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Walrus Joins In1What will Walrus do?Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and ANYONE could be in it.…I will do skating,‟ said Arctic Fox. …I‟m good at that!‟…I‟ll do tumbling,‟ said Polar Bear. …No one tumbles quite like me!‟…I‟ll do singing,‟ said Seal. …Everyone says I have a very finevoice!‟…Then I‟ll do diving,‟ said Whale. …I won a prize for diving at school, you know!‟They all looked at Walrus. …What will YOU do?‟ they asked.But Walrus was not good at anything.He wasn‟t good at skating, and he wasn‟t good at tumbling.He was terrible at singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got water up his nose.He sat and chewed his whiskers sadly.…Never mind,‟ said Arctic Fox. …You can watch us.‟Arctic Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale practised hard for the big show.Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers.He wished he was good at something.2The big nightAt last, the big night arrived. Everyone sat down and waited for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing!Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy.Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox.He couldn‟t stop himself. He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”But Walrus couldn‟t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over.He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed.Next, it was Polar Bear‟s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly.Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head.Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made itall look such fun. Walrus was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear.All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn‟t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice.“I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!”But Walrus couldn‟t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP!Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.3From bad to worseIt was Seal‟s turn next. She gave Walrus a don‟t-you-dare stare, and then she started to sing:“O, how many heart rejoices when I see the Northern Lights.My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night!”Walrus listened. What a beautiful song! Surely if he really tried, he could sing as beautifully as Seal? Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn‟t stop himself again.“I know that song,” he cried. “I can sing it too!”He leaped up and started singing along with Seal.But Walrus couldn‟t sing! He sounded terrible. In fact, he sounded like a rusty old bucket.Seal stopped singing and burst into floods of tears.“Walrus has RUINED my song,” she wailed.Wale was last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not ruin his act.Whale leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash!Walrus watched. He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers began to twitch, and his whiskers bristled with excitement. He tried and tried his very best not to join in.But then he had a brilliant idea.“I‟ll hold my nose when I dive,”he thought. “Then the water won‟t go up it!”Walrus just couldn‟t stop himself. He had to join in.“Everybody, look at me!” he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive too!”But just at that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a big jet of water.WHOOSH!Whale spouted Walrus high into the air!Everyone was watching Walrus now. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back in the sea with a SPLOSH!Whale was furious. “You are a meddling, incompetent BUFFOON!” he roared. “Y ou have RUINED my act. Now GET OUTOF MY SIGHT!”Whale was pretty scary when he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry.4The show will go on!The show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale stood in a line, blushing and wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.But everyone was cheering like mad.“Well done, Polar Bear, well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!”they shouted. “But where‟s the clown? Why isn‟t he here? Where‟s Walrus?”Behind is snowdrift, Walrus heard the cheers. Were they really cheering for him, too?Yes! They were!He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear and Seal And Whale.“I‟m very sorry,” he said.“So you should be,” said Fox.“At least everyone thought you were part of the show,” said Polar Bear.“I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was really part of our next show, it couldn‟t be any worse.”Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried. “Truly? Can I be part ofthe show? Can I join in next time?”“Yes,” said Whale. “It will bea lot safer that way. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly.”Walrus practiced hard and became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part.Sometimes, when Walrus is clowning around, they really just can‟t stop themselves. They have to join in too!。
My Friend,MandelaIntroduction：Nelson Mandela was the most famous prisoner in the world.He is probably now one of the most famous grandfathers in the world!Here he is celebrating a birthday with his family.This book is about another grandfather,who is not world-famous.He is talking to his young grandson about Nelson Mandela.The young grandson is called Andile(And-eel-ay)and he is growing up in a very different South Africa to that of his grandfather and Nelson Mandela.Andile has friends who are both black and white,and knows little of the struggle that Nelson Mandela fought for a better life for South Africa’s black people.So,Andile’s grandfather tells him that story.Andile calls his grandfather tamkhulu,which means grandfather.Chapter1:Childhood(1918-1941)Nelson Mandela was a country boy.When I first knew him he lived in a small village near the Indian Ocean,in a hut shaped like a beehive.Whit his and his three sisters,he ate meals out of a communal pot.The food was usually samp,a porridge made from corn on the cob.Mmm,it was delicious!He was five,even younger than you,when he became a herd boy.He looked after the sheep and cows.It wasn’t all hard work.He played tag and hide-and-seek with his friends,just like you do.The winters were cold,I remember,so sometimes he would wear a blanket.And he loved to drink the warm milk straight from the cow.When he turned seven his father sent him to school.He was the chief of the village and he wanted his son to look good.He cut down a pair of his trousers and tied them with string round his tummy to hold them up.It was a Methodist Church school and he began to learn English.The teacher,Miss Mdingane,gave each pupil an English name.Who knows why she did this?But suddenly,he was called Nelson.Did you know,he was a famous English admiral?Then Nelson’s father fell ill and died.It was a blow,but now he had a stroke of luck.His father was a cousin of the king.Andile:Aah,so be was a prince?Not really······So the regent,the king’s son,invited him to·live in the royal palace.He had a good education.And he learnt about his own people,the Xhosas,how they had fought bravely against the British,though they lost much of their land.The regent liked him-maybe because he worked hard and was ready to pull his weight.One job he liked doing was to iron the regent’s trousers.People have always said Mandela is fashionably dressed.The regent sent him to boarding school,and afterwards to a university for black students.But then he found a wife for Nelson.He was only22,too young to get married.So he ran away.Of course,the regent was cross,but what could Nelson do?Andile,his Xhosa name is Rolihlahla.Do you know what it means?