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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 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...
Saturday, Mar 29, 2008,Page 13
One morning Kathleen woke up to her phone ringing.
"Hello. Who is this?" she said.
"Hi, this is Matthew the Minnow. I'm calling to inform that you've been chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity. It's fair to say that you're the luckiest mouse in the world."
"Really?" Kathleen said.
"We read your application, and it meets all our requirements. We've chosen you to fly on a space mission to Venus. You'll have to train with us until the launch in December."
Kathleen knew it was an opportunity she couldn't pass up. She quit her job and went to the training grounds in Houston, Texas.
She spent six months getting ready. She had to learn how to operate a spacecraft, do research and make repairs. Finally, launch day came.
"Are you all strapped in?" Matthew said, as Kathleen buckled up her seatbelt.
"Yeah, but I just have one question. When do I leave Venus?"
Matthew looked at Kathleen and said, "We chose you because of how brave you are. There's a limit to how big the fuel tank on a spacecraft can be. We can't give you enough fuel for you to be able to fly back."
Kathleen reached for her seatbelt. But she was locked into place…
(MICHAEL KEARNEY, STAFF WRITER)
某天早上凱薩琳被電話鈴聲吵醒。
她說：「哈囉，哪位？」
「嗨，我是小魚馬修，我打來是要通知妳：妳得到一個一生難得的機會，妳真是全世界最幸運的老鼠了。」
凱薩琳說：「真的嗎？」
「我們看了妳的申請書，妳完全符合我們的條件，所以我們決定選妳參與這項飛向金星的太空任務，在十二月發射升空前妳都得和我們一起受訓。」
凱薩琳知道這是一個不能錯過的大好機會，於是她辭掉工作，前往德州休士頓的訓練基地。
她花了半年的時間受訓，她必須學會怎麼駕駛太空船、進行探勘研究和維修太空船；終於，太空船發射的日子到了。
馬修問：「你們都繫好安全帶了嗎？」凱薩琳同時將安全帶扣上。
「好了，可是我有一個問題，我什麼時候離開金星？」
馬修看著凱薩琳說：「我們因為妳很英勇才選了妳，太空船的油箱容量有限，這些油只夠讓妳飛到金星，不夠讓妳飛回地球。」
凱薩琳伸手想解開安全帶，但是她被鎖在座位上了……
（翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
1. minnow n.
小魚 (xiao3 yu2)
例: Caleb used minnows as bait.
(柯萊伯用小魚作釣餌。)
2. application n.
申請書 (shen1 qing3 shu1)
例: I filled out the application last night.
(我昨晚填了那份申請書。)
3. spacecraft n.
太空船 (tai4 kong1 chuan2)
例: Did you see the pictures of the spacecraft?
(你有看到那艘太空船的照片嗎？)
4. fuel tank n.
油箱 (you2 xiang1)
例: Riley's scooter's fuel tank has a small hole in it.
(瑞里的摩托車油箱破了個小洞。)
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| Write your own ending to the story! 寫下你的故事結局:
Idea 1: Kathleen tries to get out of the spacecraft. Is she able to? Does she go to Venus? Do any other animals go to Venus?
想法一: 凱薩琳試圖逃出太空船，她會成功嗎？她飛到金星了嗎？還有其他動物飛去金星嗎？
Idea 2: Kathleen isn’t able to unlock her seatbelt. What does she do? Does she try to grab Matthew the Minnow? Who ends up going to Venus? What happens?
想法二: 凱薩琳無法解開她的安全帶，她該怎麼辦？她會抓住小魚馬修嗎？最後誰飛去金星了？發生了什麼事？
Idea 3: Kathleen gets out of her seatbelt. She jumps out of the spacecraft, but her shirt gets stuck on a hook outside the door. Does the spacecraft take off? Is Kathleen still stuck to it? What is space like? Is the mission a success or a failure?
想法三: 凱薩琳解開了她的安全帶，跳下太空船，但是她的衣服被門外一個勾子勾住了，太空船會起飛嗎？凱薩琳仍被卡在那上面嗎？外太空是什麼樣子？這次任務會成功還是失敗呢？ |
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