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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, Oct 13, 2007,Page 13
Meet Kathleen the mouse and Mark the elephant. Kathleen is very brave and likes adventures, 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 situatuins.
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，朋友都喜歡黏在一起，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...
Kathleen's parking disaster 凱薩琳停車遇難記
One day Kathleen was late for a dinner date with Betty Beaver. On the way to the restaurant, she parked her scooter on the sidewalk and stopped at a 7-Eleven to get some cash.
It took Kathleen about five minutes to get her money because there was a long line at the ATM. When she left the store, she saw that a cop had loaded her scooter up onto a truck.
"That's my scooter!" Kathleen cried.
"No parking on the sidewalk," the cop said. "You can pick up your scooter at the pound."
Kathleen was devastated. She was going to be very late for her dinner date with Betty Beaver, and beavers don't like to be kept waiting.
By chance, Mark was walking by when Kathleen signalled for him to come over.
"Pssst … Mark, help me get my scooter out of the truck," Kathleen said.
"But that's illegal; I don't want to get into trouble," Mark said.
"If you're quick about it, nobody will ever know."
Mark knew it wasn't a good idea, but he couldn't leave Kathleen hanging. He used his trunk to pick the scooter up out of the truck.
Kathleen started her scooter. Just then, the cop looked over …
(Michael Kearney, Staff Writer)
有一天，凱薩琳和海狸貝蒂約吃晚餐，結果凱薩琳遲到了。在去餐廳的路上，她把機車停在人行道上，然後去７－１１便利超商提錢。
由於提款機前排了很長的隊伍，她花了約五分鐘才提到錢。當她離開商店時，她看見警察已經將她的機車運上拖吊卡車了。
「那是我的機車！」凱薩琳大叫。
「人行道上禁止停車，」警察說：「你可以到拖吊場去領你的機車。」
凱薩琳感到很絕望，因為她和海狸貝蒂的晚餐約會會遲到很久，而且海狸是不喜歡等人的。
碰巧，馬克經過那裡，凱薩琳示意要他過來。
「馬克，你可以幫我把機車搬下來嗎？」凱薩琳說。
「可是那是違法的，我可不想惹禍上身，」馬克說。
「如果你動作快一點的話，沒有人會知道的。」
雖然馬克知道這樣做不好，但是他總不能留凱薩琳在那邊。他用他的象鼻，把機車從卡車上搬了下來。
凱薩琳發動了機車。就在那時，警察往這邊看了過來．．．
（翻譯：楊鴻泰）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. ATM n.
提款機 (ti2 kuan3 ji1)
例: Where's the nearest ATM?
(最近的提款機在哪裡？)
2. pound n.
拖吊場 (tuo1 diao4 chang3)
例: I had to go to the pound to get my car.
(我必須到拖吊場去牽我的車子。)
3. devastate v.t.
絕望的 (jue2 wang4 de5)
例: Harold was devastated when he heard the bad news.
(哈洛德聽到壞消息後，絕望不已。)
4. illegal adj.
違法的 (wei2 fa3 de5)
例: It's illegal to litter.
(亂丟垃圾是違法的。) |
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| FINISH IT 故事接龍 |
| Write your own ending to the story! 寫下你的故事結局:
Idea 1: Kathleen doesn't see the cop and drives off. The cop is confused about how a mouse managed to pick up a scooter off a truck. Does Mark tell the policeman what happened? Does the policeman try to catch Kathleen? Who gets into trouble?
想法一: 凱薩琳沒看見警察，騎著車就走了。警察想不通一隻老鼠是如何從卡車上把一台機車搬下來。馬克會告訴警察事情發生的經過嗎？警察會去抓凱薩琳嗎？誰會惹禍上身？
Idea 2: Kathleen sees that the cop is looking at her and that Mark is really scared. Does Kathleen take off? What does the cop do? Does Mark admit to taking the scooter off the truck?
想法二: 凱薩琳看見警察正在看她，而馬克則是顯得非常害怕。凱薩琳會騎車離開嗎？警察會做什麼事？馬克會承認是他從卡車上把機車搬下來的嗎？
Idea 3: Kathleen sees that the cop is looking at her. The cop walks over to talk to Kathleen, whose phone starts ringing. Kathleen answers, and it's Betty Beaver. What does the cop do? Does Betty Beaver want to talk to the cop? What does the cop do with the scooter?
想法三: 凱薩琳看見警察正在看她。警察走向凱薩琳要和她說話，這時凱薩琳的手機響了。凱薩琳接起電話，是海狸貝蒂打來的。警察會做什麼事？海狸貝蒂會想要和警察說話嗎？警察會怎麼處理那台機車？ |
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