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The Adventures of Kathleen the Great and Mark the Meek 英勇凱薩琳與害羞馬克歷險記

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...

Home at last 終於到家了

As Mark walked in through his front door for the first time in days, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Am I ever glad to be back from Japan," he said. "It was just one crazy adventure after another there."

"It was a little crazy, but I still had fun," Kathleen responded while setting her backpack down on Mark's sofa. "And I'm sure you did too."

"No doubt, but I'm still happy to be here," Mark replied. "Would you like anything to drink?"

"I'm not sure," said Kathleen. "Do you have any milk?"

"Sure do," Mark replied as he got the milk out of the kitchen.

While Kathleen was drinking her milk, she noticed a small black spot on the ceiling. "That's funny," Kathleen mumbled. "That spot seems to be getting bigger."

Sure enough, the small black spot soon became a real hole. The hole got larger and larger. Parts of the ceiling fell into the kitchen.

"Mark, your roof is falling in!" Kathleen cried as she pushed Mark out of the way of the falling chunks of ceiling.

"Oh no!" cried Mark while he and Kathleen ran out of the kitchen. "What are we going to do now?" (jason cox, staff writer)

經過好幾天，馬克終於首度走進家門，他鬆了一口氣。

「我很高興從日本返家，」他說︰「這不過是日本行後的另一次瘋狂冒險。」

「有點瘋狂，但我還是玩很開心，」凱薩琳把背包放在馬克的沙發上說︰「我想你一定也是。」

「沒錯，但我還是很高興回到家了，」馬克回答︰「你想喝點東西嗎？」

「我不知道，」凱薩琳說︰「你有牛奶嗎？」

馬克從廚房拿出牛奶說︰「當然有。」

凱薩琳喝牛奶時，注意到天花板有一個小黑點。「好好玩，」凱薩琳說︰「這個黑點好像愈來愈大了。」

沒錯，那個黑點很快就變成一個洞，洞口愈來愈大。廚房的幾塊天花板掉了下來。

「馬克，你的屋頂塌下來了！」凱薩琳一邊把馬克推離天花板掉落的地方，一邊大聲喊著。

「噢，不！」馬克和凱薩琳衝出廚房時，馬克大聲喊叫︰「我們該怎麼辦？」 （翻譯：賴美君）

Today's Words 今日單字 1. relief n. 放鬆 (fang4 song1) 例: I feel some relief now that I have all my homework done. (我把所有作業做完後，現在感到鬆了一口氣。) 2. respond v.i. /v.t. 回應 (hui2 ying4) 例: When the teacher calls on you, you should respond to him or her. (老師點到你時，你應該要回答。) 3. ceiling n. 天花板 (tian1 hua1 ban3) 例: The cathedral had a beautiful painting on the ceiling. (那座大教堂的天花板有一幅美麗的圖畫。) 4. chunk n. 大塊 (da4 kuai4) 例: I saw a large chunk of ice outside. Are they making an ice sculpture? (我看見外面有一大塊冰。他們要做冰雕嗎？)

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