Lesson 119 A true story一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事
Listen to the tape then answer this question.Who called out to the thieves in the dark?
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答問(wèn)題。誰(shuí)在暗處對(duì)竊賊喊了一聲？
Do you like stories? I want to tell you a true story. It happened to a friend of mine a year ago.
你喜歡聽(tīng)故事嗎？我要告訴你一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事。這是一年前發(fā)生在我的一個(gè)朋友身上的故事。
While my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves climbed into his kitchen.
當(dāng)我的朋友喬治在床上看書(shū)時(shí)，兩個(gè)小偷爬進(jìn)了他的廚房。
After they had entered the house, they went into the dining-room. It was very dark, so they turned on a torch.
他們進(jìn)到屋里后，走進(jìn)了飯廳。飯廳很暗，于是他們打開(kāi)了手電筒。
Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them. “What’s up? What’s up?” someone called. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
突然他們聽(tīng)到身后有聲音。“什么事？什么事？”有人叫著。小偷扔下了手電筒，飛快地逃走了。
George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly.
喬治聽(tīng)到了響聲，迅速地下了樓。
He turned on the light, but he couldn’t see anyone. The thieves had already gone.
他開(kāi)了燈，但不見(jiàn)一個(gè)人。小偷逃走了。
But George’s parrot, Henry, was still there.
但時(shí)喬治的鸚鵡亨利仍在那里。
“What’s up, George?” he called.
“什么事，喬治？”它叫著。
“Nothing, Henry,” George said and smiled. “Go back to sleep.”
“沒(méi)事，亨利?！眴讨涡χf(shuō)，“接著睡覺(jué)吧?！?BR> New words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)
story
n. 故事
happen
v. 發(fā)生
thief
n. 賊
enter
v. 進(jìn)入
dark
adj. 黑暗的
torch
n. 手電筒
voice
n. （說(shuō)話(huà)的）聲音
parrot
n. 鸚鵡
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 as quickly as they could是狀語(yǔ)，修飾ran away。第1個(gè)as是副詞，第2個(gè)as是連詞.引導(dǎo)比較狀語(yǔ)從句。could后省略了run，是“能跑多快就跑多快”的意思。
2 What's up?干什么?有什么事?
3 he called
he指parrot。英語(yǔ)中，動(dòng)物有時(shí)用he或she代替，是“擬人”的寫(xiě)法。
4 go back to sleep 繼續(xù)睡覺(jué)。