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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
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007,Page 13
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...
A day at the park 公園遊記
“We just have one adventure after another,” Mark sighed as he plopped down onto his sofa. “Maybe we'll finally get a chance to relax a little.”
“What's so bad about adventure?” asked Kathleen. She looked for some cheese in the refrigerator. “In fact, let's have another one right now!”
Kathleen grabbed Mark's hand and pulled him out of the door. “Oh no, where are we going now?” he moaned.
Kathleen dragged Mark over to the park. Some kids were playing on the swings, some elderly people were playing chess or practicing taichi and couples were walking their dogs. There was even a group of elementary school students kicking around a soccer ball.
“Now this is my kind of adventure,” said Mark. “Let's play a game of chess!”
“All right, I'll play a game with you, but you have to promise to play with the soccer ball later,” replied Kathleen.
“That's a deal!” said Mark.
As he played chess, Mark relaxed and looked around at the nearby trees. They were full of chirping, brightly colored birds hopping around from branch to branch. Mark smiled up at them.
All at once, the birds stopped chirping, took flight, and headed directly for Mark ... (Jason Cox, Staff Writer)
「我們歷經了一次又一次的探險，」馬克跳上沙發，一邊嘆息說︰「也許我們終於有機會歇一會兒了。」
凱薩琳問︰「探險有什麼不好？」她打開冰箱找起司。「事實上，我們現在就要再去探險！」
凱薩琳抓起馬克的手，把他拉到門外。馬克抱怨說︰「喔，不！我們現在要去哪裡？」
凱薩琳把馬克拉進公園。有小孩玩盪鞦韆，有老人在下棋、打太極拳，也有夫妻溜狗，甚至還有一群小學生在踢足球。
「現在，我們進行我的冒險吧，」馬克說︰「我們來比下棋吧！」
凱薩琳回答︰「好吧，我會跟你下棋，但你待會一定要踢足球。」
馬克說︰「一言為定！」
馬克下棋時，感到很輕鬆，望了望四周的樹林。到處都是唱著歌的鮮麗鳥兒，在枝頭間跳躍來去。馬克抬起頭來對他們微笑。
突然，鳥兒們停止啁啾，一同展翅，往馬克衝去‥‥‥
（翻譯︰賴美君）
| Today's Words 今日單字 |
1. refrigerator n.
冰箱（bing1 xiang1）
例: The office refrigerator is full of orphaned lunch boxes.
(辦公室的冰箱裝滿了無主餐盒。)
2. chess n.
棋（qi2）
例: In Taiwan, most people can play two or three kinds of chess.
(在台灣，大多數民眾都會玩兩三種棋。)
3. branch n.
樹枝（shu4 zhi1）
例: That tree has five big branches and countless small ones.
(那棵樹有五根大樹枝，還有數不清的小分枝。)
4. chirp v.i./v.t.
（鳥兒）啁啾（zhou1 jiu1）
嘰嘰喳喳（ji1 ji1 zha1 zha1）
例: The little boy chirped happily after getting his gift.
(小男孩拿到禮物後，快樂地嘰嘰喳喳。) |
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