萨拉喜欢阅读小说家和诗人的作品,她喜欢小说里的美妙情节,也喜欢诗歌优美的词句.她不喜欢电子游戏和高科技产品.虽然迫于父母的压力,她加入了篮球队,但她并不喜欢体育.事实上,她父母帮她安排了很多她不情愿做的事情,她只是想坐下来读一整天的书.
One day, a small book came in the mail. It was for Sarah. The book looked very special. It was printedon sheetsof gold. Sarah began to read. The outlineof the story was simple. It was about a magical place. Strange things happened there. One examplefrom the book was about a boy who could control people. In one scene, he made his friends tell funny jokes.
有一天,有人给萨拉寄了一本小小的书.这是一本很特别的书,纸张都是黄金做的.萨拉拿到书开始阅读.故事很简单,讲述的是一个神奇的地方,会发生奇怪的事情.故事中有一个能控制他人的小男孩.故事中有一个情节讲的是小男孩让自己的朋友讲笑话.
Sarah loved the book. She read it all the time. Then something strange happened. The book gave Sarah a special power. She could controlother people. She was like the boy in the book. During one exam, she made her friend tell sillyjokes. Her friend got in trouble.
萨拉对这本书爱不释手,天天都要拿出来阅读.久而久之就发生了令人奇怪的事情.萨拉从书中获得了能控制他人的超能力,与书中讲述的小男孩拥有的一模一样.一次考试过程中,萨拉控制了自己的朋友并让她讲了一个愚蠢的笑话.她朋友因此而陷入了麻烦当中.
After school, Sarah did not make a directtrip home. On the way, she went to the localstore. She wanted to play more tricks on people. She caused problems. She made people fall down. She laughed and had fun.
放学后,萨拉没有直接回家,而是去了一家当地的商店,因为她想愚弄更多的人.她给人们制造了很多的麻烦.看到人们摔倒在地后,她却以此为乐,大笑不止.
Finally she left and started to walk home. Then she saw something. Her basketball coachwas about to walk in front of a bus. He was looking the other way. She had to stop him! She used her power. She controlledhim. She made him stop walking.
最后,她离开商店开始往家里走.路上她看见了自己的篮球教练.他走路时没留意而差点被车撞上.她必须要让他停下脚步!她用自己的超能力让教练停下了脚步.
Sarah learned something that day. It was better to help people than make them suffer. So, she put a limiton how she used her power. She did not want to do bad things with it anymore. She only wanted to do good.
那天,萨拉懂得了一些东西,那就是帮助他人比愚弄他人更好.所以,她限制了自己的超能力使用范围,不再用它来干坏事,而是做好事.
单词coach n.教练control v.控制deion n.描述direct adj.直接的exam n.考试example n.例子limit n.限制local adj.本地的magical adj.魔术的,有魔力的mail n.邮件novel n.小说outline n.轮廓,大纲poet n.诗人print v.打印scene n.场景sheet n.薄片,纸张silly adj.愚蠢的store n.商店suffer v.遭受,忍受technology n.科技12The Crazy Artist疯狂的艺术家Frenhofer was the best artistin the world. Everyone loved him. The qualityof his paintings was very high. He always used the best materials. He made a big profitfrom his paintings. He had delicious mealswith his rich neighbors. He taught art classes. Life was good.
霍夫是世界上最好的艺术家,人人都喜欢他.他的画作质量非常好,他总是用最好的材料,因此从中赚了不少钱.他住在富人区,是一名艺术老师,生活幸福美满.
Then his attitudechanged. He stopped selling paintings and teaching. He tried a new methodof painting. He stayed alone in his apartmentall day. He worked all day and all night, rarely eating. Soon Frenhofer became very thin. But he kept working on the same painting for many years. He worked as hard as he could.
后来他的态度发生了变化,他不再卖画,也不再教书,而是尝试一种新的作画方式.他一整天一个人待在家里日以继夜的工作,连吃饭都顾不上,因此日渐消瘦.多年来,他都在画同一幅画,并为此呕心沥血.
