适读年龄：6-9岁
non-fiction读物，就是非虚构类的读物。今天给大家介绍的人物相信宝妈们一定不陌生，那就是Coco 香奈儿， 我们快来了解下Coco的传奇一生吧。
This is the story of a French Girl called Gabrielle.
这是一个叫Gabrielle的法国女孩的故事。
When she was little,Gabrielle lived in an orphanage.
在Gabrielle很小的时候,就在孤儿院生活。
The nuns thought Gabrielle was very strange.
修女们都认为她很奇怪。
She was different and they didn't like it.
她有点和别人不一样,她们不喜欢她这样。
Gabrielle was different.
Gabrielle确实与众不同。
While the other girls played, she liked to sew with a needle and thread.
别的小女孩玩得时候,她就喜欢摆弄针线。
When Gabrielle grew up,she sewed by day and sang by night.
当Gabrielle长大一些了,她用白天的时间缝补,晚上的时间唱歌.
The people watching called her"Coco".
那些喜欢听她唱歌的人都叫她“Coco”。
When Coco finally went to bed, she dreamt in shapes and patterns.
晚上Coco睡觉的时候, 也经常会梦到不同的形状和样式。
She wanted to make so many things.
她有很多想做的东西。
One day,Coco made a hat for her friend.
有一天,Coco给她的朋友做了一顶帽子。
Simple and elegant,it was different to the usual style.
既简单又优雅，看上去和当时流行的款式很不一样。
Coco made more and more hats,until she had enough to open a hat shop.
Coco后来做了更多的帽子, 多到她甚至开了一家卖帽子的店。
Her modern designs surprised the mademoiselles in Paris.
她的设计在当时看来非常时髦, 令很多的巴黎小姐们感到惊艳。
One evening at a party,Coco saw that the other ladies weren't dancing.
有一天晚上在party上，Coco看到很多女士都不去跳舞。
Their corsets were too tight and they could hardly breathe!
因为她们穿的束腰裙实在是太紧了, 紧到呼吸都困难了！
So Coco created a brand new style,simple and straight.
因此Coco就设计了一种新裙子, 简单的直筒裙。
Her dresses and skirts would be comfortable to wear.
她设计的衣服都以穿着舒适为主。
At her first fashion show, some people sneered.
当她设计的衣服初次出现在时装秀上的时候,很多人冷嘲热讽。
Coco's clothes were too strange and different for them.
觉得Coco的衣服太奇怪了, 和当下的潮流一点都不一样。
But as time went on,Coco showed them that to be stylish you don’t need to wear corsets or sparkly sequins...
但是随着时间的推移，Coco证明了想要精致时髦, 你不一定非要穿着紧身衣和闪闪发光的衣服。
...and being different might make other people think differently too.
......与众不同也许也会让别人耳目一新。
That's why everyone now remembers the young Gabrielle as the great designer, Coco Chanel.
这也是为什么直到现在, Gabrielle作为伟大的设计师, 一直能被年轻人所记住，她就是可可香奈儿。
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