Patches
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
“Just a minute, Mom.”
“等一下,妈妈。”
“ All right, but don’t forget.
“...... 但别忘了,
I need to get the casserole out of the oven for lunch,” Mom says.
」妈妈说:
“ This game is really difficult.
“...... 这个游戏真的很困难。
I’ll try getting to the amulet from the sphinx one more time.
我将试着从狮身人面像上找到护身符。
Then I’ll feed my favorite canine.
我会喂我最喜欢的狗。
“ Forty-five minutes and several tries later, I hear Mom again.
“45分钟后,我又听到妈妈的呼声。
“ Marcus, time to eat.”
“Marcus,该吃饭了。 “
“ Perfect timing.
“完美的时机。
Man, was that hardcore—I’m wiped out from dueling the two-headed sphinx to save the magic amulet.
男人,是那个硬核 - 为了拯救魔法护身符,
“ I go to the table, and Mom asks if I fed Patches.
“我走到桌边,
“ Hi, I’m Marcus, and I love to play video games.
“...... 我是Marcus, 我喜欢玩电子游戏。
So much so that my mom thinks I’m hooked on them.
如此之多以至于我妈妈认为我迷上了他们。
She might be right; I do spend an awful lot of time playing them.
她可能是对的,我花了很多时间玩
“ Marcus, will you feed Patches, please?”
马可斯,请喂补丁 “
“ That’s my mom, and Patches is my dog.
“...... 帕奇斯是我的狗。
I’m right in the middle of this awesome game where I have to find my way through an Egyptian pyramid.
我正处在这场精彩的比赛中,
I’ll get past the sphinx, and then I’ll feed Patches.
我将穿过狮身人面像,
I go to the backyard to bring Patches in, but I can’t find her.
但我找不到她。
She’s not lying under her favorite shade tree.
她并没有躺在她最喜欢的树下。
She’s not watching our neighbors walk by through the gate.
她不会看着邻居走过大门。
Wait, the gate’s open.
等等,大门打开了
Oh no!
哦,不,不,不,不,不,不,不
Patches is gone, lost, nowhere to be found.
补丁不见了 迷路了 找不到地方了
I must have left the gate unlatched when I took her out this morning.
我今早带她出去时 一定是把她关了起来
I’m in even BIGGER trouble now.
我现在甚至陷入了大麻烦之中。
Gulp.
咕咚。
I’m in BIG trouble.
我身处大麻烦之中。
I got so into my game that I forgot about my dog.
我进入我的游戏,我忘了我的狗。
I bet Patches is starving by now.
我打赌帕奇斯现在饿了
I know I am.
我知道我会的。
“Mom, I forgot.
“妈妈,我忘了。
I’ll feed her now.”
现在, “
I hear Mom making telephone calls trying to locate Patches.
我听到妈妈打电话找帕奇斯
From what I can hear, it sounds like no one has seen her, and I’m worried.
似乎没有人见过她,
I know what I’ll do—I’ll make signs so people can contact us if they see Patches.
我知道自己会做什么, 如果人们看到帕奇斯,
Then I’ll go look for her.
我会去找她。
“ Mom, Patches isn’t in the yard.
“妈妈, 补丁不在院子里。
I think I might have left the gate open this morning.
我想我可能今早把门打开了
I think she escaped.”
我想她逃出来了 “
“ She’s not there?
“...... 她不在吗?
Marcus, this is bad news,” Mom says, “very bad news.”
Marcus, 这是坏消息, “
“ I know she’s right, but I’m torn between being psyched about beating the sphinx and sad about Patches being gone.
我对殴打狮身人面像感到愤怒,
My friend Thomas is playing soccer in the park, so I ask Thomas if he’s seen Patches.
我的朋友托马斯正在公园踢足球, 所以我问托马斯是否见过帕奇斯。
He says he hasn’t.
他说他没有。
My stomach growls loudly as we leave to look elsewhere—I haven’t eaten any lunch.
当我们离开往别处看时 我的胃会大叫 我还没吃午饭。
Mom asks if I’m okay.
妈妈问我是否没事。
I tell her I want to keep looking for Patches; I’m really worried now.
我告诉她我想继续寻找帕奇斯,
Mom helps me make signs even though she’s still disappointed in me for being so irresponsible.
虽然她仍对我如此不负责任感到失望,
When we finish the signs, we walk around the neighborhood to hang them up.
当我们完成标志,我们走在附近 挂起来。
We go to the park to see if Patches is there.
我们去公园看看帕奇斯是否在那里。
I knock on Grandpa’s door, and I hear barking—I hear Patches!
我敲了爷爷的门,我听到叫声... 我听到帕奇斯的声音!
When Grandpa opens the door, Patches jumps up and licks my face.
爷爷开门时,帕奇斯会跳起来舔我的脸.
I hug her and pet her, and even rub her stomach just where she likes it.
我拥抱她并宠她, 甚至摩擦她的胃 就像她喜欢的地方。
We visit house after house asking neighbors if they have seen Patches.
我们挨家挨户地参观 问邻居有没有看到帕奇斯
Nobody has.
没有人知道。
We’re almost to my grandpa’s house, a few blocks from our place.
我们快到爷爷家了,
I’m really hungry.
我真的饿了。
Maybe he’ll have a snack—I could use a hug, too.
也许他会吃点零食... 我也需要拥抱一下
It doesn’t seem like we’ll ever find Patches.
我们似乎永远找不到帕奇斯。
“ Can you explain how you forgot to feed her?”
“...... 你能解释一下你忘了喂她吗? “
Grandpa asks.
爷爷问。
“ I started playing one of my video games, and I couldn’t get past this one part.
我开始玩电子游戏,
When I realized Patches was gone, I was so worried.”
当我意识到帕奇斯不在时,我很担心 “
“ How could a video game be more important than your dog?”
“...... 电子游戏怎么会比你的狗更重要呢? “
Grandpa asks.
爷爷问。
“It’s not,” I say.
" 这不是, " 我说。
When we get to Grandpa’s backyard, Grandpa asks me what happened.
我们到了外公的后院,外公问我发生了什么事。
I tell him how I accidentally left the backyard gate open and how Patches got out—probably looking for food.
我告诉他我是怎么不小心把后院大门打开的, 以及帕奇斯是怎么出去的—— 很可能是在找吃的。
“ Thank you for the apology, Marcus,” says Mom.
“...... 感谢大家的道歉,
“Let’s go home and eat.”
我们回家吃饭吧。 “
“ I’m sure I’ll still forget to do things sometimes.
“我相信,我有时还是会忘记做一些事情。
I do love my video games; but I love my mom, my grandpa, and my dog, even more.
我确实喜欢我的电子游戏,但我爱我妈妈,我爷爷,我的狗,甚至更多。
“ I’m happy Patches is safe.
我很高兴帕奇斯平安无事。
I feel awful that my dog could have gotten hurt because of me.
我的狗可能因为我而受伤 我觉得很糟
“ I walk over to Mom and Patches.
“我走过去找妈妈和帕奇斯。
“ Mom, I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you, and I’m sorry I made you worry.
“妈妈,我很抱歉我没有听你的话,
And Patches, I’m sorry I forgot about you.”
帕奇斯,我很抱歉我忘了你。 “