···“The troublemaker”.That’s what people said he would be.Chapter2:A Leader(1941-1962)So he went to Johannesburg,the City of Gold.It was a good place for rich white people but hard work for the back men who dug out the gold in the mile below the ground.He decided to study law.He had barely enough money to buy candles for light to read in his room.But he passed the exams,and with his friend,Oliver Tambo,they opened a lawyers’office.Apartheid is gone now,Andile,but it was bad.It meant separating white and black people,but whites got the better things.Black children often went to school without breakfast,walking barefoot for miles.There could be a hundred pupils in one classroom.Think of that!So Nelson joined the African National Congress,which helped black people.He became one of its leaders.He was away from home and married by then.One day his son asked his mum:“Where does daddy live?”He was only five.It made Nelson sad. You have heard how he liked to keep fit by doing exercises every day?He was a keen boxer.Andile:Why did be like it,tamkbulu?He’s over six feet tall and was quite strong.He said boxing taught him to stand up to bullies.Eventually,he and his friends realized that peaceful protests would not change the laws.They decided to fight the government.Nelson became thecommander-in-chief of the army,the Spear of the Nation.Andile:A soldier!It was long ago,my boy.The police wanted to arrest him for this.He disguised himself in old clothes and grew bread.He was captured and put on trial.He escaped and was working as a chauffeur when the police caught him again.He was prepared to die for the freedom of his people!The judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his life.He was45years old. The government thought it had got the better of him.Andile:And bad they?Wait and see.Chapter:Prison(1962-1990)The prisoners were considered dangerous.The police flew them to place with penguins,antelopes and a lovely view of Table Mountain.But it was no holiday in the sun.It was a fortress,guarded day and night.His cell was tiny.He could cross it in three paces.At first he slept on a mat on the floor.In winter he shivered under thin blankets.He had to wear a shirt,shorts and sandals.They worked in the blinding light of a lime quarry.The food was not at all nourishing.But on Christmas Day they were given an extra cup of coffee.Andile:No turkey and Christmas pudding?Don’t joke,please.It was awful being separated from their families.They were allowed to receive only one letter every six months.How they looked forward to news of their loved ones.Nelson said a letter was like the summer rain which makes the desert bloom. But at night they worked hard at their studies and educated themselves.And he did hisexercises before dawn.Secretly,in the long nights,he wrote the story of his life and buried the book in the yard because it was forbidden under the prison laws.It was smuggled out.That is the book you see in the shop windows,Long Walk to Freedom.After many years things became better.The outside world began to hear about them.People wore T-shirts saying,“Release Nelson Mandela”.In London,the BBC organized a huge pop concert at Wembley Stadium to celebrate his seventieth birthday.He was becoming as big a nuisance inside prison as he had once been outside.Andile:Your friend had a pop concert,tamkhulu!Nelson wrote that he knew some day he would feel the grass under his feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.In1990,he was freed from prison.Fortwenty-seven years no one was allowed to see his face.Now,millions could at last see him on television.Four years later he became president of our country,South Africa.For the first time,all our people,white and black,in cities and small villages,voted in the election. He tried hard to make all the people live together in friendship.When he met the Queen of England,they walked in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.He told her he was still a country boy at heart.He wanted to build a home near his boyhood village where he would spend his old age.Andile:I would like to visit him there,tamkhulu.Story background:Apartheid was the law of racial segregation which allowed the white minority to keep political power in South Africa.Between1948and1994the white National Party used this law to discriminate against the rest of the population.Today there are over40million people in South Africa from lots of different backgrounds.That is why it is sometimes called“The Rainbow Nation”.South Africa is beginning to grow away from the bad years of apartheid.Many people travel there now on holiday or for their work.South Africa sportspeople,both black and white,are now taking part in events at the highest levels.This was not always possible because of apartheid.。
My Friend,MandelaIntroduction：Nelson Mandela was the most famous prisoner in the world. He is probably now one of the most famous grandfathers in the world! Here he is celebrating a birthday with his family. This book is about another grandfather,who is not world-famous. He is talking to his young grandson about Nelson Mandela. The young grandson is called Andile (And-eel-ay) and he is growing up in a very different South Africa to that of his grandfather and Nelson Mandela.Andile has friends who are both black and white,and knows little of the struggle that Nelson Mandela fought for a better life for South Africa’s black people.So,Andile’s grandfather tells him that story. Andile calls his grandfather tamkhulu,which means grandfather.Chapter1: Childhood (1918-1941)Nelson Mandela was a country boy. When I first knew him he lived in a small village near the Indian Ocean,in a hut shaped like a beehive.Whit his and his three sisters,he ate meals out of a communal pot. The food was usually samp,a porridge made from corn on the cob. Mmm,it was delicious!He was five,even younger than you,when he became a herd boy. He looked after the sheep and cows. It wasn’t all hard work. He played tag and hide-and-seek with his friends,just like you do. The winters were cold,I remember,so sometimes he would wear a blanket. And he loved to drink the warm milk straight from the cow.When he turned seven his father sent him to school. He was the chief of the village and he wanted his son to look good. He cut down a pair of his trousers and tied them with string round his tummy to hold them up.It was a Methodist Church school and he began to learn English. The teacher,Miss Mdingane,gave each pupil an English name. Who knows why she did this? But suddenly,he was called Nelson. Did you know,he was a famous English admiral?Then Nelson’s father fell ill and died. It was a blow,but now he had a stroke of luck. His father was a cousin of the king.Andile: Aah,so be was a prince?Not really······So the regent,the king’ s son,invited him to · live in the royal palace. He had a good education. And he learnt about his own people,the Xhosas,how they had fought bravely against the British,though they lost much of their land.The regent liked him-maybe because he worked hard and was