第36课（386字 2分钟）

Passage Thirty-six

（K9 level）

1. She approached a stranger and asked if he liked the dress she was wearing.

2. With tears glistening in her eyes, she shared that her mother had made the dress especially for her.

3. The stranger kindly replied that he thought her dress was very beautiful and gently asked why she was crying.

4. The little girl quietly explained that her mother had gone away after finishing the dress.

5. She further told him that her father had said her mother was now in heaven with her grandfather.

6. At that moment, the woman finally understood the reason behind the child’s tears.

7. Feeling deeply sorry for the girl, she softly embraced the child in a comforting hug.

8. Then, without warning, the little girl did something quite unexpected.

9. She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman, and began to sing.

10. Her voice was tender, and the song she sang was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the melody of a delicate bird.

11. When she finished singing, the girl explained that her mother used to sing that song to her and had told her to sing it whenever she felt like crying because it would help her stop.

12. She declared loudly that the song always worked, and now her tears were gone.

13. Just as the woman was about to leave, the little girl pointed to a spot on her dress, explaining it was where her mother had kissed it. She then showed another spot, saying it was another kiss, adding that there were many more scattered across the dress.

14. The girl said her mother had told her the kisses on the dress would help her forget her sadness.

15. In that moment, the woman realized she wasn’t merely looking at a dress.

16. She saw a mother who knew she was leaving and wouldn’t be there to comfort her child anymore.

17. The mother had poured all her love into this beautiful dress as a way to hold her daughter close.

18. Now, her little girl wore the dress with pride and joy.

19. The woman no longer saw a child in a simple handmade dress.

20. She saw a child enveloped in the endless love of her mother.

生词表（New Words）

1. approached 走向 stranger 陌生人 dress 裙子

2. tears 泪光 glistening 闪着 especially 特别

3. replied 回答 beautiful 漂亮 crying 哭

4. explained 解释 finishing 做好 leaving 离开

5. heaven 天堂 grandfather 爷爷

6. understood 明白 reason 原因

7. deeply 深感 embraced 抱住 comforting 安慰

8. unexpected 出乎意料

9. stepped 退开 singing 唱歌

10. tender 柔和 sweetest 最甜美 melody 旋律

delicate 精巧

11. finished 唱完 explained 解释

12. declared 大声说 tears 眼泪

13. spotted 指着 explaining 解释 kissed 亲吻

scattered 分散

14. kisses 吻 forget 忘记 sadness 悲伤

15. realized 意识到 merely 只是

16. comforting 安慰

17. poured 倾注 beautiful 漂亮

18. pride 骄傲 joy 喜悦

19. no longer 不再

20. enveloped 包裹 endless 无尽

1. 她走向一个陌生人，问他是否喜欢她穿的裙子。

2. 眼里闪着泪光，她告诉他，这条裙子是她妈妈特别为她做的。

3. 那个陌生人温柔地回答，他觉得她的裙子非常漂亮，并轻声问她为什么哭。

4. 小女孩低声解释道，妈妈在做好这条裙子后就离开了。

5. 她接着告诉他，爸爸说妈妈现在和爷爷一起在天堂里。

6. 那一刻，女人终于明白了孩子流泪的原因。

7. 她深感心疼，轻轻地抱住了小女孩，想要安慰她。

8. 突然，小女孩做了一件完全出乎意料的事情。

9. 她停止了哭泣，从女人身边退开，然后开始唱歌。

10. 她的歌声柔和，那是女人听过最甜美的声音，几乎像一只精巧的小鸟的旋律。

11. 唱完之后，小女孩解释说，她妈妈过去常唱这首歌给她听，并告诉她，只要她想哭时唱这首歌，眼泪就会停下来。

12. 她大声地说，这首歌总是奏效，现在她的眼泪已经不见了。

13. 就在女人准备离开时，小女孩指着裙子上的一个地方，解释说，那是妈妈亲吻它的地方。然后她指向另一个地方，说那是另一个吻，并补充说裙子上还有很多这样的地方。

14. 小女孩说，妈妈告诉她，裙子上的那些吻可以帮助她忘记悲伤。

15. 那一刻，女人意识到她看到的不只是简单的一条裙子。

16. 她看到了一个母亲，知道自己将要离开，再也不能陪伴和安慰孩子了。

17. 母亲把所有的爱都倾注在这条漂亮的裙子上，以此来拥抱她的女儿。

18. 现在，这个小女孩骄傲而喜悦地穿着这条裙子。

19. 女人不再只是看到一个穿着普通手工裙子的小女孩。

20. 她看到的是一个被母亲无尽的爱包裹的孩子。