牛津阅读树 | Stage 1 No. 4 《The Haircut》

The Haircut 理发

Kipper,your hair is too long.
你的头发太长了！

Oh,ouch!Daddy!That hurts!
哦，哎呀!太疼了！

Let’s get a haircut!Here we are!
我们去剪头发吧！我们到了！
This is Snips hair salon.
这里就是咔擦美发沙龙。
Snips?What’s Snips,daddy?
咔擦？什么是咔擦，爸爸？

This will be exciting.Snips,snips,snips…
这里应该非常不错。咔擦，咔擦，咔擦…
Let’s go in.I’ll tell you later.
进去吧，随后我再告诉你。

This is nice,daddy,I like it.
爸爸，真舒服，我喜欢这儿。

Oh,I don’t. My eyes hurts.Shampoo got into my eyes.
噢，我不舒服，我的眼睛很疼。洗发水跑到我的眼睛里了。

Can you hear the sounds Snips,Snips?
你听见咔擦，咔擦的声音了吗？
Oh，yes,daddy,the cutting sound.
听到了，爸爸，剪头发的声音。
Don’t move your head!
你的头别乱动！

Can you hear the sounds Snips,Snips?
你听见咔擦，咔擦的声音了吗？
Oh，yes,daddy,the cutting sound.
听到了，爸爸，剪头发的声音。
Don’t move your head!
你的头别乱动！

You look different.You look different,too.
你看起来不一样了。你看起来也不一样了。
Hello,dear.Hello mommy.Surprise!
嗨，亲爱的！嗨，妈妈！惊喜！
Oh, who are you?
哦，这是谁呢？

绘本知识点讲解

单词与短语

Haircut  理发  Mirror  镜子   comb  梳子  bathroom  浴室、卫生间    

barber shop  理发店  hair salon  美发沙龙  Shampoo  洗发水  Hairdresser  理发师

关于故事的内容，有几个问题要提问小朋友（家长和孩子在读完绘本后的互动）

1.小朋友们你们喜欢还是不喜欢洗头发、梳头发以及剪头发呢？

2.Who do you think needs a haircut?你认为谁需要剪头发？

3.Do you like getting your haircut?你喜欢剪头发吗?

