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美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Tonight was Parents’ Night for Mr.
今晚是家长之夜,
Casey’s third-grade classroom.
凯西的三年级课堂.
Daron was excited.
达伦很兴奋
He felt like a balloon filled close to bursting.
他感觉像气球装满了快爆了
He rushed through his favorite dinner.
他匆匆通过他最喜欢的晚餐。
He did his math homework as fast as he could.
他的数学功课尽可能快
He begged his mom to please let him walk the dog after Parents’ Night.
他恳求母亲在家长之夜之后让他走狗走走。
Finally, Daron and his mom arrived at school.
最后,达伦和他妈妈到达了学校.
“My project is right over there,” Daron said, pulling his mom across the classroom.
Daron说, “我的项目就在那里,”
They wove around rows of desks then stopped in front of the art table.
他们绕起一排桌子,然后停在艺术桌前。
“Here it is!”
“在这里!”
Daron proudly pointed to a sculpture of a brightly painted, giant ant.
达伦骄傲地指向了一幅由明亮地绘画出的巨大蚂蚁所组成的雕塑.
“I recycled stuff that was being thrown away like milk cartons and bottle caps.
“我回收了像牛奶桶和瓶盖被丢弃的东西。
Can you tell that the legs are old toilet paper tubes?”
你能看出腿是旧的卫生纸管吗? “
“You did a great job,” Daron’s mom said.
Daron的母亲说,
“It’s as colorful as a circus clown.”
与马戏团小丑一样多彩。 “
“Thanks.
“谢谢。
It took me almost a whole week to make it,” Daron said.
达伦说,我花了将近一周的时间才成功。
“Let’s take a photograph of you with it,” his mom said as she pulled her camera out of its blue bag.
他妈妈把相机取出蓝袋时,
Daron picked up his ant, held it high, and grinned for the photograph.
达伦捡起他的蚂蚁,高高地抱住,为相片而笑.
“Be careful with that,” his mom warned, placing the camera back in its bag.
他的妈妈警告说,
“I’m not ready to leave yet.”
“我还没有准备好离开。 “
Daron put the ant down and followed his mom as she toured the room.
Daron把蚂蚁放下 跟着他妈妈去房间
Returning to his ant, Daron said happily, “I can’t wait to show my ant to Dad when he gets home from his business trip.”
回到蚂蚁身边, Daron欣喜地说:“我迫不及待想在爸爸下班回家时, “
He held his ant high and admired it.
他高举起他的蚂蚁并崇拜它.
But in his excitement, Daron didn’t notice a book on the floor.
但Daron在兴奋中,
When he stepped on it, his feet flew out from under him as if he’d stepped on a banana peel.
脚从他下面飞出,
He and his ant crashed to the floor.
他和他的蚂蚁坠入地上
“Oh no, it’s ruined!”
“哦,不,它已经毁了!”
Daron exclaimed when he saw pieces of his ant littering the floor.
达伦看到蚂蚁被丢在地上时大喊大叫.
He picked up the flattened milk cartons, twisted straws, and ripped paper that had made up his ant.
他捡起扁平的牛奶箱,扭曲了稻草,并撕破了构成他蚂蚁的纸.
“There’s no way I can fix it,” he moaned, “and Dad never saw it.”
他呻吟道:「我无法修复, “
“I’m sorry, Daron,” his mom said, helping him pick up the last pieces of his ant.
他的妈妈说:“对不起,
“I hope the photograph of it turns out,” said Daron.
Daron说,
“Good thinking,” his mom replied.
他的妈妈回答说,
“Dad will like to see that.”
“爸爸愿意看到这一点。 “
She put the last of the ant sculpture pieces in the wastebasket.
她把最后一块蚂蚁雕塑碎片放入废品篮.
“Are you ready to go?
“你准备好了吗?
We can stop at the house, pick up the dog, and go to Elm Creek Park to walk him if you want.”
我们可以停在房子, 捡起狗, 然后去榆溪公园 步行他,如果你想要的。 “
“I guess,” Daron said with a sad shrug.
“我想,”达伦以悲哀的口吻说道。
The next afternoon, the school bell rang and kids piled out of the building.
次日下午,学校的钟声响起,孩子们从楼外堆起.
Daron followed the crowd toward the buses but stopped when he heard his name.
达伦跟随人群向公交车走去,但听到他的名字就停了下来.
“Hi, Mom,” he said when he spied her.
“嗨,妈妈,”他在监视她时说。
“What are you doing here?
“你在这里做什么?
Did you get the photograph from last night?”
你收到昨晚的照片了吗? “
“No, unfortunately, I can’t find the camera,” she said.
「没有,
“But you’re a mom, you never lose things,” Daron said.
“但你是一个母亲,
“Maybe I left it at school last night,” his mom said.
他的妈妈说,
“Will you help me search the lost and found?”
“你愿意帮我搜出失物并找到吗? “
But after digging through mountains of sweatshirts and sweaters, sorting through mismatched mittens and gloves, looking at socks, hats and scarves, they did not find the camera.
但是在挖出穿出出汗衫和毛衣的山地后,通过不匹配的手套和手套进行分拣,看着袜子,帽子和花纹后,他们没有找到相机.
“Let’s go to the office and ask whether anyone turned it in,” Daron suggested, his voice filled with worry.
「我们去办公室问问有没有人把它打开」,
But no one in the office had seen it either.
但办公室里也没有人看过
“What if we never find it, Mom?”
“如果我们永远找不到呢,妈妈? “
Daron asked as they walked to the car.
达龙在他们走去汽车时问道.
“You don’t have your nice camera anymore, and I don’t have a picture to show Dad.”
「你不再有漂亮的相机了, “
“Well,” his mom said thoughtfully, “I’ll check the apartment one more time.