Finally, he finished the painting. He was very happy and invited other artists to see it. "I want your professionalopinion," he said. He wanted them to judgeit and compareit to other paintings. Everyone was very excited as they went up the stairsto his apartment. Frenhofer was excited to show his painting, and the artistswere excited to see it. "They'll love it."he thought. But they did not.
终于有一天,他完成了这幅大作.他欣喜异常,邀请其他同行前来参观."我想听听各位的专业意见,"他说道.他想要将这幅画与他自己其他的作品相比较.当他们上楼去他的公寓时,每个人都很兴奋.霍夫也迫不及待的想要展示自己的大作.他心想:"他们肯定会喜欢的."但最后却事与愿违.
They were surprised by his painting. There was no white anywhere. Frenhofer filled the whole painting with lines and colors. There was no spacefor a normal picture. It was full of strange shapes. It looked bad to the other artists. He used symbols, and they didn't understand them. They thought it was terrible. "Why did you paint this strange picture?" someone asked. They didn't understand its beauty.
大家都很诧异为什么霍夫或做出这样的画作.画上没有一丝丝的白色,全是各种线条和各种各种颜色.这根本不是一幅正常的画作,上面铺满了奇怪的图形.他的同行们觉得这非常糟糕.霍夫想通过比喻解释自己的画,但同行们无人能听懂.有人问他:"你怎么会画这种奇形怪状的画?"他们无法理解这幅画的美妙.
But after some time, many people began to like his painting. People wrote articlesabout it in magazines. They said it was his best work. They loved his strange symbols. They loved his strange colors. Frenhofer's painting reminded everyone that just because something was new didn't mean that it was bad. He also helped them to realize that sometimes it takes people a little time to understand great things.
但过了一段时间,大家都开始喜欢上这幅画,而且还在杂志上刊登了这幅画.人们都说这是霍夫最好的作品,他们喜欢这幅奇奇怪怪的符号和颜色.霍夫的这幅画告诉了人们一个道理,那就是新颖的事物并不意味着是不好的.同时,人们通常需要花些时间去理解那些伟大的东西.
单词alone adj.独自的apartment n.公寓,房间article n.文章artist n.艺术家attitude n.态度compare v.比较judge v.判断magazine n.杂志material n.材料meal n.一餐,一顿饭method n.方式,方法neighbor n.邻居professional adj.专业的profit n.利益quality n.质量shape n.形状space n.空间stair n.楼梯,阶梯symbol n.象征thin adj.瘦弱的13Princess Rose and the Creature罗斯公主与怪物There was once a beautiful princess named Rose. Her mother, the queen, however, was not as beautiful as the princess. The queen felt bad that she was not the most beautiful woman in the kingdom anymore. She was tired of competingwith her daughter. She made a decision. She prepared a drink for the princess. After the princess drank it, she fell asleep. Then the queen took the princess to the forest. She left the princess there. It was a very seriousthing to do. "Eithershe will be killed by animals or she will get lost in the forest," the queen thought.
曾经有一位非常美丽的公主,她的名字叫罗斯,她的美超过了她的母后.皇后对此很不满,因为她自己再也不是这个国家最美丽的女人.她厌倦了和女儿的争相斗艳,所以她制定了一个计划.她给罗斯准备了一份饮品,罗斯喝下后就开始沉睡,随后皇后派人将她带到了森林并将她独自留在了那里.这事做的可真是歹毒."她要么被动物吃掉,要么自己在森林里迷路,"皇后心想.
The princess had a dream. She dreamed about a man with brown hair and brown eyes. It was the man she would wed.
公主做了一个梦,梦到了一个棕色头发棕色眼睛的男士,那就是她日后的伴侣.
The princess wokeup. She saw a strange creatureon the ground. It looked like a man, but he was hairy and green. He had horns on his head and a pig's nose.
公主醒来后,发现旁边站着一个怪物.他看起来像是个人,但却浑身毛茸茸,皮肤也呈青色.他的鼻子和猪鼻子一样,头上还长了一只角.
The creaturesaid, "Did I scare you? I hope not. Let me introducemyself. I am Henry."
怪物说话了:"我吓到你了吗?希望没有.我先自我介绍一下,我叫亨利."
