with a Parakeet
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
My name is Hattie MacGruder.
我叫哈蒂·麦格鲁德。
I am queen and absolute leader of my third grade class, and I have a parakeet!
我是我三年级的女王和绝对领袖 我有一只鹦鹉!
He’s not one of those little silly, singing birds, but a real talking parakeet.
他不是那些蠢鸟,
He talks like there’s no tomorrow.
他说话就像没有明天一样。
He talks about the weather and my friends and the stupid seeds he has to eat.
他谈论天气和我的朋友和他必须吃的那些愚蠢的种子.
He would much rather eat jelly or chili cheese fries, and he loves Britney Spears.
他更喜欢吃果冻或辣椒芝士薯条,他喜欢布兰妮·斯皮尔斯.
I am telling the truth.
我说的是实话
There are others who are not telling the truth.
还有其他人不说实话。
Sybil and Sarah are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth.
西比尔和莎拉是骗子 骗子和不诚实的告密者
They said that there never was a talking parakeet.
他们说从来没有一个说话的鹦鹉。
They said the parakeet never even tasted a chili cheese fry.
他们说鹦鹉从未尝过辣椒干酪煎饼.
Mostly they said that parakeets don’t talk.
他们大多说鹦鹉不说话。
They said that I’d made it all up.
他们说是我编的。
That’s why they are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth.
因此,他们是说谎的,是说谎的,是说不实话的。
Because there really was what I said there was—there always is and.
因为我说真的有 总是有和。
that happen to me.
发生在我身上。
The proof is in my diary.
证据在我日记里
I’m going to let you read it exactly as I wrote it when the parakeet talked.
我会让你读它,
That way you can read, first hand, the truth about this matter.
这样你就能第一手读到这件事情的真相。
Special Note: I am only going to let you read the parts of my diary that are about the parakeet.
特别说明: 我只会让你读我的日记中 有关鹦鹉的部分
You won’t get to read the stuff about me getting grounded for sassing my teacher—which I didn’t do.
你将无法读到关于我因为殴打老师而被禁足的东西,
I swear somebody was playing ventriloquism tricks on me.
我发誓有人在耍花招
Mom was so mad that she had to see my teacher.
妈妈很生气,她要见我的老师
She wouldn’t even let me buy the new Britney Spears CD I had been saving up for.
她甚至不让我买我所存的新布兰妮·斯皮尔斯CD。
Mostly, you won’t get to read anything about Sybil, Sarah, and me going to the movies on Sunday.
大部分情况下,你不会读到任何关于Sybil,Sarah,我星期天去看电影。
We saw Libby Thompson, and she was not sitting alone.
我们见到了Libby Thompson 她不是一个人坐的
She was sitting with the geek of all geekers, Davey Brewster, who was supposed to be my friend.
她和所有怪胎中的怪胎 戴维·布鲁斯特坐在一起 他应该是我的朋友
But he must have forgotten about our little talk after lunch on Thursday.
但他一定是忘记了我们周四午餐后的小话
Libby must have made him go with her—blackmail or something.
Libby一定让他带着她的黑信什么的
And I am not going to let you read the part where Davey Brewster got her a soda.
我不会让你读Davey Brewster给她买苏打水的那部分
Or when he gave her the gumball that fell on the icky movie- theater floor.
或者当他给她的口香糖丸 掉在丑陋的电影地板上时
She ate it!
她吃过了!
I hope she doesn’t get a fatal disease or anything.
希望她不会患上致命疾病,
The Proof: Diary, Day 1 17 It was kind of a sad day.
证明:日记,第17天 那天有点悲哀
My mom’s aunt (my great-aunt) died.
我妈妈的姑姑(我的曾祖母)去世了。
I didn’t know her that well, but I was sad for my mom.
我并不那么了解她,
I didn’t go to the funeral, but my mom and dad did.
我并没有参加葬礼,
Then they went over to my great-aunt’s house and everybody was sad together.
