Meet Kathleen the mouse and Mark the elephant. Kathleen is very brave and likes adventure, but Mark is very shy and scared of many things. But friends stay together, so Mark follows Kathleen wherever she goes. Sometimes they get into some very sticky situations.
見見老鼠凱薩琳和大象馬克。凱薩琳非常勇敢又喜歡冒險，但馬克的個性十分害羞，對許多事情都感到害怕。不過，朋友都喜歡黏在一塊兒，所以凱薩琳走到哪兒，馬克就會跟到哪兒。有時候，他們也會碰上非常棘手的情況?
"Dinner Out" 外出用晚餐
"What's for dinner?" Kathleen asked Mark one night. "I'm really hungry."
"Well, you could try cooking your own food, you know," Mark answered.
"I know, but if I cooked, it would taste so bad it wouldn't be worth eating," said Kathleen.
"Well, I've cooked every night this week. I'm tired of cooking," Mark said.
"But I'm so hungry! What am I supposed to do?" Kathleen answered, looking very sad. "I know! Let's go out to eat!"
"Are you sure you really want to?" Mark replied. "Restaurants are so noisy and crowded and everyone looks at you while you eat your food."
Kathleen got her way, and she and Mark walked down the street to a restaurant. When they had been at their table for 10 minutes, no one had come to take their order.
"I'm so hungry, I'm about to start chewing on my plate. Where's the waiter?" Kathleen whined.
"I'm hungry too. Have you decided what you want to order? Maybe the waiter won't come over because you're still looking at your menu," Mark said.
Just then, the waiter came over. Kathleen ordered pizza with extra cheese and Mark ordered noodles with tomato sauce.
"And what would you like to drink?" asked the waiter.
"Water is fine," Kathleen answered. "But can you bring me another glass? This one is dirty," she said.
"Kathleen, stop being such a pain," Mark said once the waiter had gone. (Kayleen Hartman, Staff writer)
1. order n.
訂單 (ding4 dan1)
Our orders got mixed up. I got Shawn's food and he got mine. 我們點的菜被搞混了，我拿到夏恩的食物，他拿了我的。
2. waiter n.
服務生 (fu2 wu4 sheng1)
If you were a waiter, you might get tired of looking at food.
如果你是服務生，可能看到食物就煩。
3. menu n.
菜單 (cai4 dan1)
I have been to this restaurant so many times I have the menu memorized.
我去過這家餐廳很多次，菜單都背起來了。
「晚餐吃什麼？」一天晚上，凱薩琳問馬克，「我真的好餓喔！」
「嗯?你知道嗎？你可以試著自己做飯，」馬克回答。
「我知道，可是如果我下廚，會煮得難吃到難以入口。」凱薩琳回答。
「可是我這個星期每天晚上都做菜，我不想再下廚了。」馬克回答。
「可是我好餓喔，怎麼辦？」凱薩琳回答，一臉哀愁。「我知道，我們出去吃！」
「你確定你真的想去嗎？」馬克回答，「餐廳又吵又擠，吃飯的時候每個人都盯著你看。」
凱薩琳終究得逞，她跟馬克到街口一家餐廳。他們在座位上等了十分鐘都沒有人來點菜。
「我好餓喔！我快要開始啃餐盤了，服務生在哪？」凱薩琳嚷嚷著。
「我也很餓，你決定要點什麼了嗎？可能因為你還在看菜單，服務生才沒過來。」馬克說。
服務生這時走了過來，凱薩琳點了比薩加雙份起司，馬克點了蕃茄麵。
「你要喝點什麼嗎？」服務生問。
「水就好了。」凱薩琳回答，「可是你能換一個玻璃杯給我嗎？這個髒髒的。」凱薩琳說。
服務生走了之後，馬克就說：「凱薩琳，你一定要這麼難搞嗎？」 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
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