"I am not scared. To tell you the truth, I think you are cute," said Rose.
"我没有被你吓到,老实说,我觉得你还挺可爱的."罗斯回答说.
Rose and Henry spentthe day together. They collected berries, caught fish, and had lunch. They had a very good day filled with nice conversations.
他们两一整天都在一块摘果子,抓鱼,还共进午餐.他们一整天都很开心,相谈甚欢.
Rose, I have to go home, said Henry. "My ship will sailhome soon. I can't leave you here in the forest alone. Will you come with me?"
"罗斯,我得回家了."亨利说道."很快我就会开船回家了,但我不能将你一个人留在这,你愿意跟我一起走吗?"
Rose was very happy. She gave Henry a kiss right on his pig nose. As soon as she kissed Henry, he began to change. His pig nose turned into a man's nose. His horns and green hair went away. Standing in front of her was the man Rose had dreamt about.
罗斯听后很开心,并且在他的鼻子上亲了一口.之后,亨利的容貌发生了变化.他的鼻子和肤色都恢复成人类的一样了,头上的犄角也消失了.现在站在罗斯面前的就是她梦中的白马王子.
Rose and Henry were married, and they lived happily.
罗斯和亨利结了婚,并且幸福的生活在一起.
单词anymore adv. 再也不,不再asleep adj. 睡着的berry n. 浆果(葡萄,番茄等)
collect v. 收集compete v. 竞争conversation n. 交流creature n. 生物decision n. 决定either conj. 或者forest n. 森林ground n. 地面,土地introduce vt. 介绍marry v. 结婚prepare v. 准备sail v. 航行serious adj. 严重的spend v. 度过strange adj. 奇怪的truth n. 事实wake v. 醒来14The First Peacock第一只孔雀Argos lived in Ancient Greece. He was a husband and a proudfather. He worked hard and did well at his job. But one thing about him wasn't normal. He was born with 100 eyes. Having many eyes was usually a benefitto him. He had a chanceto see many things.
古希腊有一个人名叫阿哥斯,他有妻子和孩子.他工作努力而且把工作做得很好.但是他有一样东西很不正常,那就是他有100只眼睛.这对他来说也是一种好处,因为可以有机会看到很多事物.
Also, since he had so many eyes, he was very good at guardingthings. While sleeping, he only resteda few eyes at a time. The others stayed awake. He worked for Hera, a great goddess. His primary functionwas to guarda special cow. The cow was very important to Hera. It was her favorite pet. The most essentialpart of his job was to keep the cow alone. It had to be kept separatefrom all the other cows and far away from people.
而且,因为这个缘故,他警惕性很高.因为他每次睡觉时只会闭上其中几只眼睛而把其它的眼睛都睁着.他在大女神赫拉手底下工作,起初负责守卫一只特殊的奶牛.赫拉很看重这头牛,这是她最喜欢的宠物.他最重要的工作是把这只牛和其他牛隔离开,而且不许任何人靠近.
This was an easy job for Argos. The cow just ate grassall day. But the god Zeus wanted the cow. He wanted to take it away from Hera. He had a plan. He found a great music player. He asked the man to play a beautiful song for Argos. Zeus was certainArgos would go to sleep.
这份工作对于阿哥斯来说易如反掌,每天只是看牛吃草.然而,宙斯看上了这只牛,想要从赫拉手中将她夺走,并因此制定了一个计划.他找来一个顶级的演奏家,要求他演奏一曲美妙的歌曲,以此来让阿哥斯昏昏入睡.
The song had an immediate effect. Argos couldn't focuson his job. He fell asleep. Zeus saw this, and he took the cow.
这首歌果然奏效了,阿哥斯听到音乐后分了神并睡着了.宙斯趁机将牛夺走.
Hera was very angry with Argos. She turned him into a peacock. She put his many eyes on his tail. Argos was very sad.
赫拉对此非常生气,她将阿哥斯变成了一只孔雀,把他的许多眼睛长在尾巴上.阿哥斯为此非常伤心.