ready to pull his weight. One job he liked doing was to iron the regent’s trousers. People have always said Mandela is fashionably dressed.The regent sent him to boarding school,and afterwards to a university for black students. But then he found a wife for Nelson. He was only 22,too young to get married. So he ran away. Of course,the regent was cross,but what could Nelson do?Andile,his Xhosa name is Rolihlahla. Do you know what it means? ·· ·“The troublemaker”. That’s what people said he would be.Chapter2: A Leader (1941-1962)So he went to Johannesburg,the City of Gold. It was a good place for rich white people but hard work for the back men who dug out the gold in the mile below the ground.He decided to study law. He had barely enough money to buy candles for light to read in his room. But he passed the exams,and with his friend,Oliver Tambo,they opened a lawyers’ office.Apartheid is gone now,Andile,but it was bad. It meant separating white and black people,but whites got the better things. Black children often went to school without breakfast,walking barefoot for miles. There could be a hundred pupils in one classroom. Think of that!So Nelson joined the African National Congress,which helped black people. He became one of its leaders. He was away from home and married by then. One day his son asked his mum: “Where does daddy live?”He was only five. It made Nelson sad. You have heard how he liked to keep fit by doing exercises every day? He was a keen boxer.Andile: Why did be like it,tamkbulu?He’s over six feet tall and was quite strong. He said boxing taught him to stand up to bullies.Eventually,he and his friends realized that peaceful protests would not change the laws. They decided to fight the government. Nelson became thecommander-in-chief of the army,the Spear of the Nation.Andile: A soldier!It was long ago,my boy.The police wanted to arrest him for this. He disguised himself in old clothes and grew bread. He was captured and put on trial. He escaped and was working as a chauffeur when the police caught him again. He was prepared to die for the freedom of his people!The judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his life. He was 45 years old. The government thought it had got the better of him.Andile: And bad they?Wait and see.Chapter: Prison (1962-1990)The prisoners were considered dangerous. The police flew them to place with penguins,antelopes and a lovely view of Table Mountain. But it was no holiday in the sun. It was a fortress,guarded day and night.His cell was tiny. He could cross it in three paces. At first he slept on a mat on the floor. In winter he shivered under thin blankets. He had to wear a shirt,shorts and sandals. They worked in the blinding light of a lime quarry. The food was not at all nourishing. But on Christmas Day they were given an extra cup of coffee.Andile: No turkey and Christmas pudding?Don’t joke,please.It was awful being separated from their families. They were allowed to receive only one letter every six months. How they looked forward to news of their loved ones. Nelson said a letter was like the summer rain which makes the desert bloom. But at night they worked hard at their studies and educated themselves. And he did his exercises before dawn. Secretly,in the long nights,he wrote the story of his life and buried the book in the yard because it was forbidden under the prison laws. It was smuggled out. That is the book you see in the shop windows,Long Walk to Freedom.After many years things became better. The outside world began to hear about them. People wore T-shirts saying,“Release Nelson Mandela”. In London,the BBC organized a huge pop concert at Wembley Stadium to celebrate his seventieth birthday.He was becoming as big a nuisance inside prison as he had once been outside.Andile: Your friend had a pop concert,tamkhulu!Nelson wrote that he knew some day he would feel the grass under his feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man. In 1990,he was freed from prison. Fortwenty-seven years no one was allowed to see his face. Now,millions could at last see him on television.Four years later he became president of our country,South Africa. For the first time,all our people,white and black,in cities and small villages,voted in the election. He tried hard to make all the people live together in friendship.When he met the Queen of England,they walked in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. He told her he was still a country boy at heart. He wanted to build a home near his boyhood village where he would spend his old age.Andile: I would like to visit him there,tamkhulu.Story background:Apartheid was the law of racial segregation which allowed the white minority to keep political power in South Africa. Between 1948 and 1994 the white National Party used this law to discriminate against the rest of the population.Today there are over 40 million people in South Africa from lots of different backgrounds. That is why it is sometimes called “The Rainbow Nation”.South Africa is beginning to grow away from the bad years of apartheid. Many people travel there now on holiday or for their work. South Africa sportspeople,both black and white,are now taking part in events at the highest levels. This was not always possible because of apartheid.。
典范英语6a课文内容英文回答：Lesson 6A: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane.The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American inventors who are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. They conducted extensive research and experiments in the field of aviation and made significant contributions to the development of aircraft technology.In 1900, the Wright brothers began their experiments with kites and gliders. They studied the principles offlight and conducted wind tunnel tests to understand the aerodynamics involved in flying. Based on their research, they designed and built a series of gliders that allowed them to gain experience in controlling and maneuvering aircraft in the air.In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved a major breakthrough with the successful flight of their WrightFlyer I at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This historic flight marked the beginning of powered aviation as the Wright brothers became the first humans to achieve controlled, sustained, and heavier-than-air flight.The Wright Flyer I was a small, biplane aircraft madeof wood, fabric, and metal. It was powered by a gasoline engine that drove two propellers. The aircraft had a wingspan of 40 feet and weighed around 750 pounds.During the historic flight on December 17, 1903,Orville Wright piloted the Wright Flyer I while Wilbur Wright ran alongside the aircraft to assist with the launch. The flight lasted for 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet.The invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers revolutionized transportation and had a profound impact on society. It opened up new possibilities for travel, trade,and military operations. The development of aircraft technology continued to advance rapidly in the years that followed, leading to the creation of more sophisticated and powerful aircraft.The Wright brothers' pioneering work in aviation has earned them a place among the most influential inventors in history. Their legacy continues to inspire future generations of engineers, scientists, and aviators.中文回答：课文内容，莱特兄弟和飞机的发明。
