Dictionary Dave
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
The First Day It was Ben’s first day at his new school, and he was worried that he wouldn’t make any friends.
首日 他担心自己不会交朋友。
He was small for his age, and everyone here sounded funny.
他年纪小了 这儿的每个人都觉得很好笑
“It’s because we’re from Mississippi,” his dad explained when Ben asked why.
他的爸爸在问起原因时,
“We sound just as funny to them.”
“对他们来说,我们听起来同样好笑。 “
“You should walk up to someone and introduce yourself,” his mom said.
他的妈妈说:“你该去见一个人,
“You’ll make friends in no time.”
" 你很快就会交朋友。 “
Ben did just that on the bus.
Ben在公交车上就是这样做的
He shared a seat with Cindy, and they got to talking.
他和Cindy同坐一席 他们开始交谈了
“What’s your favorite subject?”
"你最喜欢的话题是什么? “
Cindy asked him.
辛迪问他。
“Language arts, because I love words more than anything,” Ben replied.
“语言艺术,因为我比什么都更爱词”,Ben回答说。
“Then you should talk to Dictionary Dave,” she said.
“那么你应该和Dave词典谈谈。”
“He knows all sorts of big words.
“他知道各种大字。
He uses them all the time.”
他总是使用它们。 “
Meeting Dave During recess, Ben found Dave with a bunch of other boys.
在休会期间,本发现 Dave和其他几个男孩在一起
“Hi, I’m Ben,” he said.
" 嗨,我是本, " 他说。
“What are y’all doing?”
" 你们在做什么? “
The boys looked Ben over.
男孩们看了本。
Dave raised an eyebrow and in his proudest voice stated, “We’re looking at a very pungent comic book.”
Dave举起一副眉毛, “
“May I see it?”
“我可以看看吗? “
Ben asked.
本问.
Dave paused, then handed the comic book to Ben.
戴夫暂停了,然后把漫画交给了本.
Ben sniffed it and said, “I don’t smell anything.
Ben嗅到后说道,
You said it was pungent.”
你说它很凶猛 “
“It is,” Dave snapped and grabbed back the book.
“是的,”戴夫撕裂并取回了这本书。
“Look at these adamant drawings.”
“看看这些坚固的图纸。 “
Ben tilted his head and looked confused.
班把头斜了,看起来很困惑.
“Wait.
“等等。
he said.
他说。
“You know that pungent means it has a strong smell, and adamant means it’s unchanging or stubborn, right?”
"你知道平庸意味着它有强烈的气味,而固执则意味着它没有改变或顽固,对吧? “
Dave looked panicky for a moment, then started to laugh.
Dave看起来有点慌乱 然后开始笑了
It was a nervous laugh that became more confident as the other boys joined in.
这是一个紧张的笑声,随着其他男孩加入进来,它变得更加自信.
Ben felt his face grow hot as he walked away.
本在走后觉得他的脸变热了.
He knew he had the definitions right, but people talked strangely up here.
他知道他有正确的定义, 但人们在这里说话很奇怪。
Maybe words meant different things, too.
也许言语也意味着不同的东西。
As he did whenever he was unsure of a word’s meaning, Ben went to the dictionary.
Ben一看字典,
He looked up pungent and adamant.
他看了一眼,很坚韧
The definitions matched the ones he remembered from his dictionary at home.
这些定义与他在家中从词典中记得的定义相符。
Something else had to be going on here.
一定有别的事发生
Gym Class During gym class, the teacher told the students they would be running a mile as part of a fitness test.
健身课期间,老师告诉学生,作为健身测试的一部分,他们将跑一英里.
“I’d rather be arbitrary than run a mile,” Dave quipped.
我宁可任意行事,
The other kids laughed.
其他孩子们都笑了
“Do you mean stationary?”
“你的意思是静止? “
Ben asked quietly.
本无声而问.
“Arbitrary means done for no reason.
“无故进行仲裁。
Stationary means not moving.”
文具表示不动. “
“I meant what I said,” Dave hissed.
“我是认真的,”戴夫·希塞德。
“Stop being a know-it-all.”
“不要一概而论。 “
Ben was about to get mad until he saw Dave blush.
Ben要生气了 直到他看到Dave脸红
He realized that Dave was embarrassed and that maybe he shouldn’t have corrected Dave in front of everyone.