然后他们去了我姨妈家 大家都很伤心
I spent the day at Sarah’s house.
我在Sarah家度过了一天。
Sybil came over, and we played cards (Spite and Malice), watched TV, and talked about Davey Brewster.
西比尔过来了,我们打出牌来(斯皮特和马利斯),看电视,并谈到戴维·布鲁斯特.
He is so pop.
他是这么流行。
He and I are special buds.
他和我是特别的花蕾
We talked about it after lunch on the playground Thursday and decided that it was cool.
我们周四在游乐场吃午饭后讨论过,决定这很酷.
He said he liked me better than any girl in the third grade.
他说他比三年级的女生更喜欢我
I like him better than any boy in the whole world.
我比全世界任何男孩都喜欢他
Well, except for Debbie Phillips’s older brother, who I am going to marry when I retire from my career.
除了黛比·菲利普斯的哥哥 我退休后要嫁给他
Anyway, I was supposed to spend the night at Sarah’s, but my mom wanted me to come home.
但我妈妈希望我回家。
She was in a much better mood when I got there.
我到那的时候她心情好多了
She didn’t seem sad at all.
她似乎一点都不伤心。
In fact, she was pretty happy.
事实上,她很快乐
She said there was a surprise waiting for me in my room.
她说在房间里等我有个惊喜
I thought for sure it was going to be the Britney Spears CD that she wouldn’t let me get.
我想这是布兰妮·斯皮尔斯的CD,
It wasn’t.
事实并非如此。
The surprise was a parakeet—my great-aunt’s parakeet—which my great- aunt’s husband (my great-uncle) had given to my mother.
这个惊喜是一只鹦鹉 -- -- 我曾姨妈的鹦鹉 -- -- 是我曾姨舅的丈夫(我曾姨舅)送给我母亲的。
Mom said the parakeet was very special because it belonged to my great-aunt.
妈妈说鹦鹉很特别 因为它属于我姑妈
She said she knew I would take good care of it.
她说她知道我会好好照顾它
The parakeet seemed to be happy in my room.
鹦鹉在我房间里似乎很开心
I whistled at it, and it whistled back.
我吹口哨,它吹回来。
Wow, can it whistle and chirp and sing.
哇,它能吹口哨和鸣叫并唱歌。
It whistles really loudly.
口哨很响
It won’t knock it off!
它不会停止!
I hope that silly bird doesn’t keep me awake all night!
希望这只蠢鸟不会让我整晚都睡不着!
I’ve got to go to sleep now.
我现在要睡觉了。
I’ll write longer later!
我等会再写信!
Diary, Day 117 (later) What a night!
117日日记(后来) 何等为夜!
I tried to fall asleep, but that silly parakeet kept being happy—chirping, whistling, and making clicking sounds.
我试图入睡,但那个愚蠢的鹦鹉 继续快乐地,吹口哨,并发出点击的声音。
When the cat started meowing, I just let it get up on the bed.
当猫开始叹息, 我只是让它起床在床上。
I thought that maybe the bird was lonely.
我想也许那只鸟很寂寞
I turned on my light and looked at it.
我打开了灯,看着它。
Actually, I told it to knock it off.
事实上,我告诉它停止它。
But it just sat on its little wooden swing and looked at me, whistling and chirping and making noises.
但是它只是坐在它的小木头秋千上,看着我,吹口哨和鸣叫并发出噪音.
I opened the cage door, reached in, and grabbed it.
我打开了笼子门,伸入,抓住了它。
It stopped singing and didn’t even flutter.
它不再唱歌,
My great-aunt must have taken it out of the cage a lot.
我的外公一定经常把它从笼子里取出
I climbed back into bed and set it down on my pillow.
我爬回床上,把它放在我的枕头上。
It kind of hopped around and then.
它会跳来跳去
it talked.
它说话。
I mean, he talked.
我的意思是,他说话。
He said my great-aunt called him Freddie, but he much preferred Fred.