典范英语61、《海象加入了“表演”》2、吵闹的邻居3、皮皮公主的假期4、《哦！奥托》5、《科密特船长与紫色星球》6、《丛林短裤》7、《来自奥姆的蒙面清洁女工》8、《蒙面清洁女工反败为胜》9、《蒙面清洁女工面对海盗》10、《水母鞋》11、花朵街的狗老大12、玉米片硬币13、幽灵船14、机器狗15、球王贝利16、北极英雄17、拓荒女孩18、我的朋友曼德拉1. 《海象加入了“表演”》每个身处北极的动物都很兴奋，因为这里即将举行一场人人都可以参加的演出。
“我要表演滑雪”北极狐说，“我对此很在行”。
“我要表演翻筋斗”，北极熊说，“没人翻筋斗能比我好”“我唱歌吧”，海豹说，“每个人都说我嗓音很优美。
“那我就表演潜水吧”鲸鱼说，“你们知道，我以前在学校可是拿过潜水奖牌的”之后大家都看着海象，问他：你表演什么呢？但是海象什么都不擅长，既不会滑雪也不会翻筋斗。
他的歌唱的很糟糕，而他潜水时，鼻子也是露在水面上的。
于是海象难过的坐在那里，嚼他的胡子。
“没关系”，北极狐说，“你可以看我们表演啊”。
北极狐，北极熊，海豹和鲸鱼都在为那场大型远处而努力练习着，而海象却躲在一个雪堆后面边看着他们，边嚼着他的胡子。
他真希望自己能擅长些什么。
2、盛大的夜晚终于，表演的盛大夜晚到来了，每个人都坐下来等待演出的开始。
还想坐在最前排，他很激动，狐狸走到冰上向大家示意，众人都欢呼着。
狐狸开始表演滑冰了，他时而前滑，时而后退，时而向两边滑去，他滑出一个优美的圆圈，并8字型的滑着，她的表演简直是无与伦比的完美，海象非常喜欢她的表演，狐狸表演这一切似乎都是那么的简单轻松。
海象认为如果自己也真正的去尝试，一定也能像狐狸表演的那么好。
海象情不自禁的跳到冰上和狐狸一起滑冰“我能滑冰了”他叫嚷着，“快，看我” 然而，海象并没能滑多久，他只是把一切都搞砸了，摔了一跤，他撞到狐狸，狐狸摔倒，压在他的脸上，真糟糕！狐狸被他搞得心烦。
“海象搞砸了我的演出”狐狸悲叹说接下来，到了北极熊表演了，他蜷缩起来像一个雪球一样在冰面上滚动，众人都为他鼓掌，然后他就开始准备翻筋斗了，他又跳又滚，翻着筋斗，又倒立。
典范英语6—10英文原文Jellyfish Shoes（水母鞋)1Laura had some new jelly shoes.She was really proud of them. They were pink and see-through like raspberry jelly.She ran down to the beach in them. Wherever she walked，they left little tracks in the sand。
Like this:'Look，Scott,’ Laura called to her brother。
'My new jelly shoes are leaving stars in the sand.' Squidge. Laura trod in something slippery. She lifted up her shoe.’Ughhh！’ she said。
’ What's that mess?’’It’s only a jellyfish，’ said Scott.' The sea washes them up on the beach.'’Well, I don't like it,' said Laura. 'It looks like a jelly cow-pat.'Slosh. The sea washed up some more jellyfish。
Pink ones this time。
They spread out in pink puddles on the sand.'Watch out,’ said Scott。
' Jellyfish can give you a nasty sting。
’’Yuk！’ cried Laura. 'There are loads of them! And，phew，what a pong！I hate them。
8、《蒙面清洁女工反败为胜》Carrot Castle's team nearly cheat their way tovictory .In a football match with King Harrystean,but the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om come to the rescue. at that moment, captain jones marched in.I ve just had a message from king charles at carrot castle. he is very keen to know what colour shirts our team will be wearing. 'green ,I think, ' said kingharry ,'and his lot can play in red .has anyone seen princess jane? I am going to run a training session for her after breakfast.captain jones giggled. and what's so funny?' asked the king, 'in my younger days I was kanown as the wizard of the dribble.'Thad, said queen norah, 'was because you couldn't eat rice pudding without putting most of it down yourshirt.'there was a crash of broken glass from the hall.在那一刻，队长琼斯走了进来，我刚刚从胡萝卜城堡的国王查尔斯那里得到消息。
典范英语6-10Jellyfish Shoes（水母鞋）1Laura had some new jelly shoes.She was really proud of them. They were pink and see-through like raspberry jelly.She ran down to the beach in them. Wherever she walked, they left little tracks in the sand.Like this:'Look, Scott,' Laura called to her brother. 'My new jelly shoes are leaving stars in the sand.'Squidge. Laura trod in something slippery. She lifted up her shoe.'Ughhh!' she said.' What's that mess?''It's only a jellyfish,' said Scott.' The sea washes them up on the beach.''Well, I don't like it,' said Laura. 'It looks like a jelly cow-pat.'Slosh. The sea washed up some more jellyfish. Pink ones this time. They spread out in pink puddles on the sand.'Watch out,' said Scott.' Jellyfish can give you a nasty sting.''Yuk! ' cried Laura. 'There are loads of them! And, phew, what a pong! I hate them. They'll spoil my new jelly shoes!'Scott looked at the jellyfish on the sand. He looked at Laura's new shoes. An idea popped into his head. 'I don't know why you hate jellyfish,' said Scott. 'What do you think your new shoes are made of?' Laura looked down at her shoes. They were see-through and pink. The jellyfish on the beach were see-through and pink too.'Don't be silly,' she told Scott. But her voice was shaky.2'I thought you knew,' said Scott. 'Don't you know what happens to all these washed-up jellyfish?'Laura shook her head.'I'll tell you what happens,' said Scott, who was good at stories. 'The jelly workers come round. They come round at night with bin bags. And they shovel all the jellyfish into the bags. And they take them away to the Jelly Shoe Factory.'He went on, 'And they make them into shoes. Just like the ones you've got on. I thought everyone knew that!'Laura looked down at her new shoes.'I don't think I like my new shoes any more,' she said.Then she tore them off.'Yuk!' she said.'I don't want pongy jellyfish shoes that sting me!'She threw them into the sea.They didn't sink. Jellyfish shoes don't sink. They just bobbed about on the waves. And washed further and further away from the shore.'Good riddance!' shouted Laura, waving them goodbye.Then she tiptoed back to the house in her bare feet.3That night Laura dreamed about the jellyfish workers. She dreamed they crept along the beach with bin bags in their hands. They bent down and shoveled up jellyfish. Soon they had whole shivering sackfuls of them. Flies were buzzing all around them.'Oh no!' cried Laura, waking up. 'The jelly workers are coming!'But it was all right. She was safe in her own bed. 'It was just a bad dream,' she told herself.Yet down on the dark beach, something was moving. Something was bobbing about on the waves.It was Laura's jellyfish shoes. They were coming back home.Gently, they washed in on the wave tops until at last a big wave tops until at last a big wave washed them up on the sand. Neatly side by side.'What a bit of good luck!' said Mum the next morning. 'Guess what I just found on the beach?'Don't know,' said Laura.Mum held up the jellyfish shoes. 'These! I bet you didn't even know you'd lost them.'Mum tipped up one of the shoes. A winkle fell out of the toe.'Here you are,' she said, handing the shoes to Laura. 'You can put them back on now.'Laura pushed the shoes away: 'I won't put them back on!' she shouted. 'You can't make me!'Mum stared at her. 'What on earth is the matter? I thought you'd be pleased to get them back.''I don't want them. I don't want smelly shoes that make flies buzz all around me! Why did you do it, Mum?' Why did you buy me shoes made of jellyfish?'And Laura rushed out of the door.Mum shook her head, puzzled. 'Shoes made of jellyfish?' she said. 'What's she talking about? Do you know, Scott?''Don't ask me,' said Scott. But he looked a bit guilty.4Laura rushed down to the beach without her jellyfish shoes. Scott came running after her. He had the shoes in his hand.'Mum says you've got to put them on.''No! I'm never wearing those horrible shoes again! Not ever!''Look,' began Scott. 'There's something I've got to tell you. What I said yesterday, about the Jelly Shoe Factory-'But he didn't get time to finish.'What's that？' said Laura. 'What's that in the sea?'The sea was full of tiny, frilly parachutes. They were pink and brown and purple.'They're beautiful!' cried Laura. 'What are they?''They're baby jellyfish,' said Scott. 'Hundreds of them.''Jellyfish!' Laura jumped back.'And if we don't save them,' said Scott, 'the sea will wash them up. They'll get splatted on the sand. They'll all die.''I hate jellyfish!' said Laura. 