Zeus saw how much troublehe had caused Argos. He made another plan. He turned Argos into a group of stars. He wanted Argos to remainin the sky forever. Even today,Argos' imageremains there, above the sitewhere all his problems began.
宙斯明白过来自己给阿哥斯造成了很大的麻烦.所以他将阿哥斯变成了一片繁星,希望就此将他永远留在天庭.直至今日,阿哥斯犯错之地的上空仍留有痕迹.我们在夜晚仍然可以看到他.
We can still see him in the night sky.
人们依旧能在夜空中看到他的身影.
单词benefit n.利益certain adj.确信,必然的chance n.机会effect n.影响essential adj.必须的,必要的far adj.遥远的focus v.关注function n.功能grass n.草guard v.保卫image n.影像immediate adj.立即的,直接的primary adj.初级的,基本的,主要的proud adj.自豪的remain v.保留,保持rest v.使休息separate adj.单独的,分开的site n.地点tail n.尾巴trouble n.问题,困难15The Starfish海星Last summer I took a trip to an island. I had a lot of fun. I sat and watched the wavesand listened to the ocean. I learned to identifybirds. I discoveredpretty things and enjoyed the taste of new foods. It was a very nice time.
去年夏天,我到一个海岛上旅游,玩得很开心.我坐在海边,看海浪一层接一层,听海水涌动的声音.我学会了分辨鸟类.我还看到了从未见过的漂亮的东西,享用到了没吃过的食物.那真是一段美好的时光.
One evening I took a pleasantwalk by the ocean. When the wavescame in, many starfish fell on the beach. Some starfish went back into the water, and they were safe. But other starfish were still on the sand. They would die if they did not get into the water. There were many starfish on the beach that night. It made me sad, but I knew I could not fixthe problem. I steppedvery carefully so I did not damagethem.
一天晚上,我在海边悠然自得地散步,海浪冲上来很多海星.很多海星随着波浪又退回了对它们安全的水里.然而还是有一部分被留在了沙滩上,如果不及时回到水里就会死掉.那天晚上,海滩上满是海星.我很难过,因为救不了它们.我每一步都小心翼翼,以免踩到它们.
Then I saw a little girl. She was also sad about the starfish. She wanted to preventall of them from dying. She asked me if I could perhapshelp her.
然后我看见了一个同样因此而难过的小女孩.她想救它们,所以跑来问我能否帮忙一起救救这些海星.
To be frank, I don't think we can do anything, I said.
我说:"老实说,我觉得我们救不了这么多."
The little girl started to cry. She sat back againsta rockand thought for a while. Finally, the emotionwas gone. She stopped crying and stood up. Then she picked up a starfish and threw it into the water.
女孩听后就哭了.她靠着一块岩石坐下来想了一会.终于,她抹干眼泪,不再显得悲伤.她站起来开始拿起一只海星扔回水里.
What are you doing? I asked her. But she did not answer me. She just threwas many starfish as she could. "You cannot saveall of them!" I said.
"你在做什么呢?"我问她.但她没有理睬我,只是尽力把海星都扔回海里."你救不了这么多的!"我说道.
She stopped to look at me. "No, I cannot savethem all," she replied. Then she picked up a very big starfish and said, "But I can save this one." And then she smiled and threw the starfish as far as she could into the ocean.
她停下来对我说:"对,我确实救不了全部海星,"随后她拿起一只大海星继续说道:"但我能救这一只."然后她笑了,边笑边尽力把海星往水里扔.
单词against prep.反对,违反,靠beach n.沙滩damage v.损害discover v.发现emotion n.表情,情感fix v.修理,安装frank adj.坦白的,直率的identify v.确定,识别island n.岛屿ocean n.海洋perhaps adv.可能,也许pleasant adj.舒适的prevent v.阻止rock n.岩石save v.挽救step v. 走,迈步still adv.仍然taste n.味道,品味throw v.扔wave n.波浪16The Race for Water关于水的比赛There was a town next to a river. The people there had a lot of water. But they wastedit. That made the Sky angry. It said, "If you waste water, I will take it away from you." But the people didn't listen. 河边有一座城,城里的人们都不缺水,但是他们却无节制地浪费水.上天对此很生气,对城里的居民说:"你们要是再浪费水,我就把水都移走."但人们并没有改变.