他的妈妈深思熟虑地说:“我会再检查一次公寓。
If it’s not there, we may just have to hope for the kindness of a stranger.”
如果它不在那里,我们可能只需要希望一个陌生人的仁慈。 “
“Was our name and telephone number on the camera?”
“我们的名字和电话号码在相机上吗? “
Daron asked.
达龙问.
“I don’t remember,” his mom answered.
我不记得了,
“I sure hope so.”
“我当然希望如此。 “
Daron sat at the kitchen table the next evening practicing spelling words with his mom when the telephone rang.
Daron第二天晚上坐在厨房桌子上 和他妈妈一起练习拼写词 当电话响起时
He wrote a few words while he waited for her, but it was hard to concentrate.
他在等她的时候写了几句话,但很难集中精神.
A gloomy cloud hung over his head.
一阴相相相相相相相相相相相挂.
There was still no sign of the lost camera.
至今仍未发现丢失相机.
He had tried to make another ant sculpture, but the whole thing fell apart when he started to paint it before the glue dried.
他曾经尝试再做一出蚂蚁雕塑,但整件事在他开始作画之前就已经分崩离析了.
Now he had run out of time.
现在他没时间了
His dad was coming home tomorrow, and Daron had nothing to show him.
他爸爸明天要回家 达伦没有东西给他看
When his mom finished her conversation, she made a quick call and then suggested they go outside for a while.
他妈妈说完话后,她急忙打电话,然后建议他们出去一段时间.
“I don’t feel like it,” Daron muttered.
Daron说道:
Mom smiled and gently tugged Daron to the door.
妈妈微笑并轻轻地把达伦拖到门上.
“Come on.
“来吧。
A surprise is coming.”
惊喜来了 “
Daron flopped on the front steps and waited, but nothing happened.
达伦上前台阶等,但什么也没发生.
“This isn’t a very good surprise, Mom,” he sighed.
他叹息道,
“Can I go back inside?”
“我可以回去吗? “
His mom laughed, “You’ll miss the fun if you leave now, look.”
他妈妈笑道:「如果你现在离开, “
An older boy riding a bike came toward them.
一个骑自行车的老男孩朝他们来了
“Are you Daron?”
“你是达伦吗? “
he asked.
他问。
“Yes,” Daron answered slowly.
“是的”,达伦回答缓慢。
The boy got off his bike, put down his kickstand, and extended his hand toward Daron.
男孩下自行车,放下脚跟,向达伦伸出手。
“Hi, I’m Michael.”
"嗨,我是迈克尔。 “
Daron hesitated, and then shook his hand.
达伦犹豫不决,后与他握手.
“I think this belongs to you,” Michael said and pulled a blue camera bag from his handlebars.
“我想这是你的,”迈克尔说,他从把手杆上取出一个蓝色相机袋。
Daron’s eyes opened wide, his jaw nearly fell to the front steps.
他的下巴几乎倒入前台。
“Our camera?
“我们的相机?
Thanks!
谢谢!
Where did you find it?”
你从哪里找到的? “
“I found it in Elm Creek Park, by a park bench,” Michael replied.
Michael回答说,
“I remember now,” said Daron’s mom, “we took a break from walking the dog and sat on a bench for a while.
Daron的母亲说,“我记得,”我们休息了一段时间,从走狗到坐在长凳上。
We must have forgotten to take the camera with us when we started walking again.”
当我们重新开始行走时,我们一定忘了带相机。 “
Daron unzipped the bag, pulled out the camera and turned it around, looking for something.
达伦解出包来取出相机后转来转去,找些东西.
“We don’t have our name on this.
我们没有名字,
How did you know it was ours?”
你怎么知道是我们的? “
“I discovered that you and I have something in common,” said Michael.
Michael说,“我发现你和我有共同之处。”
Daron gave Michael a puzzled look— he couldn’t imagine having anything in common with this tall boy.
达伦给了 他无法想象与这个高个子男孩有什么共同点。
Michael explained, “I printed the pictures in the camera hoping one of them would give me a clue about the people who owned the camera.
Michael解释说,“我把照片印在相机里,希望其中之一能给我一个关于拥有相机的人的线索。
I saw the one showing you in your classroom with your ant sculpture.
我看到你教室里那个带着蚂蚁雕塑的
And guess what?”
你猜怎么着? “
Daron shrugged his shoulders.
达龙灌其肩.
“We had the same third-grade teacher.
“我们有同样的三年级教师。
I’m in tenth grade now, but I remember doing the same project in third grade.
我在十年级,
Mr.
先生,请问...
Casey always has his students make sculptures out of recycled stuff.”
凯西总是让学生用回收品来做雕塑. “
“Really?”
“真的吗? “
Daron asked.
达龙问.
“But yours was better than mine.
“但你的胜过我的。
I made a dog, but the nose was so long everyone thought it was an anteater,” Michael laughed.
我做了一只狗,但鼻子那么长,大家都觉得是吃蚂蚁","迈克尔笑了起来.
He pulled the photographs out of his backpack and handed them to Daron.
他从背包取出相片,交给达伦.
“I took the pictures to school and showed them to the secretary.
“我把这些照片带到学校,交给秘书看。
She recognized you and called your mom to give her my telephone number.
她认出你 打电话给你妈妈 告诉她我的电话号码
Then your mom called me.”
你妈妈打电话给我 “
“Now I can show the ant to Dad,” said Daron happily.
Daron说:“现在我可以把蚂蚁给爸爸看了。”
“Thanks, Michael.
“谢谢,迈克尔。
I guess sometimes people can count on the kindness of a stranger.”
我想有时候人们可以依靠陌生人的好心 “