'They pong. They sting you. They get made into jellyfish shoes.''Well, I'm going to save them,' said Scott. And he raced back to the house.Laura couldn't help watching the jellyfish. They sparkled like jewels. But they were getting closer and closer to the beach. Soon they would be dried-up puddles on the sand.And she couldn't help thinking, 'Poor babies.'Just then, Scott came racing back with two buckets. And suddenly Laura changed her mind.'I'll help you to save them,' said Laura. She grabbed a bucket.'We'll tip them into that rock pool,' said Scott. 'But we've got to hurry!''Don't touch them,' he warned. 'Even the babies sting.'They scooped up the babies in buckets. Then they ran to the rock pool and tipped them in.'Hurry!' cried Scott. 'The sea's going out!'5Laura dashed to the rock pool. Slosh! The babies poured out like rainbows.She ran back again and again. Until her legs wouldn't work any more.'I-can't-run-another-step!' she gasped, setting down on the sand.'It's all right,' said Scott. 'Look! The tide's coming in!'Laura lifted her head. It was true!'Hurray! She yelled. 'We've saved them. We saved the jellyfish babies!'Scott and Laura went to look in the rock pool.'It's like jellyfish soup in there!' said Laura.'But they're safe,' said Scott. 'And when the tide comes in, it'll take them out to the deep, deep sea-where they belong.''I like jellyfish now,' said Laura. 'They're beautiful, aren't they? I'm really glad we saved them. And now the jelly worker won't get them. They won't be taken to the Jelly Shoe Factory and made into jellyfish shoes.'Scott looked very guilty.'I was going to tell you about that,' he said. 'There isn't any jelly shoe Factory. 'There isn't any jelly workers. They don't make jelly shoes out of washed-up jellyfish.''How do you know?' said Laura.'Because it's just a story. I made it all up!''No you didn't !' said Laura.'I did, I did, honest!' said Scott.But Laura didn't believe him.'Where are my jellyfish shoes anyway?' she asked Scott.Scott looked around. 'I don't know. I put them down when I went to get the buckets. They can't have walked off by themselves…'Laura looked around too. The beach was empty. Then she saw a line of stars, in the sand. They led right down to the sea.'There they are!' Scott pointed.Laura saw her jellyfish shoes. They were bobbing about on the waves. They were heading out to sea. Scott waded into the water. 'I'm going to get them back!' he said.Laura thought for a minute. Then she said, 'No. Let them go.'She waved at them. 'Bye bye, jellyfish shoes,' she said, a little sadly.'What are you going to tell Mum?' asked Scott. 'She'll be very angry!'But Laura wasn't listening. She was smiling a secret smile. She was thinking about her jellyfish shoes having a lovely time…swimming with whales and dolphins and octopuses…back in the deep, deep sea where they belonged.。
典范英语6 全篇原文1 第一篇Walrus Joins In1What will Walrus do?Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and ANYONE could be in it.‘I will do skating,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘I’m good at that!’‘I’ll do tumbling,’ said Polar Bear. ‘No one tumbles quite like me!’‘I’ll do singing,’ said Seal. ‘Everyone says I have a very fine voice!’‘Then I’ll do diving,’ said Whale. ‘I won a prize for diving at school, you know!’They all looked at Walrus. ‘What will YOU do?’ they asked.But Walrus was not good at anything.He wasn’t good at skating, and he wasn’t good at tumbling.He was terrible at singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got water up his nose.He sat and chewed his whiskers sadly.‘Never mind,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘You can watch us.’Arctic Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale practised hard for the big show.Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers.He wished he was good at something.2The big nightAt last, the big night arrived. Everyone sat down and waited for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing!Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy.Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox.He couldn’t stop himself. He just had to lea p onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over.He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed.Next, it was Polar Bear’s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly.Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head.Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made it all looksuch fun. Walrus was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear.All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice.“I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!”But Walrus couldn’t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP!Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.3From bad to worseIt was Seal’s turn next. She gave Walrus a don’t-you-dare stare, and then she started to sing:“O, how many heart rejoices when I see the Northern Lights.My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night!”Walrus listened. What a beautiful song! Surely if he really tried, he could sing as beautifully as Seal? Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn’t stop himself again.“I know that song,” he cried. “I can sing it too!”He leaped up and started singing along with Seal.But Walrus couldn’t sing! He sounde d terrible. In fact, he sounded like a rusty old bucket.Seal stopped singing and burst into floods of tears.“Walrus has RUINED my song,” she wailed.Wale was last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not ruin his act.Whale leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash!Walrus watched. He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers began to twitch, and his whiskers bristled with excitement. He tried and tried his very best not to join in.But then he had a brilliant idea.“I’ll hold my nose when I dive,” he thought. “Then the water won’t go up it!”Walrus just couldn’t stop himself. He had to join in.“Everybody, look at me!” he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive too!”But just at that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a big jet of water.WHOOSH!Whale spouted Walrus high into the air!Everyone was watching Walrus now. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back in the sea with a SPLOSH!Whale was furious. “You are a meddling, incompetent BUFFOON!” he roared. “You have RUINED my act. Now GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”Whale was pretty scary when he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry.4The show will go on!The show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale stood in a line, blushing and wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.But everyone was cheering like mad.“Well done, Polar Bear, well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!” they shouted. “But where’s the clown? Why isn’t he here? Where’s Walrus?”Behind is snowdrift, Walrus heard the cheers. Were they really cheering for him, too?Yes! They were!He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear and Seal And Whale.“I’m very sorry,” he said.“So you should be,” said Fox.“At least everyone thought you were part of the show,” said Polar Bear.“I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was really part of our next show, it couldn’t be any worse.”Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried. “Truly? Can I be part of t he show? Can I join in next time?”