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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, Dec 08, 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...
Caught on camera 偷拍記
Kathleen was watching TV one day when a news report about Missy Mouse came on.
"Not again. All I hear about is Missy Mouse," Kathleen said. "Mark, let's go to the beach where we can relax."
"Sounds good to me," Mark said. "Let me change into my swimming trunks."
Kathleen and Mark packed their bags and hopped onto the bus. It was a sunny day, so the beach was crowded.
"How about we rent a boat?" Kathleen suggested. "We can go to that island across the bay. Nobody lives there, so it should be very quiet."
Mark paid for the boat and they set sail for the island. When they got there Kathleen put on her bikini and sunglasses and began sunbathing. Mark went for a swim in the ocean.
Before long, Kathleen was fast asleep. She woke up about an hour later. Mark was nowhere to be seen, but she heard some rustling in the bushes.
"Mark, come out of there. It's about time for lunch."
But there was no answer. Kathleen began to worry.
"Mark, what are you up to?"
Suddenly a man jumped out of a bush. He took a picture of Kathleen and ran away …
(Michael Kearney, staff writer)
某天，凱薩琳看電視時，有一條新聞報導關於少女鼠上演的消息。
「不會又來了吧！我快被少女鼠的消息逼瘋了，」凱薩琳說：「馬克，我們去海灘放鬆一下。」
「聽起來不錯，」馬克說：「等我先換上我的游泳褲。」
凱薩琳和馬克帶著包包就搭公車出發了。因為這天晴空萬里，所以沙灘上擠滿了人。
「不如我們租艘船吧？」凱薩琳建議：「這樣我們就可以到對岸的島上去了，那是一個無人島，一定非常幽靜。」
馬克付了租船費用，然後他們就航向那座島了。抵達後，凱薩琳換上比基尼和太陽眼鏡，開始享受日光浴，馬克則下海游泳。
不久，凱薩琳就進入夢鄉了，她睡了大約一小時，醒來後四處都沒看到馬克，但卻聽到樹叢中的樹葉沙沙作響。
「馬克，快出來吧，午餐時間到囉。」
但沒有人應答，凱薩琳開始擔心。
「馬克，你上哪兒去了？」
忽然之間，有一個男人從樹叢中跳了出來，他朝著凱薩琳拍了一張照就跑掉了...
（翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. swimming trunks n.
游泳褲 (you2 yong3 ku4)
例: Boomer got new swimming trunks and went to the beach.
布滿買了一件新游泳褲，跑到海邊去玩了。
2. crowded adj.
擠滿人的 (ji2 man3 ren2 de5)
例: The mall was very crowded last weekend.
上週末那間商場擠滿了人。
3. bay n.
海灣 (hai3 wan1)
例: How far is the bay from here?
那個海灣離這裡多遠？
4. rustle v.t./v.i.
沙沙作響 (sha1 sha1 zuo4 xiang3)
例: There was a strange rustling noise coming from the pile of leaves.
那堆樹葉發出了奇怪的沙沙聲響。 |
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| WHAT HAPPENED? 究竟怎麼回事? |
| 1. Why did Kathleen want to go to the beach?
a. She wanted to see Missy Mouse.
b. She wanted to watch a swimming race.
c. She wanted to be around a lot of people.
d. She wanted to rest and chill out.
2. At first Kathleen thought...
a. that Mark was in the bush.
b. that a photographer was in the bush.
c. that a ghost was in the bush.
d. that a bear was in the bush. |
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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: The man was a photographer for a tabloid magazine. Why did he take a picture of Kathleen? What is he going to do with the picture? Where did Mark go?
想法一：那個男人是一個八卦雜誌的攝影記者，他為什麼要拍凱薩琳？他會把照片用在什麼地方？馬克又去哪裡了？
Idea 2: Mark comes back and says he also saw the man. When Mark and Kathleen go back home, they see that they're on the news! Why are they on the news? Is Kathleen upset about getting her picture taken? What does the news report say about Mark?
想法二：馬克回來時說他也看到那個男人，當馬克和凱薩琳回到家後，發現他們上了電視新聞！他們為什麼上新聞？凱薩琳因為被拍而感到不開心嗎？新聞報導又怎麼說馬克？
Idea 3: Kathleen runs after the man and catches him. She demands that the man hand over his camera. Does the photographer hand over his camera? What does the photographer do next? Where did Mark go?
想法三：凱薩琳追上那個男人，她要求那個男人把相機交出來，他會乖乖聽話交出相機嗎？然後他會怎麼做呢？馬克又去了哪裡？
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