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...
New Year's disaster on Love River 跨年夜愛河大災難
Mr Wang, the Kaohsiung environmental director, was walking along Love River on New Year's Eve. He was full of sorrow.
"I tried hard to make this a very clean river, but it still kind of smells. I failed," he thought.
All around people were celebrating, which only made Mr Wang even more upset.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
"The water in the mountains is clean. I just need to get rid of the water in the river, and it will be filled with clean water!"
Mr Wang was excited. He would give the river a brand new start. He rushed to the river dock and put on a wetsuit.
"If I remember correctly the drain is just five meters out from here. I just need to go pull the plug."
Mr Wang jumped into the river. As he swam down to the drain, a boat passed over him. Mark and Kathleen were at a New Year's party on the boat.
Mr Wang pulled the plug and got out of the river. The water started to drain very quickly. Mark and Kathleen's boat started heading toward the drain.
"What's going on?" Mark asked Kathleen.
"I think it's a whirlpool. But how could there be a whirlpool in Love River?"
Mark started to worry … (MICHAEL KEARNEY, STAFF WRITER)
高雄環保局長王先生在跨年夜沿著愛河散步,他滿心感傷。
「我努力想把愛河整治成一條非常乾淨的河,但至今它仍有一股怪味,我失敗了,」他心想。
身旁圍繞著慶祝的人們,這讓王先生更加沮喪了。
忽然之間,他有了一個想法。
「山上的水很乾淨,我只要想辦法把河裡的水排掉,這條河就會充滿乾淨的水了!」
王先生興奮極了,他將打造一條全新的愛河,他趕緊跑到碼頭,穿上潛水衣。
「如果我沒記錯的話,排水設備就在離這裡五公尺深的地方,我只需要過去拔掉栓塞就好了。」
王先生跳進河中,當他潛至排水管處時,有一艘船從他上方經過,馬克和凱薩琳就在船上參加一場跨年派對。
王先生拔起栓塞後上岸,河水開始快速排出,馬克和凱薩琳乘坐的船直朝著排水管前進。
「發生了什麼事?」馬克問凱薩琳。
「我想那是個漩渦,但是愛河裡怎麼會有漩渦呢?」
馬克開始感到不安...
(翻譯:袁星塵)
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