“Yes,” said Whale. “It will bea lot safer that way. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly.”Walrus practiced hard and became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part.Sometimes, when Walrus is clowning around, they really just can’t stop themselves. They have to join in too!2 第二篇Noisy Neighbours1Mr FlinchIn a grim, grey house in a grim, grey town lived an unhappy man.It was not his grey house that made Mr Flinch unhappy. It was not that he was poor, because he was not. Mr Flinch was a miser. He never gave away a penny. ( He never gave away a smile either. ) He was a mean and miserable man.Mr Flinch was miserable because of his neighbours.On one side of Mr Flinch’s grim, grey house stood a jolly red one. It belonged to Carl Clutch who mended cars.Carl loved cars –and motorbikes and vans and lorries. Every morning, Mr Flinch woke up to hear hammers banging, spanners clanging and engines revving. The whole street shook with the noise.On the other side, in a bright blue house, lived a music teacher called Poppy Plink. Each morning, Poppy sat down and played grand tunes on her grand piano. After breakfast, her students started to arrive.Violins screeched, drums thundered and bassoons bellowed. Mr Flinch shut his window, but the noise still came through the wall. Brum –brum,tootle – toot, bang! His whole house shook and shivered.He put his fingers in his ears.H e rapped on the wall … but his neighbours did not hear.They were far too happy. They were mending cars and making music, and they loved their work.Brum – brum, tootle – toot, bang!Mr Flinch rap rapped until he made holes in his wallpaper. It did no good.Mr Flinch locked himself in a cupboard. He wound old towels round his head.He wrote angry letters, but tore them all up. ‘ Stamps cost far too much money!’ he said.Even in bed, he wore a hat to keep out the noise.But the cars still revved and the music still jangled.Mr Flinch was the grey filling in a noise sandwich.‘This can’t go on,’ Flinch thought to himself. He even shouted it out loud:2Nasty TricksMr Flinch went next door to Carl’s house. Carl was mending cars. It was easy to sneak into his kitchen and put a dead rat in the fridge.‘That will get rid of him!’ said Flinch, and smiled a nasty smile. ‘Nobody wants to live in a house with rats!’At midnight, Mr Flinch climbed on to his roof and – carefully, carefully –cra wled across the tiles. He put his head down Poppy’s chimney and gave a long, loud, ‘Hooowooowoooo!’‘That will get ride of her,’ he said with a grim grin. ‘Nobody wants to live in a house with ghosts!’Then he climbed back into bed.Next morning, Mr Flinch woke to a HUGE noise. Cars and lorries were stopping outside. He looked out of his window.Carl was sitting outside in the rood, with a table, a kettle, a loaf of bread and a bottle of tomato sauce.Carl called to Mr Flinch, ‘Can’t use my kitche n today! Rays, urgh! My mum is cleaning up. She told me to eat my breakfast outside. That’s how I got this great idea! Take –away breakfast! Drivers can stop here and buy breakfast.’Just then, Poppy Plink came running out of her blue front door. ‘Oh, M r Flinch! Oh, Carl! Guess what happened last night!’‘I give up,’ said Mr Flinch, with a sumg smirk. ‘Do tell.’Poppy beamed with joy. ‘Last night, angles sang down my chimney! They did, I promise!’ She frowned. ‘But the music wasn’t very good! I think they want some new songs to sing! I’m sure they want me to write them, and I shall! Oh I shall!’She did.Poppy still had to teach music all day.But at night she wrote angle music. She made it nice and loud, with lots ofcymbals and trumpets.It was all too much for Mr Flinch.3Mr Flinch has a PlanMr Flinch went next door to Carl’s house.He showed Carl a fistful of money. ‘The day you move house, all this is yours!’ he said.‘Anything you say, chief,’ said Carl, wiping his dirty hands on a rag.‘As long as I can mend cars, I’ll be happy anywhere.’ Carl went on, ‘I’ll move out as soon as I can sell the house!’Next, Mr Flinch went to Poppy’s house and offered her a hatful of money. ‘The day you move house, all this is yours!’ he said.‘Of course! If that is what you want, dear heart! Cried Poppy.She had never seen so much money in her life. ‘As long as I have my music, I can be happy anywhere! I will move out just as soon as I can sell my little house!’Mr Flinch went home a happy man –well, as happy as a man like Mr Flinch can ever be.He felt in his empty pockets and gulped. ‘All that money gone! Ah, but soon those noisy neighbours will be gone, too!’In a few days, Mr Flinch’s neighbours had sold up their houses.Now, at last, he would have peace and quiet –nothing but the noise of mice scratching in the empty cellar.4 Moving DayMr Flinch watched as Poppy Plink moved out. Bo-jangle went the piano as she pushed and bumped it down the steps.‘Going already are you,you pest?’ he mutted. ‘I pity the person who has to live next door to you!’Seeing him, Poppy waved up at the window.‘Such luck, Mr Flinch!’ she called. ‘Fancy! A few days ago, I met someone who wants to move house too! We agreed to swap houses!’Just then, Carl came out of his front door carrying two heavy tool boxes. He saw Poppy struggling with a harp and went to help her. ‘All set, Poppy? he said.‘All set, Carl! Isn’t this fun!’ She replied.Then Carl moved into Poppy’s bright house and Poppy moved into Carl’s jolly red one.They helped each other to carry the big things, like tables and sofas.Then Carl had a house-warming party. He and Poppy sang, because they were so happy: ‘There’s no place like home!’Mr Flinch heard it right thro ugh the wall of his house … even inside his cupboard, even with a towel round his head.3 第三篇Princess Pip’s Holiday1 Ready to goEveryone in Princess Pip’s castle was very busy. The King was polishing his money, the Queen was choosing sun hats, and the maids were running around with piles of vests.“ Can I take Dobbin on holiday?”asked Princess Pip.“I’m afraid there won’t be room for a pony on the coach ,”said the Queen.“Oh, ”said the Princess Pip. “Can Amanda and Bert come,then?”“There ‘s no room for snakes,”said the King, “not even pet ones.”Princess Pip scowled . “This holiday is going to be BORING,” she said.They went on holiday in their best gold coach.“Wave to all the people, dear,” said the Queen.Princess Pip folded her arm s . “ I ‘m on holiday,” she said. “Are we nearly there yet?”“We won’t be there for a long time,” said the Queen firmly .It did take a long time to get to the seaside . The coach got very hot, and Princess Pip didn’t feel very well.“Here we are,at last!” said the King happily.“But it’s a castle!” said Princess Pip. “Just like home.It’s BORING.”2 Just like homeThere was a girl waiting by the castle door.“This is Daisy,”said the Queen. “She is going to look after you,Pip.”Daisy showed Princess Pip her room.“I don’t want a four-poster bed!” said Princess Pip. “That’s just like home.”“You can sleep on my straw mattress , then,” said Daisy. “ I’ll have the bed.”“Oh, all right.”said Princess Pip.That evening there was a banquet and it went on for hours.“More sprouts?”asked the King happily.This is BORING,”said the Princess Pip.“Nonsense(胡说),dear,”said the Queen. “It can’t be boring. We’re on holiday!”“ I WANT TO GO HOME!” said Princess Pip, the next day. She had been w alking round the castle walls all morning and she hadn’t found anything to do.