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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
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...
Saturday, Feb 02, 2008,Page 13
George Oxwell predicts the end 除夕夜驚魂記
One day Mark and Kathleen were walking through the mall when they noticed a long line.
"What are they waiting for?" Mark asked.
"Didn't you hear? The author George Oxwell is signing copies of his book," Kathleen replied.
"George Oxwell? I've never heard of him."
"He's not well known, but he has a group of followers. In a book he wrote last year, he predicted that the earth would end at the end of the year."
"Well he was wrong."
"That's what people said in January. But then Oxwell said he was referring to the lunar calendar."
Mark began to worry. Lunar New Year was only a few days away. But Kathleen said that nutcases like Oxwell weren't worth listening to.
The next few days went by without incident, and Mark stopped thinking about Oxwell.
Mark and Kathleen held a party at their house on Lunar New Year's Eve. Everyone was eating when suddenly there was a loud noise.
"What was that?" Mark cried.
"Those were just firecrackers," Kathleen said. "Finish your noodles."
A few minutes later, it began smelling like smoke.
"I think there's a fire," Mark said.
"Someone is just burning paper money. Go close the window," Kathleen said.
Mark walked over to the window and looked outside. He saw a big dragon flying through the street … (MICHAEL KEARNEY, STAFF WRITER)
有一天，馬克和凱薩琳在百貨公司逛街，看到有人大排長龍。
「他們在排什麼呀？」馬克問。
「你沒聽說嗎？作家喬治:奧克斯威爾正在辦新書簽名會，」凱薩琳回說。
「喬治:奧克斯威爾？我從來沒聽過。」
「他不有名，但有一群書迷。去年，他在他寫的書裡預言去年年底是世界末日。」
「那他的預言不準啊。」
「上個月大家是這麼說的，可是，奧克斯威爾之後卻說他指的是農曆年。」
馬克開始擔心了，因為還有幾天就農曆新年了；可是凱薩琳說，像奧克斯威爾這樣的瘋子不值得相信。
接下來幾天都沒發生什麼事情，馬克也就淡忘了此事。
除夕夜當天，馬克和凱薩琳在家裡辦派對，正當大家在享用晚餐時，突然傳來一陣巨響。
「剛剛那是什麼聲音？」馬克大叫。
「那是鞭炮聲，吃你的麵，」凱薩琳說。
幾分鐘後，他們開始聞到煙味。
「我覺得是火災，」馬克說。
「是別人在燒紙錢，去把窗戶關起來，」凱薩琳說。
馬克走到窗戶邊並往外看，結果看到了一條巨龍在街道上盤旋．．．（翻譯：楊鴻泰）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. author n.
作者 (zuo4 zhe3)
例: Who is the author of the book you're reading?
(你現在正在看的這本書的作者是誰？)
2. predict v.i./v.t.
預言 (yu4 yan2)
例: The fortune teller predicted many terrible things. (那位算命師預言了很多不好的事情。)
3. nutcase n.
瘋子 (feng1 zi5)
例: Handley's brother is a nutcase.
(亨得利的哥哥是個瘋子。)
4. incident n.
事件 (shi4 jian4)
例: There was a strange incident last night.
(昨晚發生了一件奇怪的事。)
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