Lesson
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Ms.
妈妈
Rose started with an overview of what they’d be doing during the year.
罗斯首先概述了他们今年将做什么。
It actually sounded interesting.
这听起来很有趣。
Then in a lower voice, she warned them she would be giving them homework assignments, which absolutely, positively had to be done.
然后在低调的声音中,她警告他们,她会给他们做功课,这绝对是积极的。
They were not to be handed in late, and they were to be completed fully.
它们不会在很晚的时候交出,而是要全部完成。
No excuses!
没有借口!
No extensions!
没有扩展!
She sounded like she meant business.
她听起来像是在谈生意
On the first day of school, Ryan found himself in Ms.
上学的第一天,Ryan发现自己在Ms.
Rose’s fifth grade class.
罗斯的五年级班级.
He was kind of nervous because he’d heard Ms.
他有点紧张,因为他听到了女士的话。
Rose could be a real monster sometimes.
萝丝有时候会是个真正的怪物
But when he saw her, she looked nice enough.
但当他看到她时 她看起来足够漂亮
She had a pleasant voice and seemed to be glad to see all the kids.
她的声音很好听 似乎很高兴见到孩子们
So when school was over, Ryan and his friends ran off to play baseball.
所以当学校结束的时候,瑞安和他的朋友们跑去打棒球.
Ryan got home just in time for dinner, and then his favorite TV show came on.
莱恩正好赶到家吃晚饭,之后他最喜欢的电视剧上演.
His mom asked him if he had any homework.
他妈妈问他有没有作业
“No, not tonight,” he said, because he figured he really didn’t for that night.
他说:「今晚不行,
He tossed his homework on his desk.
他把功课扔在桌子上
That day she assigned the class its first homework.
那天她给班里分配了第一份作业
It wasn’t anything too difficult.
这并非太难。
They had to do a sheet of math problems and read a short story.
他们不得不做一个数学问题表 和阅读一个短篇故事。
It wasn’t due until Thursday, but she suggested they do it immediately that night.
她建议他们当晚立即行动。
“Homework has a way of piling up,” she said, her eyes narrowing slightly.
她说,“家庭工作有一种堆积方式”,她的眼睛略微收缩。
But today was only Monday!
但今天还只是星期一!
There was lots of time, Ryan thought.
有很多时间,瑞安想。
The following morning at school, Ms.
第二天早上 在学校,女士。
Rose asked how many students in the class had finished their homework.
罗丝问班上有多少学生完成了作业.
No hands went up.
没有举起手来。
She nodded but didn’t say anything about it.
她点了头,
That night she gave them a little more homework.
那天晚上她给了他们更多的功课。
This time they had to study for a spelling test.
这次他们必须学习拼写测试.
The spelling test wasn’t until Thursday either, so Ryan didn’t bother studying that night.
拼写测试直到星期四才开始,
He stacked the spelling list on top of the other papers on his desk.
他把拼写表堆到桌子上的其他文件上
The next morning, while Ryan got dressed for school, he glanced over at his desk.
第二天早上,当Ryan穿好衣服上学时,他看了桌子。
The pile of papers he had left there seemed taller.
他留下的一堆纸看起来更高了
He shook his head and laughed at himself.
他摇头自笑.
That was just silly.
这太傻了
Paper couldn’t grow!
纸张无法增长!
When Ryan got home that night, his cousin Donny had come to visit, and they played all afternoon.
当瑞恩当晚回家时,他的表弟唐尼已经来拜访了,他们整个下午都玩了.
After dinner, Donny went home and Ryan went up to his room.
晚饭后,唐尼回家后,瑞安上到他的房间.
He suddenly realized that it was W ednesday and that his homework was due the next day.
他突然意识到这是"W Ednesday",他的功课第二天就要到了.
He needed to get started!
他需要开始!
At school, no one had finished his or her homework yet.
在学校,还没有人完成作业。
A few of the students, like Ryan, hadn’t even started.
少数学生,
Ms.
妈妈
Rose just smiled and reminded them that their assignments were due on Thursday, and she wouldn’t tolerate anyone not having done them.
Rose只是笑了一下, 提醒他们星期四就要完成任务,
Then she gave them another math homework sheet to finish for Thursday.
然后她又给了他们一份数学作业表,准备在星期四完成.
He went to his desk and saw the most curious thing.
他去了他的办公桌 看到最好奇的事情。
The pile of homework really had grown taller.
一堆作业真的变得更高了
He was sure of it.
他很肯定这一点。
It piled up about a foot above his desk.
堆起在他桌子上大约一英尺
Ms.
妈妈
Rose had warned them that it could pile up, but surely she had been kidding.
罗斯曾警告过他们,这可能会堆积起来,但她肯定是在开玩笑.
How could this be possible?
这怎么可能?
Ryan was going to have to work very hard to get through that pile.
莱恩要非常努力地度过那堆麻烦
Ryan tried.
莱恩试过了
He really did.
他确实做到了。
But it was just too much.
但它只是太过分了。
He finished one math sheet, and then realized he had to read a story.
他完成了一个数学表,然后意识到他必须读出一个故事.
But then he remembered the spelling test.
但后来他想起了拼写测试.
Oh no!
哦,不,不,不,不,不,不,不
What was he going to do?
