1. Little David looks after sheep. One day, a lion comes to steal a sheep. He kills the lion all by himself!
小David是一个小牧童。一天，一只狮子来偷了一只羊。David一个人就把狮子打死了。

2. Soon war comes. David's brothers go off to fight. David stays at home. One day, David's father asks him to take some food to his brothers.
不久，战争开始了。David的哥哥们去参军作战。David留在家里。一天，他的父亲让他去给哥哥们送些食物。

3. David sees his brothers. He sees the king and lots of other men, too. Everyone is looking at the other army. A giant stands there. "I am Goliath. Send one man to fight me!" the giant says.
David看到了他的哥哥们。他还见到了国王和其他许多的人。所有的人都在注视着敌军。那有一个巨人。“我是Goliath。派个人跟我决斗！”那个巨人叫嚣道。

4. "Who will fight Goliath?" the king asks. "Not me! Not me!" cry the men."Send me," says David.
“谁愿意去跟Goliath决斗？”国王问。“我不去！我不去！”人们喊道。“派我去吧，”David说。

5. The king gives David a big sword. David gives it back. "I have my sling," he says. Goliath laughs at David. "Let me turn you into food for the birds!"
国王给David一把长剑。David拒绝了。“我有弹弓，”他说。Goliath耻笑David。“让我来把你变成小鸟的食物吧！”

6. David puts a stone in his sling. ZING! The stone hits Goliath between the eyes! The giant falls down，dead!
David在弹弓里放了一块石子。石子呼啸着打中了Goliath的眉心。巨人倒下了，死了！

7. "Goliath is dead!" cry Goliath's men. "Run for your lives!" David becomes a hero! Later David grows up to be a great king.
“Goliath死了！”Goliath的手下大喊道。“快逃命吧！”David成了英雄！后来David长大后成为一个伟大的国王。

【练一练】把中英文意思对应的词用线连起来：

死的（形容词）   死（动词）   死亡（名词）    生活（名词）   生活（动词）    活着的（形容词）

die    death    alive    live    life    dead