Jessie老師英語美文朗讀，今天給大家讀一個英文小故事。

純正美音，適合模仿學(xué)習(xí)。

The Farmer's Corn

Farmer Fran liked to share the corn that she grew on her farm. She gave her neighbors corn on the cob. She also gave them kernels so that they could plant their own corn.

“You grow the best corn in the whole world,” Farmer Fred said to her. “Why do you give away kernels? You should keep them all for yourself.”

Farmer Fran laughed. Then she said, “Corn has a powder called pollen. It needs pollen from other corn stalks in order to grow well. Pollen travels on the wind.” 

“So?” Farmer Fred said.

“So,” Farmer Fran continued. “If my neighbors grow good corn, their pollen will travel on the wind to my corn. It will make my corn better. Then we can all grow the best corn in the world!”

農(nóng)夫的玉米

農(nóng)夫法蘭喜歡分享她在她的農(nóng)場里種的玉米。她把玉米棒給了鄰居。她還給他們玉米粒，這樣他們就可以自己種玉米了。

“你種出的是全世界最好的玉米，”農(nóng)夫弗雷德對她說?！澳銥槭裁匆延衩琢Ｙ浰统鋈ィ磕銘?yīng)該自己都留著。”

農(nóng)夫法蘭笑了。她說：“玉米有一種粉末，叫做花粉。玉米需要其他玉米秸稈的花粉才能生長良好。而花粉是隨風(fēng)飄散的。”

“那又怎樣呢？”農(nóng)夫弗雷德說。

“所以，”農(nóng)夫法蘭接著說，“如果我的鄰居種出了好的玉米，他們的花粉就會隨風(fēng)飄到我的玉米上。這會讓我的玉米更好。這樣我們就都能種出世界上最好的玉米了！”

1. corn 玉米

2. cob 玉米棒

3. kernel 谷粒；玉米粒

4. pollen 花粉

5. stalk 莖；稈