韩赛尔与格蕾特
导读
《韩赛尔与格蕾特》讲的是一对兄妹在绝境中靠智慧与手足之情脱险的故事。我们把它改写为寓言体：不讲华丽的景物，只讲清每一处转折；人物一句话立住性格，道理在结尾自然点出。这个故事的道理，中国老话早就说过——天无绝人之路。韩赛尔两次为回家留下记号，第一次用石子，第二次用面包屑，正是“凡事预则立，不预则废”的写照：石子经得起风吹雨打，面包屑却被鸟儿叼走，可见留退路也要选靠得住的办法。格蕾特临危不乱，看穿女巫的骗局，又让人想起“以智取胜”四个字。另外，格林原版里遗弃孩子的是亲生母亲，后来才改成继母；结尾那句“跑过一只老鼠”是欧洲说书人惯用的收场套话。读时不妨问问孩子：糖屋越是诱人，为什么越要当心？
《韩赛尔与格蕾特》词汇精讲
本故事精选 12 个重点词汇，附中英释义与原文例句，帮助孩子扩展英语词汇量。
A long time when there is not enough food and many people go hungry.
饥荒；大饥荒。
That year a famine came, and the family had almost nothing to eat.
那年闹饥荒，家里几乎什么吃的都没有了。
Kept asking or complaining about the same thing until the other person gives in.
唠叨个没完；纠缠不休。
But his wife nagged and wept until he gave in.
可妻子又哭又闹，直到樵夫点了头。
Shone with many small flashes of bright light.
闪闪发光；闪烁。
The moon shone bright, and the white pebbles by the house glittered like silver.
月光亮堂堂，屋前的白石子像银子一样发光。
Moved slowly and quietly, so that nobody would notice.
悄悄地移动；蹑手蹑脚地走。
When their parents were asleep, he crept outside.
等到父母睡熟，他悄悄溜出门外。
Looking at something for a long time with your eyes wide open.
盯着看；凝视。
"What are you staring at?" asked his father.
“你在看什么？”父亲问道。
Broke something soft into very small pieces.
捏碎；弄成碎屑。
Hansel crumbled his bread in his pocket and dropped crumbs on the path as he walked.
韩赛尔把面包在口袋里捏碎，一路走，一路往地上撒面包屑。
Completely dark, with no light at all.
漆黑一片；伸手不见五指。
When they woke, the forest was pitch dark.
醒来时，林子里伸手不见五指。
Very bad, evil, and intending to hurt others.
邪恶的；恶毒的。
In truth, she was a wicked witch who hunted lost children.
其实，她是个专门猎捕孩子的恶毒女巫。
Food or a nice thing used to attract someone into a trap.
诱饵；用来引诱的东西。
The sweet house was her bait, and any child who came in would be killed, cooked, and eaten.
糖屋就是她下的饵，孩子一进屋就要被她杀掉煮熟吃掉。
Took hold of something suddenly and firmly.
一把抓住；攫住。
She seized Hansel, threw him into a little shed, and locked the iron gate.
她一把抓住韩赛尔，关进小棚屋，锁上铁栅栏。
The ability to wait calmly without getting angry.
耐心；耐性。
After four weeks, Hansel was still thin, and the witch lost her patience.
四个星期过去，韩赛尔还是那么瘦，女巫失去了耐心。
Made a long, loud, crying sound, like a wolf or a person in pain.
嚎叫；长嚎。
The witch howled inside, but Grethel ran away.
女巫在里面嚎叫，格蕾特却转身跑了。
延伸阅读与亲子共读
故事寓意
天无绝人之路：再难的路，也怕有心人；兄妹同心，其利断金。
教育价值
让孩子学会遇事先冷静、凡事留退路，懂得动脑筋胜过使蛮力，也体会家人互助的可贵。
家长共读提示
读后和孩子聊聊：韩赛尔两次做记号，为什么一次成一次败？糖屋那么诱人，为什么最危险？再问问孩子：如果妹妹被关起来，他会怎么救她？
和孩子聊一聊
- 韩赛尔第一次用石子，第二次用面包屑，为什么一次灵一次不灵？如果换作你，你会用什么做记号？
- 糖屋看起来又甜又美，其实是个陷阱。生活里有没有“看着美好，其实危险”的东西？该怎么分辨？
- 女巫骗格蕾特爬进烤炉，格蕾特却反过来让女巫自己钻了进去。她是靠什么赢的——力气还是脑子？
- 如果妹妹被关了起来，只有你能救她，你会害怕吗？害怕的时候，怎样让自己冷静下来？
- 父亲两次丢下孩子，心里却一直难受。你觉得他这样做对吗？人犯了错，还有弥补的机会吗？