“But we’re having a wonderful time,” said the Queen,from her sun chair.“Just look at the way my money shines in the sun,” said the King. “Wonderful!”“ But it’s BORING!” said Princess Pip.“Why don’t you go and talk to Daisy?” suggested the Queen.Princess Pip stomped off.“That does it,” she said to Daisy. “I WANT TO GO HOME!”3 The road home“If you stayed here a bit longer,you might start liking the seaside,” saidDaisy.But Princess Pip wasn’t listening. She was putting all her important things in her suitcase.“I think we’ll have to take some things out,”said Daisy.Daisy found them both backpacks, and they set out for home.Princess Pip and Daisy went across the drawbridge and along the road.It was very hot.“Let’s have a nice,cool snack,”said Daisy.So they got some fish sticks from a stall.“These aren’t bad,” admitted Princess Pip.“They taste best by the seaside,” said Daisy. “ I’ll sho w you where the fish come from, if you like.”They went down some stone steps to a place where the sea swished backwards and forwards and the ground looked as if it was made of gold.“Look in these pools,” said Daisy.The fish were hard to catch.”You could take your stockings off,” said Daisy, “and use them for nets.”It was nice without shoes and stockings on. It was even nicer once Princess Pip had taken off her coat and crown.The fish looked very cross at being caught，so Princess Pip let them go.“It’s not too bad here,” said Princess Pip,at last. “ I want to stay here all the time.”“Let’s build a sandcastle, then,” said Daisy.“A sand HOUSE,” said Princess Pip.It was hard work, but they built a huge house, with a moat all around.Soon the sea came in and filled the moat.“That’s just right.”said Princess Pip. “Make it stop coming in now,Daisy.”But the sea kept on coming in............ and soon it had washed their house FLAT.“ We built our house too close to the sea,”s aid Daisy, sadly.“STUPID SEA!”shouted Princess Pip. “STUPID SEASIDE! I WANT TO GO HOME!”4 Riding the dragonPrincess Pip and Daisy put on their shoes and picked up their backpacks.“I’m tired,”said Princess Pip, very soon. “ I want to ride Dobbi n. Are we nearly home, yet?”“Why don’t you ride one of the horses on that merry-go-round?” suggested Daisy.“Oh, no,”said Princess Pip. “ I’m going to ride that dragon.”The dragon went very fast, and there was lots of exciting music--but then it all stopped. Everyone got off.“But....we’re still here!” said Princess Pip, crossly, as she got off ,too.“At least it wasn’t boring,” said Daisy.“I WANT TO GO HOME!” shouted Princess Pip.“At least it was fun,” said Daisy. “Everything is fun here because it’s a FUN-fair.”Princess Pip sniffed. “ What’s fun about it?” she asked.“I’ll show you,” said Daisy.They went down the roller coaster.Then they went UP and UP and ....DOWN again.“AARRRRGH!” yelled Princess Pip and Daisy.“Let’s go on it again,” said Princess Pip.“ Tomorrow, perhaps,” said Daisy, who had gone very pale.“BUT I WANT...” began Princess Pip.“Hello!” said a voice.It was the King. The Queen was with him.“Where’s Princess Pip?” the King asked Daisy.“Here !” said Princess Pip.The King and the Queen stared at her.“You can’t be Pip!” the Queen gasped. “You’re all dirty,and you have no stockings!”“But I am!” said Princess Pip, and put on her crown to prove it. “Look! It’s me, and I’ve found a place where the ground is made of gold!Come and see.”Daisy and Princess Pip showed them the beach.“ Good heavens!”said the King. “How wonderful! It’s just the color of money.”“What a perfect place for my sun chair,”said the Queen.The beach was a perfect place for picnics and games, and races, too. Everyone loved it.Then one day the King said: “ What a pity we have to go home tomorrow.”Princess Pip scowled, and she said...“I don’t want to go home”4 第四篇Oh, otto!Something importantThe children in Class Four were busy workingThen their teacher, Miss Underwood, said: ‘I have something very important to tell you.’She smiled and said: ‘A new boy is coming to our class. His name is Otto and he comes from far, far away. In fact, he comes from out er space…’( this is Otto’s first day at earth school. Here he is…)The door opened and a boy came in. he looked just like the other children-but he was a different colour. he was green.Miss Underwood told Otto to sit with Jo and Charlie and Josh. Then she looked at Jo and added, ‘I want you to take care of our new boy and give him ahand if he needs it.’‘please, Miss,’ said Otto. ‘I’m not NEW. I’m seven and a half. And I don’t already. Look!’‘Oh, Otto!’ Miss Underwood smiled. ‘just sit down and be a dear.’Otto sat down.Then he said, ‘I don’t think I can be a deer…but I can quack like a duck.’He flapped his arms, like wings, and went: ‘Quack! Quack! Quack!’Charlie joined in: ‘Quack! QUACK! QUACK!’Miss Underwood smiled at Otto. ‘No quacking n class!’ she said.Then she frowned at Charlie. ‘Charlie!’ she said. ‘you know better than that! Get on with your work.’‘It’s not fair!’ Charlie grumbled. ‘I get into trouble and that new boy doesn’t!’That’s when Charlie decided he didn’t like Otto. He didn’t lik e him one bit. Charlie is crossOtto made a lot of mistakes.Charlie leaned back on his chair. Otto tried to do the same thing. But he fell down……and so did all the paints.Now Charlie was green too-and he wasn’t happy about it.Charlie got crosser and crosser and crosser.At playtime, when Otto was in the playground, Charlie decided to scare him. ‘If you stand there, you’ll get eaten by a bear,’ said Charlie.‘A bear! Where?’ Otto screamed.Charlie goggled. ‘we keep the bear in the head’s office. All Ear th schools have a bear,’ he went on. ‘sometimes the bear gets out…and sometimes it’s hungry!’Otto looked very scared.Treasure HuntThat afternoon the class was having a Treasure Hunt. All the children were looking forward to it.Miss Underwood gave each pair of children the same clue.‘I want you to work in a pair with Otto,’ she said to Jo.‘Work in a pear?’ said Otto ‘How? It will have to be a big pear. Not too juicy. We could all get sticky.’Jo laughed. ‘Oh, Otto! You don’t understand anything! ’The Treasure Hunt began.Charlie worked with Josh. Jo worked with Otto.This was the clue that they had to follow:( start at the classroom door.Then walk along.Don’t go right.Then you won’t go wrong.)‘What does that mean?’ said Charlie.‘I don’t know,’ said Josh. ‘But when Miss Underwood hid the treasure last time, it was in the playground.’‘Let’s go there!’ Charlie said to Josh. ‘Quick! We’ll be first.’Otto jumped up to follow them-but Charlie had a plan. He stuck out his foot and tripped Otto up.‘Enjoy your trip!’ Charlie laughed, and ran off with Josh.Jo helped Otto up.All the other children ran out of the classroom and followed Charlie and Josh. They turned right, towards the playground.Jo sighed. ‘Now we’re going to be last.’‘We won’t be last,’ said Otto, ‘because they’re all going the wrong way. Look at the clue.’(Start at the classroom door.Then walk along.Don’t go right.Then you won’t go wrong.Otto pointed at the clue. ‘it means we start here-at the classroom door and we don’t turn RIGH T-because that would be wrong. We have to turn LEFT.’They set off in the other direction to the rest of the children.Charlie and Josh were looking for treasure in the playground and they were getting fed up.