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《玛德琳过圣诞》这本图书是 美国著名图画书作家路德维格·贝梅尔曼斯（Ludwig Bemelmans）所著，作者在27 岁时得到了一个与人共同经营“哈布斯堡王朝餐厅”的机会，他在餐馆的墙壁上画画，在自己公寓的窗户、窗帘和墙壁上画故乡的风景。有一天，美国著名的维京出版社的童书编辑梅·玛斯看到了这些画，便鼓励他为孩子创作图画书，梅·玛斯从此成了影响他一生的人。1939 年出版的《玛德琳过圣诞》不但成了他的代表作，次年还为他赢得了凯迪克银牌奖。

这个作品主要讲的是在巴黎的一座老房子， 藤蔓爬满墙，里面住着12个小女孩，不管天晴还是下雨，她们排着两行走出门，个头最小的叫作玛德琳。在圣诞前一晚，老楼房里所有人都感冒了，只有勇敢的玛德琳在干活，这时来了一位地毯商，玛德琳买下了地毯，可是商人却冻得硬邦邦，玛德琳让地毯商吃了药丸，原来地毯商是个魔法师，他念起了咒语，让地毯载着小女孩飞到了他们妈妈爸爸的身边。简直太棒了，12个小女孩和爸爸妈妈一起过了一个快乐的圣诞节，收获了好多好多的礼物。

整个绘本的画面线条不多，寥寥几笔便勾勒出了一幅幅生动的画面，人物栩栩如生，神态各异，幽默，诙谐，风趣，真可谓是妙趣横生，让人忍俊不禁的同时也深深地被小玛德琳的自信、乐观、勇敢、坚强吸引住了。

绘本语言简洁明快，画面清晰，通俗易懂，文中多采用重复的手法，来加深孩子们对故事情节的印象，正符合幼儿的生长特点，有些东西她们还不能理解，但是对故事情节会有很深的印象，对孩子们来说这就足够了，至于更深的体会要靠孩子们用他们自己去体会。绘本前半部分是中文版，后半部是英文版，双语版本，正是因为绘本具有的这些特点，所以孩子才会深深地喜欢上了小玛德琳，使得小玛德琳成了乐观、自信、坚强、勇敢、善良、富有主见和个性独特的化身。我认为非常值得我们带领孩子们一起阅读。

圣诞节就要到了，给儿子买了一本关于圣诞的绘本送给他，想借此给予儿子一次了解圣诞的机会，并充分调动他的读书兴趣。 下面是原文及译文： On a small farm there lived a farmer。 ---------------在一个小农场上住着一个农民。 He had only  a few amimals. ---------------他只有几个朋友。 He could count them on the fingers of one hand.  ---------------他能用一只手的手指数它们。 So the farmer named his anirmals One,Two,Three,Four and Five.  ---------------于是农夫给他的动物取名为一、二、三、四和五。 By the end of the barn stood a small tree.  ---------------牲口棚的尽头有一棵小树。 The farmer named it Tree. ---------------农夫给它取名为树。 "Hello,Tree,"he would say when he passed it.“---------------你好，树，” 当他经过时他会说。The farmer took good care of One,Two,Three,Four and Five. ---------------这位农民仔细照顾一、二、三、四和五。 Every day he fed them and cleaned their stalls. ---------------他每天喂他们吃饭，打扫他们的窝。 In the evening,when his farm work was done... ---------------晚上，当他的农活做完时…… ...he went to his house.---------------...他回他家了Then he sat in his favorit chair,---------------然后他坐在他最喜欢的椅子上， drank a cup of hot peppermint tea and ate a slice of bread with honey on it.---------------喝了一杯热薄荷茶，吃了一片上面有蜂蜜的面包。 One night as he sat there...---------------一天晚上，他坐在那里……The farmer felt very cozy and a bit tired.---------------农夫感到很舒服，有点累。 “Heavens!”he said,yawning.---------------“天哪！“他打着哈欠说。 “It’s almost Christmas and it hasn’t snowed yet.” With that he fell asleep.---------------“快到圣诞节了，还没下雪。”说完，他睡着了。 Soon he dreamed of  falling snowflakes.---------------不久他就梦见了飘落的雪花。 They gently covered him with a white blanket.---------------它们像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了他。The snowflakes gently covered One with a white blanket.---------------雪花像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了一。 The snowflakes gently covered Two with a white blanket.---------------雪花像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了二。 The snowflakes gently covered Three with a white blanket.---------------雪花像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了三。 The snowflakes gently covered Four  with a white blanket.---------------雪花像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了四。 The snowflakes gently covered Five  with a white blanket.---------------雪花像一条白毯子一样轻轻地盖住了五。The farmer woke up from his dream,---------------农夫从梦中醒来。 Looked out of his window and saw snow.---------------从他的窗户向外望去，看见了雪。 It was not dream snow.It was real snow.---------------那不是梦中的雪，是真正的雪。 It had snowed while he had napped.---------------他打盹的时候下雪了。 Now the snow clouds had moved away.---------------现在雪云已经飘走了。 The moon and stars sparkled in the wintry right sky.---------------月亮和星星在冬天的右边天空中闪闪发光。 One,Two,Three,Four and Five were safe and fast asleep.---------------一、二、三、四和五睡得很安稳。“Oh my!Oh my!”cried the farmer.”I almost  forgot.”---------------“哦，我的天！哦，我的天哪！农夫喊道：“我差点忘了。” Quickly he put on his warm coat,his warm boots,---------------他迅速地穿上暖和的外套，暖暖的靴子， His warm hat and his warm gloves.---------------他的暖帽子和暖手套。 He grabbed a box,slung a sack over his shoulder and drshed outside.---------------他抓起一个盒子，把一个麻袋扛在肩上，摔到外面。Running past One,Two,Three,Four and Five,---------------跑步经过了一、二、三、四、五the farmer shouted,"I almost forgot! I almost forgot!" warking up the animals.---------------农夫喊道：“我差点忘了！我差点忘了！”吵醒了动物。 They looked and wondered what  the farmer was up to now.---------------他们看了看，想知道农夫现在在干什么。They watched as he unpacked the box and emptied the sack.---------------他们看着他打开箱子，清空袋子。 One,Two,Three,Four,and Five watched as he decorated Tree.---------------一、二、三、四和五看着他装饰树。 Then he shouted,Merry Christmas to all!---------------然后他喊道：“大家圣诞快乐！”