When the seasonchanged from spring to summer, the clouds disappeared. The bright sun was hot and made the river dry. There was no water available. People asked, "When will the rain fall?"
天气也从春季进入了夏季,天空万里无云,火辣的太阳把河水都晒干了.人们无水可用,于是问道:"什么时候能降雨?"
The Sky's responsewas, "You don't appreciatewater. You waste it, and now I will never make rain again."
上天回答说:"你们不珍惜水,浪费水,我永远都不会给你们降雨."
A boy determinedthat this wasn't fair. He thought of a solution. He asked the Sky to race him. He said, "If I get to the top of that hill before your rain can form puddles, you must fill our river."
一个男孩觉得上天这样做很不公平,于是想了一个办法.他要求上天与自己来一场比赛.他对上天说:"如果我跑到了那个山顶,而你的降雨还没有形成水坑,你就必须要把河水还给我们."
The Sky laughed. "Little boy, I am the Sky. I am above everything else. You cannot beatme." But the boy knew he would win.
上天笑了:"小孩,我是天神,我是最强大的,你赢不了我的."但男孩知道自己能赢得这场比赛.
When the race began, the boy ran forward. The Sky started raining on the hill. But puddles did not form there. When it rained on the hill, the water went down.
比赛开始后,男孩开始往前跑.上天开始往山上降雨,但是山上是不可能积水的,因为水落到地上就会往下流.
The Sky kept raining. The water floweddown into the river. When the boy reached the top of the hill, the river was full. The people began to celebrate. It was the highest levelthe river had ever been at before.
上天持续降雨,落下的雨水都流进了河里.当男孩跑到山顶时,小河已经注满了水.人们开始为此庆祝,这是有史以来最高的水位了.
The Sky was angry. "A boy can't beatme! I won't fill your river," it said.
上天恼羞成怒地说:"我不可能被一个小孩打败!我不会往你们的河里注水."
Now the boy laughed. "It doesn't matter whetheryou want to fillit or not," he said. "You already did." The Sky looked at the full river.
小男孩笑着说:"你愿不愿意都没关系,河水已经注满了."上天看了看注满水的小河.
You tricked me, it said. It asked the people, "Do you appreciatewater now?"
"你骗我,"上天说道.它问人们:"你们现在知道水的珍贵了吧?"
Yes, they said. "We won't waste it."
"是的"人们回答,"我们不会再浪费水了."
That is how a lone boy saved his town and won the race for water.
男孩就这样赢得了这场关于水的比赛并救了整个镇子的人.
单词appreciate v.欣赏,感激available adj.可得的beat v.打败.
bright adj.明亮的celebrate v.庆祝determine v.决定,判决disappear v.消失else adj.其他的fair adj.公平的flow v.流动forward adv.向前地hill n.小山,丘陵level n.水平lone adj.单独的puddle n.水坑response n.响应,反应,回答season n.季节solution n.解决waste v.浪费whether conj.是否,不论17The Little Red Chicken红色的小鸡A little red chicken had a store in a small town. She sold many differentitemsto people in the town. The people loved her products.
一只红色的小鸡在小城里开了一家商店,里面的商品很多,而且城里的人们都喜欢它店里的物品.
One day, a cat came to her property. He saw the sign thatindicatedwhere the chicken's store was located. He wanted to purchasebread, but the chicken's store was almost empty. She had only a bag of wheat.
有一天,一只猫来到她的店.他沿着标识找到了小鸡的店铺,想要进去买些面包.然而,小鸡店里的商品几乎都已经卖光了,只剩下一袋麦子.
You can use the wheat to make bread, the chicken said.
"你可以买这些小麦回去自己做面包,"小鸡说.
No, I don't want to work, the cat said. "I just want to buy bread." The cat became angry and left the store.
"不,我懒得动手,"小猫回答."我只是想买点面包而已."小猫生气地走出了商店.
Later, the little red chicken saw the cat in a crowd.
