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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...
Wednesday, Apr 09, 2008,Page 17
The mysterious hunk of metal 神秘的金屬
Mark and Kathleen were walking through a cornfield one day when they came upon a strange hunk of burnt metal.
“What do you think it is?” Mark asked.
“I don’t know; I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Kathleen replied.
Mark poked the metal with a stick, but nothing happened. Kathleen touched it with her finger, but still no response.
“Let’s take it home. If we can’t think of anything to do with it, we can sell it as scrap metal,” Kathleen said.
Mark put the piece of metal on his back and the two left the field. When they got home, Mark put the hunk of metal in the living room.
“If we put a tablecloth on it, it’ll make a great coffee table. Let’s leave it here,” Kathleen said.
For the next few weeks, Mark and Kathleen went about their business. But things weren’t quite right. Mark was sick all the time, and Kathleen began to lose her fur. Finally Kathleen had had enough.
“Something strange is going on,” she told Mark. “And I think it’s because of that hunk of metal. Let’s take the tablecloth off.”
Mark lifted the tablecloth off with his trunk. The hunk of metal had turned bright green…
(MICHAEL KEARNEY, STAFF WRITER)
某天，馬克和凱薩琳行經一處玉米田時，發現了一塊奇怪的燒焦金屬。
馬克問：「妳覺得那是什麼？」
凱薩琳回答：「我不知道，我從來沒有見過這樣的東西。」
馬克用一根棍子戳了戳那塊金屬，但是沒有什麼變化；凱薩琳用手指頭碰了碰它，還是沒有任何反應。
凱薩琳說：「我們把它帶回家吧，如果我們不知道該怎麼處置它，可以把它當成廢五金賣掉。」
馬克把這塊金屬放到背上，兩人就離開玉米田了；等他們回到家，馬克把這塊金屬放在客廳裡。
凱薩琳說：「如果我們在上面舖一塊桌巾，那就是一張很棒的咖啡桌，我們就把它放在這裡吧！」
接下來幾週，馬克和凱薩琳都各忙各的，但是事情開始不太對勁；馬克一直生病，凱薩琳也開始掉毛，最後凱薩琳終於受不了了。
「事情有點怪怪的，」她告訴馬克：「而且我覺得這和那塊金屬有關，我們把桌巾拿下來看看。」
馬克用他的象鼻掀起那塊桌巾，那塊金屬已經變成發亮的綠色了...
（翻譯：袁星塵）
| Today's Words 今日單字 |
| 1. burnt adj.
燒焦的 (shao1 jiao1 de5)
例: Mom decided to take the burnt piece of toast.
(老媽決定要吃掉那片烤焦的土司。)
2. scrap metal n. phr.
金屬廢料 (jin1 shu3 fei4 liao4)
例: I used to collect scrap metal for a living.
(我以前靠收廢五金維生。)
3. tablecloth n.
桌布 (zhuo1 bu4)
例: Mindy got a brand new red tablecloth.
(敏蒂買了一塊全新的紅色桌巾。)
4. bright adj.
發亮的 (fa1 liang4 de5) ，明亮的 (ming2 liang4 de5)
例: The light is much too bright in here.
(這裡的光線太強了。) |
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| What Happend? 究竟怎麼回事? |
| 1. At first, Mark…
a. touched the ball of metal.
b. poked the ball of metal with a stick.
c. wouldn’t look at the ball of metal.
2. What did Mark and Kathleen put on top of the ball of metal?
a. A blanket.
b. Coffee.
c. A tablecloth.
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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 hunk of metal is from outer space. How did it end up on Earth? Why did it turn green? What do Mark and Kathleen do with it? Does Kathleen’s fur grow back?
想法一: 這塊金屬來自外太空，它怎麼會掉到地球上呢？為什麼它會變成綠色呢？馬克和凱薩琳會怎麼處置它？凱薩琳的毛會長回來嗎？
Idea 2: The hunk of metal had been buried for thousands of years and only recently came to the surface of the Earth. How did it come to the surface? Is it originally from Earth? Do Mark and Kathleen bring it back to where they got it from?
想法二: 這塊金屬已經被埋在地底數千年之久了，最近它才露出地表，它是怎麼出土的？它原本就是地球上的物質嗎？馬克和凱薩琳會把它送回他們發現它的地方嗎？
Idea 3: Mark goes to pick up the hunk of metal to throw it away, but the metal begins shaking. What does it do next? What do Mark and Kathleen do? Is the metal alive?
想法三: 馬克想把金屬撿起來丟掉，可是它開始搖晃，接下來會怎樣呢？馬克和凱薩琳會怎麼做？這塊金屬是有生命的東西嗎？
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