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...
Scorpion on a plane 飛機上有蠍子
"Attention, passengers of Flight 732. Your flight is now boarding," the airport intercom announced.
"Oh boy!" said Kathleen. "This trip to Japan will be a blast!"
"I've never been on a plane before," Mark mumbled as he dragged his suitcase behind him. "Is it scary?"
"It's not scary at all," said Kathleen. "We sit in comfortable chairs, they will bring you food, and the whole trip will be over before you know it."
"Well, that sounds like good news," Mark declared. "Will they have peanuts?"
"You bet!" Kathleen was beaming with excitement.
After placing their carry-ons in the overhead bin and finding their seats, Mark and Kathleen sat down.
"These chairs really are comfortable," Mark said with some surprise. After a few minutes, a flight attendant came by handing out hot towels, peanuts and soda. Mark started to get excited.
"What will we do when we first get to Japan?" he said with a mouthful of peanuts.
"Well," Kathleen replied, "we can see Mount Fuji, a Shinto temple, check into our hotel ..." As the plane took off, Mark felt a tickle on his right foot. He looked down to see a scorpion crawling up his leg ....
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer)
「七三二號班機的乘客請注意，您的班機已開始進行登機作業，」機場播報系統宣布。
「喔，天啊！」凱薩琳說，「這趟日本之行一定會非常精采！」
「我從來沒有搭過飛機，」馬克一邊拖著身後的行李，一邊咕噥著說︰「會很恐怖嗎？」
「一點都不恐怖，」凱薩琳說，「我們坐在舒服的椅子上，他們就會送上食物，不知不覺中，就飛到目的地了。」
「喔，這聽起來是好消息，」馬克表示，「他們會發花生嗎？」
「當然囉！」凱薩琳興奮地臉上堆滿了笑容。
馬克和凱薩琳將隨身行李放在頭頂上方的置物櫃，找到座位坐下。
「這些椅子真是舒服。」馬克有些驚訝地表示。
幾分鐘後，空服員過來遞送熱毛巾、花生和汽水，馬克開始覺得興奮。
「我們一到日本要做什麼？」滿口都是花生的馬克說。
「這個嘛，」凱薩琳回答，「我們可以看富士山、神道的神社、住進旅館…」飛機起飛時，馬克覺得右腳癢癢的，他往下一看，一隻蠍子正爬到牠腿上…。
（翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
A: Wow, singer Bruno Mars will be visiting Kaohsiung for the first time. B: Really? Where will he be performing? A: He’s going to hold a concert at the National Stadium on Sunday. B: Why do the Taiwanese like to call him the “Martian” in Chinese? A: Because his last name “Mars” is the same word as the planet Mars. A: 哇！火星人布魯諾將首度唱進高雄。 B: 真的嗎？在哪裡？ A: 他將於本週日，在國家體育場開唱唷。 B: 但是為什麼台灣人喜歡叫他火星人呢？ A: 因為他的姓氏「Mars」這個字剛好是「火星」的意思啊。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
A: Bruno Mars is definitely one of today’s most popular singers. B: He has even won 14 Grammy Awards. A: I love all his megahits, like “Just the Way You Are.” B: And his new song with Lady Gaga “Die with a Smile” has a caused worldwide sensation. A: I wonder if we’ll hear the new song at his Kaohsiung concert? A: 火星人布魯諾是近年來最受歡迎的流行歌手。 B: 對啊他還曾榮獲14座葛萊美獎。 A: 他所有的金曲我都愛，像《Just the Way You Are》。 B: 最近他和女神卡卡合唱《Die with a Smile》更造成大轟動！ A: 不知道在高雄有沒有機會聽他演唱這首新歌呢？ (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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