过了一会,小鸡在人群中看到了那只小猫.
I will help you make the bread, she said.
"我可以帮你做面包,"小鸡说.
But the cattreatedher badly. He did not even communicate with her.
但小猫的态度很恶劣,甚至都没有理睬小鸡的话.
He did not want to do any work.
他什么都懒得做.
So the chicken decided to make the bread. She selectedthe exactamount of wheat to make freshbread. She used a stone to pound the wheat to get it ready. Soon, her bread was ready.
所以小鸡决定做面包.她选了适量的小麦,并用石磨把小麦磨碎了,原料准备好之后,很快面包就出炉了.
The cat came and saw the bread on adish.
小猫走过来,发现盘子里有一块面包.
Give me some of your bread, he said.
"给我吃一点面包把,"他说.
No, said the iittle red chicken. "You did not help me make the bread. So you shall not have any to eat."
"不,"小鸡回答,"你没有帮忙做面包,所以没有你的份."
The cat arguedwith the chicken. He tried to offera pricefor it. But the little red chicken did not want to sell her bread.
小猫和小鸡争吵起来,他想用钱买这块面包,但小鸡却并不想卖.
Don't dependon others to do work for you, said the little red chicken. "别指望别人帮你把事情都做好,"小鸡说.
Then how will I get bread? the cat asked.
"那我怎么才能吃到面包?"小猫问道.
I recommenddoing some work, said the little red chicken. "Use a toolto plant your own wheat. When it grows big, you can gatherit and make your own bread.You need to learn to do work for what you want."
"我建议你不要偷懒,"小鸡答道."你可以自己播种种小麦,小麦长大后就可以做面包了.你要学会为自己想要的东西付出努力."
单词argue v.争论communicate v.交流crowd n.人群depend v.依靠dish n.碟,盘empty adj.空的exact adj.准确的,精密的fresh adj.新鲜的gather v.聚集indicate v.表明,指出item n.物品offer v.提供price n.价格product n.产品property n.财产purchase v.购买recommend v.推荐select v.挑选tool n.工具treat v.对待18Shipwrecked海难Simon Yates was a lawyer. He helped many people. However, he was not a nice man. His policywas to help only rich people. He didn't botherabout social injustice. He made a lot of money, but many people didn't like him. Even people on his staffdidn't like him. They wanted bad things to happen to him. In fact, they were gladwhen he got into trouble.
西蒙耶茨是一名律师,他帮助过很多人.然而,他不是一个善良的人,因为他只帮助那些有钱人,却并不关心社会上的那些不公平.他挣了很多钱,但很多人都不喜欢他,其中甚至包括他手下的职员.大家都乐于看他倒霉.事实上,当他陷入困境时,他们拍手称快.
Simon had a very bad day. He did many things wrong and lost his job. Soon, he didn't have any money. His wife, Mrs. Yates, began to have doubtsabout him. Simon wanted to start a new life. He planned to leave the country.
西蒙这一天过得糟糕极了,他犯了很多错并因此丢了工作.不久后,他身上的钱就所剩无几了.此时他妻子耶茨太太开始对他不满.西蒙想要开启一段新生活,所以他计划着离开这个国家.
He mentionedhis plan to the captainof a ship. The captain was exploringthe world. The captain felt bad for Simon and said, "I will take you to foreigncountries." They left the next day.
他对一名船长说了自己的计划.这名船长习惯了走南闯北,他对西蒙的遭遇感到伤心.他说道:"我带你去其他国家转转."他们第二天就起程了.
Near the conclusionof their internationaltrip, the weather turned bad. A wave pushed Simon off the boat. But he was alive. He swam towardan island. After a long time he got there.
就在他们的环球旅行接近尾声时,天气骤变.西蒙被一片大浪打翻进了海里,但他活了下来并花了很长时间游到了一个岛上.
At first he was upset. He was lost and alone. "I'll never go home again," he thought. He had a lot of problems, but he survived. He built a house in a tree. He lived on a diet of fish. He made tools from woodand bones. He made a cup to drink rainwater.