他说我姨妈叫他弗雷迪 但他更喜欢弗雷德
I couldn’t believe it!
我简直不敢相信!
Fred was speaking just as clearly as you or I.
Fred说话和你我一样清楚
“Well, my dear friend, Hattie,” he said, “what do you want to do?
“亲爱的朋友哈蒂,”他说:“你想做什么?
Play cards?
玩牌吗?
You do play Spite and Malice, don’t you?
你玩斯皮特和马利斯,不是吗?
Or maybe we could read a teen magazine or listen to some music.
或者我们可以读青少年杂志 或者听音乐
You do have the new Britney Spears CD, don’t you?”
你有新的布兰妮·斯皮尔斯CD,不是吗? “
He talked on and on and on.
他不停地说
He even pooped on my pillow, but I didn’t care.
他甚至拉在我枕头上,
With Fred still talking, I fell asleep.
弗雷德还在说话 我睡着了
As I drifted off, he babbled on about flying south with the ducks for the winter or something.
当我漂走时,他抱怨着和鸭子一起向南飞去过冬什么的
He thought the life of a gypsy duck was the life for him.
他认为吉卜赛人鸭子的生平就是他的生平.
Now, for the bad news.
现在,坏消息。
When I woke up, he was gone!
当我醒来时,他不见了!
I don’t know where he went.
我不知道他去了哪里。
The cage was still there, but it was empty.
笼子还在那里,但还是空的.
My cat was asleep on the bed, just like she always is.
我的猫睡在床上,就像她一直一样
The only things moving in the room were the curtains tossing in a light breeze that blew through the open window.
房间里唯一能动的东西是窗帘被轻轻的微风吹出从开着的窗户上吹来.
There were some feathers on the floor fluttering with the breeze.
地板上有些羽毛被微风吹起
But other than that, Fred was gone.
但除此之外,弗雷德已经不在了.
Mom was very upset.
妈妈很不高兴
I tried to tell her that Fred had been talking about traveling with the ducks.
我试图告诉她,弗雷德一直在谈论 旅行与鸭子。
Maybe he slipped out, met up with a big old group of wild ducks, and headed south.
可能他溜出去,遇到一大批老鸭子,向南走去.
I told her he would probably come back in the spring.
我告诉她他可能在春天回来
I’ll bet that’s what happened.
我敢打赌,
Nothing was going to get me off the hook because Mom was really mad.
没有什么能让我摆脱困境 因为妈妈真的很生气
She gave me the “responsibility” talk.
她给了我“责任”的提法。
I cried like I always do.
我总是哭
I am grounded for today, but Sarah and Sybil still got to come over.
我今天被禁足了 但莎拉和西比尔还是得过来
I wish they hadn’t.
我希望他们没有。
I told them all about the talking parakeet.
我告诉了他们那些说话的鹦鹉
I told them he even wanted to play cards, and he loved Britney Spears.
我告诉他们他甚至想打牌,他喜欢布兰妮·斯皮尔斯.
I am so mad at Sarah and Sybil.
我太生莎拉和西比尔的气了
They said I’d made everything up about Fred.
他们说我编造了有关弗雷德的一切。
They said the parakeet was probably in heaven.
他们说鹦鹉可能在天堂
They even said they thought the cat ate him.
他们甚至说,他们认为猫吃了他。
They are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth.
他们是说谎者、说谎者、不诚实者。
My diary proves it!
我的日记证明了这一点!
I hate them.
我恨他们。
Mom felt bad about what happened and said I could go to the movies with Sarah and Sybil tomorrow.
妈妈对所发生的事情感到很难过,说我可以明天和莎拉和西比尔去看电影.
I called Davey Brewster to see if he could go, too.
我打电话给戴维·布鲁斯特 看看他能不能去
He said he had to go to church.
他说他必须去教堂
We’re going to the matinee.
我们要去宴会。
It’s going to be a lot of fun.
这将会很有趣。