与贝儿生活在一起。

贝儿不仅外表美丽，还是一个热情、善良、有爱心、懂得尊重别人的可爱女孩，正是她的这些美好的品质，令了王子懂得了如何爱人，解救了王子。这不就是告诉我们外表美并不是最重要的，心灵美更为可贵。我们的孩子应该从小就学习如何爱人，学会以宽容和慈悲的心对待他人，避免形成傲慢自私的性格，这篇故事的主题思想是非常符合孩子的成长需要的。

Beauty’s wish came true, for next morning she found herself at home again.
贝儿的愿望成真了，第二天早上她发现自己又回到了家。

From the very moment he saw her, Beauty’s father began to get better. She could hardly believe it when she found a week had passed. But, although her father was much improved, Beauty did not feel that he was yet well enough to be left with her unkind sisters.
就在贝儿的父亲看到贝儿的那一刻，他的病情开始好转了。贝儿难以相信一周时间就这么快就过去了。但是，虽然她的父亲已经好多了，贝儿觉得他也没有恢复到可以被留给那两个没良心的姐姐照顾。

“I shall stay for one more week,” said Beauty, and her father smiled happily at this news.
“我会再呆一周的。”贝儿说，她的父亲听到了这个消息开心得合不拢嘴。However, only a day or two had passed when Beauty had a dream. She dreamt that the beast was lying on the grass, near the white rose bush in the palace garden. He was saying “Oh! Beauty, Beauty, you said you would come back. I shall die without you.”
然而只过了一两晚贝儿就开始做梦，她梦到在宫殿花园里白玫瑰丛附近的草地上，野兽躺在那里。他在说话：“贝儿！贝儿！你说过你会回来的，没有你我就要死了。”

This dream wakened Beauty and she could not bear to think of the poor beast. She jumped out of bed and laid the magic ring on her table. Then she fell asleep again.
这个梦把贝儿吓醒了，她忍不住要想起可怜的野兽。她跳出被窝把戒指放在了桌上，然后又入睡了。

When she woke in the morning, she was in her own room in the beast’s palace.
早上醒来时，她已经到了自己在野兽宫殿的房间里。Beauty knew that the beast never came to see her until the evening and yet the day seemed as if it would never end. At last supper-time came, but the beast did not arrive.
贝儿知道野兽直到傍晚才回来找她，然而白天看起来就像永远不会结束一样。最终晚饭时间到了，但是野兽并没有来。

Poor Beauty felt miserable. At last a sudden thought struck her. What if her dream was true? What if the beast was lying on the grass near the rose bush?
可怜的贝儿悲痛欲绝。突然她想起一件事，她的梦会不会是真的？野兽是不是躺在玫瑰边的草地上？

Beauty ran out into the darkness of the palace garden and made her way towards the white rose bush. There, lying on the wet grass beneath the rose bush, she found the beast. She knelt down beside him on the grass and put her hand on his head. At her touch the beast opened his eyes.
贝儿冲进宫殿花园的黑暗中，径直朝着白玫瑰丛的方向去。在玫瑰丛下方潮湿的草地上，她发现了野兽。她跪在他身边抚摸着他的头。野兽感觉到贝儿的抚摸，睁开了眼睛。“I cannot live without you, Beauty,” he whispered, “so I am starving myself to death. Now that I have seen your face again, I shall die content.”
“没有你我活不下去，贝儿，”他奄奄一息地说，“所以我打算饿死自己。既然现在我又见到你了，我就可以心满意足地死去了。”

“Oh, dear Beast, I cannot bear it if you die,” said Beauty. “Please live and I will marry you. I love you, I really do. You have such a kind heart.”
“噢亲爱的，你要是死了我可坚持不下去，”贝儿说，“活下来，我愿意嫁给你，我爱你真的，你的心地是那么善良。”

When Beauty had spoken these words, she hid her face in her hands and cried and cried. When she looked up, the beast was gone and a handsome prince stood by her side. He thanked her for freeing him.
贝儿说完这些就把脸埋在怀里不停地哭。当她再次抬头看时，野兽不见了，取而代之的是一位英俊的王子站在她身边，他感谢贝儿释放了他。“What do you mean?” asked Beauty, surprised. “Oh! I want my Beast, my dear Beast and nobody else!”
“你在说什么？”贝儿吃惊地问，“我要我的彼斯特，只要我亲爱的彼斯特！”

Then the prince explained. “A wicked fairy enchanted me and said I must be a beast and seem stupid and ugly,” he told her. “Only a beautiful lady who was willing to marry me could break the spell. You are the beautiful lady, Beauty,” went on the prince.
然后王子开始解释。“一个邪恶的仙女对我施了魔法，说我必须变成一只野兽而且看起来愚蠢而丑陋，”他告诉贝儿，“只有一位美丽的姑娘愿意嫁给我才能打破诅咒。贝儿，你就是美丽的姑娘。”王子继续解释。

Then the prince kissed Beauty and led her towards the palace. Soon a good fairy appeared, bringing with her Beauty’s father.
于是王子亲吻了贝儿并把她领进了宫殿。很快一个善良的仙女出现了，她带来了贝儿的父亲。

Beauty married the prince and, with her dear father near her, lived happily ever after.
贝儿嫁给了王子，而且有父亲陪伴在身边，贝儿从此过上了幸福的生活。

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