起初他很是沮丧,他感到迷茫而孤独."我再也不会回去了,"他心想.他在岛上遇到了很多麻烦,但仍然活了下来.他在树上建了一所房子,每天捕鱼为生.他用以木头和动物骨头为工具,做了一个喝水的杯子.
Slowly he learned to be happy on the island. He swam every day. He had trouble sometimes, but he always found a way to fix the problem. Life was simple. He liked it.
慢慢地,他开始享受岛上生活的快乐.他每天都游泳,有时也会遇上一些麻烦事,但都被他一一化解.他喜欢这样简单的生活.
Finally, people on a ship saw Simon on the island. They wanted to take him home. But Simon was happy. He gave them a long speechabout life. He said he wanted to stay. He liked his new, simple life more than his old life.
终于有一天,路过的一艘船上有人看见了岛上的西蒙.他们想把他带回家.但西蒙却显得很高兴,并且对他们讲了一大堆关于生活的感想.他表示自己想留在岛上,因为他喜欢这样的全新而简单的生活.
单词alive adj.活着的bone n.骨头bother v.打扰,烦扰captain n.船长conclusion n.结论doubt n.怀疑explore 探索foreign adj.外国的glad adj.开心的however adv.然而injustice n.不公正international adj.国际的lawyer n.律师mention v.提到,提及policy n.政策social adj.社会的,群居的speech n.演讲staff n.职员toward prep.向,对于wood n.木头的Shipwrecked海难19The Seven Cities of Gold七座金城Many years ago, a Spanish officer named Coronado heard the story of seven great cities. "The walls of these cities are made of gold," his friends told him. "The people eat meatfrom golden plates and dress in nice clothes," they said. They called these cities the Seven Cities of Gold. Were the cities real? Coronado never consideredasking his friends.
许多年前,一名叫科罗纳多的军官听说了七座城市的故事."这七座城的城墙都是金子做的,"他朋友对他说,"人们吃饭用的盘子也是金子做的,而且他们的穿戴都很好."他们将这几座城市称为"七座金城."金城是真的吗?科罗纳多从来没有想过问他的朋友.
Coronado thought to himself, "The things in these cities must be wortha lot of money." So he went to find the Seven Cities of Gold. He took along three hundred men, many horses, and extrafood. They headed west. Coronado wanted to achievehis goalvery badly.
科罗纳多心想:"这七座城市里的东西肯定都很值钱."所以他开始寻找着七座金城.他挑了三百人随行,并且还带了很多马匹和食物.他们向西出发.科罗纳多心里特别想找到这七座金城.
Coronado and his men rode for many days. Then they saw some cities. "We found the Seven Cities of Gold!" his men yelled, but Coronado wasn't happy. He had a different opinion. "These can,t be the Seven Cities of Gold," he said. "Look, they're made of dirt!"
骑着马走了很多天后,他们看到了几座城市."我们找到七座金城了!"他的随从大声喊道.然而,科罗纳多却并不高兴.他看法不一样:"这些不可能是七座金城,你们看,这些城墙都是泥土做的!"
Coronado was right. The cities weren't bright and golden. They were dirty and brown. The people didn't eat meat from golden plates. They ate vegetablesfrom regular bowls. They wore the most basicclothes.
科罗纳多说对了.这些城市并不那么闪亮,也没有遍地黄金.相反,它们都是泥土建成的,颜色灰暗.这里的人们也并没有用金盘子吃肉,用的是普通的盘子,吃的是蔬菜.人们的穿戴也显得普普通通.
Coronado regardedthe cities as ugly places."What happened to the cities of gold?" he thought."Did someone destroythem? Was there a war? Did someone alreadycome and take the gold?"
在科罗纳多眼里,这几座城不过是肮脏的土城罢了."七座金城发生了什么呢?"他心想."难道是有人摧毁了它们?难道这里曾发生过战争?还是说已经有人来过把金子都拿走了?"
That night, the people of the cities entertainedCoronado and his men and servedthem food.They advisedCoronado to go home. "There is no gold here," they told him. Coronado was angry. Did his friends lieto him?那天晚上,城里的居民招待了科罗纳多一行.他们建议科罗纳多带人返回."这里根本就没有所谓的黄金,"他们说道.科罗纳多因此很生气.难道是他的朋友骗了他吗?