他打算怎么办?
The pile on his desk towered even higher now.
他桌上的堆积物现在更高了
Soon it would touch the ceiling.
很快它就会碰到天花板
He didn’t know where to start.
他不知道从何说起。
Ryan did a little more here and there, but he kept getting distracted by other work waiting for him.
莱恩在这里和那里做了一些, 但他一直被其他工作所分心 等待他。
What if he couldn’t finish it?
如果他无法完成呢?
What would Ms.
她会怎样?
Rose do?
罗丝?
Finally, he couldn’t even locate the homework he’d started with.
他甚至找不到他开始的作业。
It was buried in that enormous pile of papers.
它被埋在一堆大纸上
He gave up and went to bed.
他放弃了 上床睡觉了
Ryan tossed and turned all night and had bad dreams of paper mountains burying him alive.
瑞安抛出并转身一整晚,梦到有纸山活埋他.
In the morning, he complained to his mother that his stomach hurt.
上午,他向母亲抱怨他的胃痛.
It wasn’t really a lie, because it did hurt every time he looked at his desk.
这不是真的谎言,
His mom took one look at the work piled up on his desk, felt his forehead, and said, “Y ou’re fine.
他的妈妈看了一眼他桌子上堆积的活儿,感觉到他的额头,说道:"你没事.
Go to school.”
上学去 “
When Ryan got to his classroom, he found he wasn’t the only one with mysterious growing homework.
Ryan回到教室后发现,
His friends said that the same thing had happened to them.
他的朋友说,同样的事情发生在他们身上。
Ms.
妈妈
Rose was waiting for them.
罗丝在等他们
She asked them one by one for their homework, and one by one they had to whisper that it wasn’t finished yet.
她要求他们一个接一个地做功课,
Ms.
妈妈
Rose stared intently at each kid.
罗斯专注在每一个孩子身上
Then she glared at them as a group.
然后,她凝视着他们作为一个团体。
Then, as they watched her, she started to transform.
然后,当他们看着她, 她开始改变。
everyone is finished!”
每个人都结束了!”
Then she laughed a horrible cackle and started handing out their assignments.
然后她笑了个可怕的叫声 开始给他们分配任务
She threw papers and books until each student had a pile on his or her desk that soared up to the ceiling.
她扔了纸和书,直到每个学生的桌子上都堆起一堆高升到天花板上.
“Now, get to work!”
“现在,开始工作吧!”
she shrieked.
她尖叫着。
They worked and worked as hard as they could.
他们尽了最大努力工作
When the recess bell rang, some students started to get up, but she hissed at them to sit back down.
休息钟响起后,一些学生开始起起身来,但她向学生们大叫,让他们坐下来.
So they missed morning recess.
所以他们错过了早上的休息。
Then they missed lunch.
然后他们错过了午餐。
Then afternoon recess.
然后下午休息。
When the final bell rang, they were desperate to go home.
当最后的铃声响起时,他们急于回家.
But no!
但是没有!
She refused to unlock the door.
她拒绝打开门。
The lunch bell rang, and the monster unlocked the door and let the kids out of the classroom.
午餐铃响起,怪物把门打开,让孩子们走出教室.
They were so glad to get out!
他们很高兴能出来!
But after lunch they had to go back to the classroom.
但午饭后,他们不得不回到教室。
They all tiptoed in, afraid of what the monster might force them to do next.
他们都躲进去了 害怕怪物会迫使他们下一步做什么
But when they arrived in the classroom, they were astonished.
但当他们到达教室时,他们感到惊讶.
Ms.
妈妈
Rose was sitting at her desk, looking like her happy, smiling self.
罗斯坐在她的桌子上, 看起来像她快乐,微笑自己。
Some of the kids started to complain, and the monster screamed, “I said, nobody leaves this room until everyone is finished!”
一些孩子开始抱怨,那怪物叫道:"我说,没有人离开这个房间,直到每个人都完成! “
So they stayed and they worked.
所以他们留下来工作。
The monster guarded them every minute, so there was no escape.
怪物每分每秒都守护着他们,所以无法逃脱.
Night fell and they were all exhausted, but the monster still wouldn’t let them leave.
夜幕倒塌了,
They labored all night and all the next day.
他们熬了一夜,第二天又熬了一天
Everyone kept working and finally, after being locked up for two days and a night, they finished.
每个人都继续工作,最后,在被关了两天一夜之后,他们结束了.
“Oh yes,” they all promised.
" 哦,是的",他们都答应了。
“As soon as we get home.”
“我们一到家, “
From then on, Ryan did his homework when it was assigned, and you know what?
从那时起,瑞安在分配作业时做了功课,你知道吗?
It didn’t grow and pile up, and it didn’t take long to do.
它没有成长和堆积起来,也没有花很长时间。
He never saw Ms.
他从没见过她
Rose turn into the monster again.
玫瑰又变成怪物了
Ms.
妈妈
Rose taught them their lessons as normal for the rest of the day.
萝丝教他们正常的课
Before the final bell rang, she assigned some homework.
在最后铃声响起之前,她分配了一些功课.
“I hope you’ll do your homework right away instead of letting it pile up this time,” she said, a faint monstrous glimmer in her eyes.
「我希望你马上做作业,