4.What is the name of hairfressers？理发店的名字是什么？

5.How does Mum feel?当妈妈看到这两父子的时候有什么感觉？

6.What do you think she will say?感觉怎么样？你认为她会说什么？

7.Which haircuts are the smartest?爸爸和kipper哪种发型最帅气？

8.Which haircuts do you like best and why?你最喜欢哪个发型？为什么？

音频文字内容如下文：

One day, Dad said to Mum, “Kipper’s hair is getting really long again. It’s time he had a cut.”
“Oh, dear,” groaned mum. “I don’t think I want to know about this. Ask me to clean a crocodile’s teeth, or cut a tiger’s toe nails. But don’t ask me to cut Kipper’s hair.”
Mum had been dreading cutting Kipper’s hair, ever since the last time she did it.
The trouble was, Kipper made a terrible fuss. He just wouldn’t keep still when Mum shampooed his hair. And he cried, because she got a little drop of shampoo in his eye. But that was nothing, compared to the trouble she had when she tried to give him the haircut. He wiggled and jiggled and squirmed and fidgeted so that Mum was cross with him.
Then as soon as he did sit still, Mum made a little nick on his ear with the scissors. And after that, Kipper made a bigger fuss than ever.
“Surely, it’s not that difficulta job.” said Dad.
“Difficult? Difficult?” exclaimed Mum. “I’d rather polish a python or rinse a rhinoceros.”
“Now, who’s making a fuss.” said Dad.
“I know what.” said Mum, giving Dad a funny knowing sort of smile. “You cut Kipper’s hair. After all, I’m going out this afternoon. So it can be a nice little job for you.”
“Well, urr…umm…oh…all right then.” said Dad. “I don’t think Kipper will give me any trouble. He just needs handling the right way.”
As soon as Mum had gone. Dad took Kipper up to the bathroom. He started combing his hair. 
“Do you know?” he said, in his jolliest voice. “I heard of a little boy who made so much fuss when he had his hair cut that nobody was ever able to cut it. It grew so long, that the boy couldn’t see where he was going. And he kept bumping into doors and crashing into lamp post and tripping over the cat. I can’t imagine you’d be as silly as that, Kipper.”
“Oh, ouch!” cried Kipper. “You’re hurting. Mum never hurts like that when she combs my hair.”
“I thought we could wash your hair, then I can give it a little cut.” said Dad.
“Oh…aw…” wailed Kipper, wiggling and squirming away. “I don’t want my hair cut.”
“This is going to be trickier than I thought.” said Dad. “But I’ve just had a brilliant idea.”
Dad persuaded Kipper to have his hair cut at a hairdresser’s. He told Kipper that the hairdresser was so good at cutting hair that Kipper would really enjoy it.
At first, Kipper wasn’t too sure. 
So Dad said, “I had my hair cut at a hairdresser when I was a little boy and I didn’t make a fuss. I remember thinking it was good fun.”
“Well, all right.” said Kipper. “But if going to a hairdresser is such fun, why does Mum always cut your hair?”
“She doesn’t always.” said Dad. “I tell you what, I’ll have my hair cut at the same time as you. I bet you I won’t make a fuss.”
So Dad took Kipper to a hairdresser in the high street. It’s called Snips Hair Salon. The shop looked very bright and attractive. 
“Snips is a very good name for a hairdresser’s.” thought Kipper.
The first thing that happened to Kipper and Dad, once they were in the salon, was that they had their hair washed. 
Dad had his washed by an assistant called Andy. And Kipper, had his washed by an assistant called Nicky. Much to his surprise, Kipper enjoyed having his hair washed by Nicky. She didn’t wash it in the way Mum did it at home. Instead, Kipper sat with his back to the basin and he leaned backwards. The basin didn’t have taps. It had a special hose that Nicky could control by pressing a little trigger on the end. Nicky was very careful not to let any water run on to Kipper’s face. 
Next to Kipper, Andy was shampooing Dad’s hair. 
“Be careful with all this foam,” Kipper heard Dad say. “I don’t want shampoo in my eyes… I hope you won’t let the water run dawn my neck… You will make sure the water isn’t too hot, won’t you?” 
“Dad’s making a bit of a fuss,” thought Kipper.
After the shampooing was finished. Andy and Nicky sat Dad and Kipper on different chairs in front of a big, long mirror.
“Excuse me, sir,’ said Nicky. “What would you like me to do with Kipper’s hair? Shall I give him a trim?”
Dad remembered how quickly Kipper’s hair grew. He remembered the fuss Kipper made whenever Mum cut it and last of all he saw how expensive it was to have a haircut in the salon.
So he said, “No, not just a trim. I think you’d better cut it short. Yes, quite short!”
“And how about you, sir?” said Andy.
Kipper looked at Dad, and Dad looked at Kipper.
Then Dad said, “Oh….um….er….yes. I’d like mine quiet short, too.”
Snip, snip, snip! Snip-snip! Went the scisoors.
Kipper looked sideways at Dad.
Dad didn’t look too happy.
“I bet he did make a fuss when he was a little boy,” thought Kipper.
Dad and Kipper were really pleased with their haircuts.
“You look different,” Kipper told Dad.
“So do you, Kipper,” said Dad. “You look different, too. You look quite grown up with short hair.”
“It will be really easy to keep it tidy,” said Kipper. “No more having it pulled when Mum tries to comb it. And it will be so much easier to wash. I’m glad we went to Snips. And you see, I didn’t make a fuss. Not once.”
“No, you were a good boy,” said Dad. “I wonder what Mum will say when she sees our smart new haircuts.”
Mum was home already.
When she opened the front door and saw Kipper and Dad with their new short haircuts, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
Do you know what she said?
She said, “Good gracious, you both look as if you’ve been run over by a lawnmower.”
Now that wasn’t very nice… was it?

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