‘there’s nothing here,’ said Charlie. ‘Let’s look inside the school.’They went back into the school hall, past the head’s office and that’s when they saw it…‘there IS a bear!’ Charlie said. ‘there really is!’They ran screaming back to their classroom.‘Help! Help! We’ve seen a bear.’Oh, OttoJo and Otto had turned left and walked along the corridor.‘Look!’ said Otto.There was an arrow and it was pointing to a plant pot.Jo picked up the pot and found a map.There was another clue on the map.(clue number2Follow this map if you want to do well.Just look in the place where you find a spell.)Jo and Otto followed the map to the school library.Jo read out the clue again:Follow this map if you want to do well.Just look in the place where you find a spell.‘I understand!’ said Otto. ‘look-there’s a pile of spelling books. That’s where we’ll find a “spell!”’‘You’ve got it, Otto!’ said Jo.Behind the pile of spelling books, there was a box of golden coins. ‘Yum!’ said Jo. ‘It’s chocolate money!’Back in the classroom, Jo and Otto shared out the treasure chocolate.‘But what’s the matter with Josh and Charlie?’ asked Otto.Some of the other children laughed.‘Charlie and Josh thought they saw a bear!’‘A bear!’ said Otto. ‘Jo told me you were making up that story to scare me.’Charlie looked ashamed. ‘It wasn’t really a bear,’ he said. ‘It was the head’s big new coat hanging on the door…’‘But it LOOKED like a bear,’ said Josh.Charlie and Josh went bright red.‘Don’t worry,’ said Otto. ‘Everyone makes mistakes. Have a chocolate.’‘I’m sorry I made fun of you,’ said Charlie.Charlie looked so sad that Miss Underwood felt sorry for him.‘We’ll forgive you, Charlie,’ she said. ‘we all have bad days.’She smiled. ‘You and Josh seem to have lost your heads, today!’‘Oh!’ said Otto. ‘Shall I look for their heads, Miss? I’m good at finding things!’5 第五篇Captain Comet AND THE Purple Planet1 Spanner is boredIt was a quiet morning at Stardust Space Station.Captain Stella was checking the space shuttle.Captain Comet was watering the plants and Spanner the robot was bored.‘Can I sit at the control desk?’he asked.‘All right,’said Captain Comet,‘But don’t touch anything and don’t press that red button.’Spanner sat down at the desk and looked at all the buttons.There were buttons to open all the space station doors and buttons to turn on all the lights.There was even a button to flush all the toilets!There was also a big red button,labelled‘Gravity’.Spanner was not sure what ‘Gravity’was.‘I’ll press it very quickly,’said Spanner,‘to see what it does.’He pressed the red button.Captain Comet was watering the plants when he had a strange feeling.He was floating above the floor!The plant pots were all floating,too.He guessed what had happened.‘Spanner!he shouted ,‘I told you not to touch that red button!’Spanner saw that gravity was what made things stay on the floor.There was no gravity in space,so the space station made its own..Spanner pressed the red button to make the gravity come back on again-and all the pot plants fell to the floor.Comet fell to the floor beside them.‘SPANNER!’Comet groaned.2It must be a plantSpanner was cleaning up the mess for the rest of the morning.When he turned the cleaner off,everyone heard a beeping noise.The noise was coming from the space scanner.Everyone stopped what they were doing and came to look.‘The scanner has found something,’said Comet.He pointed to a flashing dot that was moving across the scanner screen.‘I wonder what it is ?’said Captain Stella.‘Is it an asteroid?’asked Spanner.‘An asteroid is a lump of rock that floats in space.’‘I know that!’said Captain Comet.‘Anyway ,it’s too big to be an asteroid,’‘Then it must be a planet,’Spanner said.‘Where has it come from?’asked Comet,’And why is it moving so fast?’‘You’d better go and have a look,’said Captain Stella.Comet and Spanner set off in the space shuttle to look for the new planet.Spanner was very excited.‘I’ve never found a new planet before,’he said .‘What shall we call it ?’‘Let’s find it first ,’said Comet.But Spanner wasn’t listening.‘I’m going to call it Planet Spanner,’he said.Spanner made a humming noise and a flag came out of a slot in his chest.‘What are you doing?’asked Comet.‘I’ve made a flag to put o n Planet Spanner.Then everyone will know that we were the first to find it,’Spanner explained.He showed Comet the flag.It was bright red with two spanners on it.Comet had to smile.‘Very nice,’he said.3On the Purple PlanetThe planet looked very strange.It was purple and covered in huge spikes.Comet landed the shuttle carefully on the planet.Then he got out to have a look around.Spanner stayed in the shuttle,making a flagpole for his flag.Spanner found a metal rod.He fastened the flag to one end of the rod and put the other end into a hole in his chest.There was a noise like an electric pencil sharpener.When he took the rod out again,it had a nice sharp point.Comet was looking at one of the giant purple spikes.It felt soft and warm.‘That’s very odd,’thought Comet.‘This spike feels like it’s alive.’Just then Spanner arrived with his new flagpole.‘I name this planet-Planet Spanner!’he said proudly.‘NO!STOP!’Comet yelled.But before Comet could stop him,Spanner hammered the sharp flagpole into the ground.There was a huge roar.‘What was that?’asked Spanner.‘Quick,back to the shuttle!’shouted Comet,as the ground began to shake.They strapped themselves into their seats and Comet blasted off.Spanner looked at t he screen.The planet’s surface was spinning around.Then the opening of a big,dark cave came into view.Around the outside of the opening were large,jagged rocks.‘Look!’said Spanner.‘They’re like giant teeth!’Comet stared at the screen.‘That’s because they ARE giant teeth!’he said ,as two huge,angry eyes came into view.‘It’s not a planet…’said Comet,’…It’s a SPACE MONSTER!’gasped Spanner.4Space Chase‘Why is it so angry with us ?’cried Spanner.‘You’ve just hammered a big sharp flagpole into its backside,’explained Captain Comet.The huge teeth snapped shut behind them.‘It wants to eat us!’wailed Spanner.’We’ve got to get away!’‘That’s what I’m trying to do !’said Comet.’But it’s too fast!’Comet fired the shuttle’s jets.Then he tried to make a sharp turn,as the monster zoomed towards them..‘What are we going to do ?’cried Spanner.Just then,Captain Stella’s face appeared on the screen.She had been watching them on the space scanner.Captain Comet tried to make another sharp turn.The space monster was getting closer and closer.‘Are you all right?’Captain Stella asked.’What’s going on?’‘WE’RE GOING TO BE EATEN!’wailed Spanner,’BY A PRICKLY PURPLE SPACE MONSTER THE SIZE OF A PLANET!’‘Apart from that,everything ‘s fine,’said Comet,making the shuttle dive to dodge the giant teeth.‘Can I help ?’asked Captain Stella.‘No,’said Comet,‘You’re too far away. Is there anyone closer?’Stella looked at the space map and shook her head.‘No,there are no space stations or planets-only asteroids,’she said.‘Asteroids!’Comet said.‘Tell me where they are .I’ve got an idea!’5Into the AsteroidsThe space shuttle zoomed towards the asteroids.Spanner and Comet had never been so close to the asteroids before.Some of the asteroids were as big as office blocks.‘What are you doing?’cried Spanner, as Comet flew through a narrow gap between two giant asteroids,‘If you hit one of them at this speed, we’ll be smashed to bits!’。