He left the next morning. He looked back at the cities one more time. The sun reflectedlight on the dirt houses. Coronado thought he saw a bitof gold. Were his friends right after all? "No," he told himself. "It's just the sun." Then he turned away and went home.
第二天一早,科罗纳多一行人就离开了.他回头看了一眼这几座城市,城墙反射着太阳照射的光辉.科罗纳多以为自己看到了金子.那么他朋友没有骗他吗?"不,"他自言自语道."这是阳光照射形成的罢了."随后他转过身,开始回程.
单词achieve v.实现advise v.建议already adv.已经basic adj.基本的,基础的bit n.少量consider v.思考destroy v.摧毁,毁灭entertain v.娱乐,招待extra adj.额外的goal n.目标lie v..说谎meat n.肉类opinion n.观点real adj.真实的reflect v.反射regard v.看待serve v.招待vegetable n.蔬菜war n.战争worth adj.值得的20Katy凯蒂I first met 8-year-old Katy on a rainy afternoon. I was a nurseat a hospital. The clerk at the desk told me about Katy. She was there because she felt a lot of pain. The doctors locateda problem at the baseof her brain. I knew she was special, even before she got better. I'll always remember Katy as a hero.
我第一次遇到八岁的凯蒂是在一个下雨天的下午.我是一家医院的护士.我是从前台同事那里得知凯蒂的,她因为感觉浑身疼痛才来的医院.医生在她头部找到了病因.我知道她和别人不一样,即使她现在还没好起来.我会永远记住凯蒂这个英雄女孩.
When I enteredKaty's room, she was not in her bed. She was in a chair next to Tommy, a little boy. ThoughKaty did not feel well, she was playing with Tommy and his toys. It took a lot of effortfor her just to sit in the chair. But she played with Tommy because it made him happy.
我走进她的病房时发现她并没有在病床上,而是坐在一个叫汤米的小男孩病床旁的一张椅子上.虽然她自己身体也不好,但还是陪汤米一起玩玩具.她连坐在椅子上都困难,但她仍然愿意和汤米一起玩逗他开心.
Katy was always smiling and never appearedto be in pain. She refusedto just lie in bed. One day I found her painting a picture. Later, she gave it to one of the older patients. Another day she went outside to get flowers for another sick little girl. Katy made everyone smile.
凯蒂脸上总是挂着微笑,从不显露痛苦.她拒绝一直躺在病床上.有一天,我发现她画了一幅画并将这幅画送给了另一位比她大的病人.她有时还会出去菜花送给另一位小女孩.凯蒂让所有人都变得开心.
The doctors hurriedto fix the problem in Katy's brain. The operationwas successful! The doctors informedthe hospital staff of the good news. Katy was fine. She soon felt excellent. She got better and was able to leavethe hospital a month later.
医生们争分夺秒为凯蒂治疗,而且手术很成功!医生们将这个好消息告诉了其他同事.凯蒂没事了.她恢复得很不错,而且一个月后就出院了.
I have had a long career as a nurse. I have met many patients. However, I have never met another girl like Katy. Even after she got well, she still came to the hospital. She played variousgames with the young patients. She read many books to the older patients. Katy's kind heart helped her get better so quickly. She is a hero to me and everyone else at the hospital.
我做护士这么长时间以来,照顾过很多病人,但没有一个像凯蒂这样的.即使她后来痊愈了,但她还是经常会到医院来和那些年纪小的病人们做游戏.她为年长的病人读了很多书.凯蒂的善良让她恢复得很快.她是我和医院里所有人的英雄.
单词appear v.似乎base n.基础,底部brain n.大脑career n.事业clerk n.职员effort n.努力enter v.进入excellent adj.卓越的hero n.英雄hurry v.使匆忙inform v.通知,告诉,报告later adv.后来leave v.离开locate v.查找....的地点nurse n.护士operation n.手术pain n.疼痛refuse v.拒绝though conj.虽然,尽管various adj.各种各样的点个"在看"