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...
"Summer salad" 夏日沙拉
"Summer is here," said Kathleen one afternoon.
"I know!" answered Mark with excitement in his voice. "All the best fruit is everywhere now! Mangos, pineapples, watermelons! I can't get enough. Winter has nothing like it, except strawberries and oranges. Are you hungry?"
"I know, let's make a fruit salad!" said Kathleen, jumping into the air.
"OK. I can peel the bananas. I am a banana-peeling expert! Are you going to buy the fruit now?" Mark asked Kathleen.
"Yes, and you are coming with me. I can choose the fruit, but if you want to eat any of it, you'll have to carry a few of the bags home. Pineapples and watermelons can be a little heavy for a mouse, you know," answered Kathleen.
"If I'm carrying the bags, how do you plan to earn your part of the fruit salad?" Mark asked, happy that for once Kathleen needed help doing something, instead of vice versa.
"I'll carry the cherries and the blueberries! And the cheese! You can't have a nice fruit salad without a bit of cheese."
"I'll let you add cheese, as long as we can pick up a bag of peanuts while we are out. Nuts and fruit -- mmm!"
(Kayleen Hartman, staff writer)
一天下午，凱薩琳說︰「夏天來囉！」
「我知道！」馬克用興奮的語氣回答︰「現在到處都是最好吃的水果！芒果、鳳梨、西瓜！我怎麼吃也吃不膩。冬天就不是這樣子，除了草莓與柳丁之外什麼也沒有。你餓了嗎？」
「我想，我們來做水果沙拉吧！」凱薩琳興奮地跳到半空說。
「好吧！我可以剝香蕉。我是剝香蕉的專家！你現在要去買水果了嗎？」馬克問凱薩琳。
1. excitement n.
興奮 （xing4 fen4）
The room was full of excitement when the teacher announced the winner of the speech contest.
老師宣布演講比賽冠軍時，教室裡全場興奮不已。
2. peel v.i./v.t.
剝（bo1）
My mother can peel an apple and keep the whole peel in one piece.
我母親可以一次把蘋果皮削掉，毫不間斷。
3. expert n.
專家（zhuan1 jia1）
If you need to know more about mountains, ask Ms Carter. She's a real expert on that kind of thing.
假如你想更了解山脈，就問卡特女士。她是這一方面真正的專家。
4. vice versa adv.
反之亦然（fan3 zhi1 yi4 ran2）
Is Brian mad at you or vice-versa?
布萊恩在生你的氣嗎，或者是你在生他的氣？
凱薩琳回答說︰「是啊，你要跟我一起去。我可以挑水果，不過假如你想吃水果，你就得負責提幾個袋子回家。你知道，鳳梨和西瓜對老鼠來說有點重。」
馬克問︰「假如我提袋子，那你打算為你的水果沙拉做些什麼？」他很高興這次是凱薩琳需要幫助，而不是他。
「我會提櫻桃與藍莓！還有起司！不加點起司，你就不能有像樣的水果沙拉。」
「只要我們出門時買一袋花生，我就讓你買起司。堅果與水果－嗯嗯∼！ （翻譯：賴美君）
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