他意识到戴夫很尴尬,
Ben felt awful and wanted to apologize—but how?
Ben觉得很糟,想道歉 但是怎么道歉?
The Paper Ben found his chance in language arts class.
"纸本"在语言艺术课上找到了他的机会.
The teacher had the students write a page about what they’d done over the summer.
老师让学生们写了一页,
Then she had them exchange their paper with someone else to review.
然后她让他们和别人交换论文
The teacher paired Dave with Ben.
老师把戴夫和本配对.
Ben read: My summer began with a fiendish trip.
本读: 我的暑假开始于一次虚幻的旅行。
My family traveled to my aunt’s abolish.
家人前往我姑妈的废除。
It was strange.
这是奇怪的。
Although Dave used the wrong words, he spelled them correctly.
虽然戴夫用错了词,但他拼得没错.
When it was time to talk about each other’s papers, Ben began by apologizing.
当是时候谈论对方的论文时,本开始道歉.
“First, I’m sorry.
“首先,我很抱歉。
I didn’t mean to embarrass you,” he said.
我无意让你难堪,
“You seem to like words as much as I do.”
“你似乎和我一样喜欢说话。 “
Dave looked at him suspiciously.
戴夫怀疑地看着他
“I love words,” he said.
他说,“我爱说话。”
“I can tell.
“我看得出来。
You’re an amazing speller.
你是一个惊人的咒语。
Where did you learn to spell like this?”
你从哪学的这么拼? “
Ben asked.
本问.
“My brother gives me all his old vocabulary quizzes,” Dave said proudly.
“我哥哥给我所有的老词汇,
“I study the words and their definitions every night.”
“我每晚研究这些词语及其定义。 “
“Did he earn good grades on the quizzes?”
“他在考试中成绩优异吗? “
Ben asked.
本问.
Dave thought about it for a moment.
戴夫想了一会儿
“I’ve never seen a grade on any of them,” he mumbled.
我从未见过他们中任何一个的成绩,
Ben watched as it sank in that Dave’s brother had played a prank on him.
Ben看着它沉没在Dave的兄弟对他恶作剧中。
“Don’t worry.
" 别担心。
You’re going to get a good grade on this, and I’m going to help,” Ben said.
Ben说:“你将会得到一个很好的成绩,
Becoming Friends “See, fiendish means evil or cruel—like that prank your brother played on you.
成为朋友,“看见了,邪恶意味着邪恶或残忍,就像你哥哥对你作的恶作剧。
You had a great summer, right?”
你有一个伟大的夏天,对不对? “
Ben asked.
本问.
Dave nodded.
戴夫点头。
Ben flipped to another page and said, “I marked terrific as a replacement.
Ben翻到另一页,说:“我将出色的标记为一个替代。
What do you think?”
你觉得呢? “
Dave looked at the dictionary entry.
戴夫看了字典条目.
At the end was a list of synonyms.
结尾是同义词列表.
“How about outstanding?”
“杰出者如何? “
he asked.
他问。
“That’ll work.
" 这将奏效。
Now, abolish means to get rid of something,” Ben said, but Dave was ahead of him.
现在,废除消除某些东西的手段,“本说,但戴夫领先于他。
He looked up house, found the definition, then found a synonym.
他查了房子,找到了定义,然后找到了同义词.
He wrote down abode.
他写下了住所。
Ben and Dave worked through both papers.
Ben和Dave通过这两篇论文工作.
Finally, Ben set his pencil on his desk.
最后,本把铅笔放桌上.
“I reckon we’re done here,” he said.
他说:「我想我们已经说完了,
Dave smiled at him.
戴夫对他笑了一下
“I reckon so,” he agreed.
“我想是这样”,他同意。
“Maybe sometime you could teach me how to speak Mississippi?”
“也许有一天你可以教我怎么说密西西比语? “
“I’ll teach you during lunch,” Ben said.
Ben说, " 午餐时我会教你 " 。
They turned in their papers and walked down the hall together, laughing.
他们交了文件,一起走下大厅来取笑.
In the end, they both earned good grades, but more importantly, they both found a good friend.
最终两人都获得了好成绩,但更重要的是,两人都找到了好朋友.