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...
"Becoming TV stars" 成為電影明星
"Hey, wake up sleepy head!" Kathleen's yell startled Mark and made his heart race. Before she even finished her sentence, Mark was sitting straight up in bed.
"What's wrong?!" he asked in confusion.
"Nothing's wrong," Kathleen laughed. "You just fell asleep on the couch while we were watching TV."
"Oh." Mark rubbed his eyes. "I was dreaming that we were on TV. We were on a variety show."
"Hmm ... that gives me an idea," Kathleen said.
"I don't like when you get ideas," Mark mumbled.
Kathleen giggled. "Let's go, follow me!" she quickly dragged Mark off the sofa.
Kathleen led Mark towards a TV studio. On the way, she called a friend who worked there on her cell phone.
"Everything will be ready when we get there," Kathleen assured Mark as they neared the studio. Mark did not feel assured.
When they got to the front doors, a TV crew met them and pulled them back to a make up room.
"What kind of show are we going on?" Mark asked as a staff member sat him at a dresser. "Who is the host?"
"The best show on television," Kathleen said before the staff dragged them to a curtain . . .
(Jason cox, staff writer)
「嗨，起床了貪睡蟲！」凱薩琳的大叫嚇到馬克，讓他心跳加快。
凱薩琳根本還沒說完，馬克就從床上坐直了起來。
「怎麼了？！」他疑惑地問。
「沒怎樣啊，」凱薩琳笑著說，「只是我們在看電視的時候，你在沙發上睡著了。」
「喔，」馬克揉揉他的眼睛，「我只是夢到我們上電視，參加綜藝節目。」
「嗯…那讓我有了一個想法，」凱薩琳說。
「我不喜歡你有想法的時候，」馬克咕噥著。
1. dream v.i. /v.t.
作夢 (zuo4 meng4)
例: You normally dream every four hours or so at night.
(你晚上通常每四小時左右會作夢一次。)
2. studio n.
攝影棚 (she4 ying3 peng2)
例: Most television shows are filmed in a studio to control lighting and sound.
(多數電視節目是在能控制燈光和音效的攝影棚錄製。)
3. drag v.t.
拖著 (tuo1 zhe5)
例: The cat caught the mouse and then dragged it along the floor.
(這隻貓抓住老鼠後，就拖著牠在地上走。)
4. assure v.t.
保證 (bao3 zheng4)
例: I can assure you none of our employees stole your wallet.
(我敢跟你保證我們的員工沒偷你的皮夾。)
凱薩琳笑說，「我們出發，跟我走！」她動作神速地把馬克拖下沙發。
凱薩琳帶著馬克走向某個電視攝影棚，她一路上就用手機連絡在那裡工作的朋友。
「等我們到達，一切都會就緒，」他們走近攝影棚時凱薩琳跟馬克保證，馬克覺得有點忐忑不安。
當他們走到前門就有電視台的工作人員來跟他們碰頭，將他們帶到化妝室。
「我們要去參加哪一種節目？」馬克問領他坐到化妝台前的工作人員，「誰是主持人？」
「電視史上最好的節目，」凱薩琳說，接著工作人員就把他們帶到幕簾後面… （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
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