Surprise
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Morty stared out his window as mice in flip-flops scampered to the country club pool in the bright morning sun.
莫蒂在阳光明媚的阳光下 看着他窗外的老鼠跑去乡村俱乐部游泳池
When Ben and Fred scurried past, Morty felt more down than ever.
当Ben和Fred冲过去时,Morty比任何时候都更失望.
The night before, Father had announced that they wouldn’t be joining the country club that summer in order to save money.
在前一晚, 父亲宣布他们不会加入乡村俱乐部,
He said that they could stay cool by scampering in the sprinkler instead.
他说,他们可以保持冷静 通过骗取在洒水机。
The cool mice all go to the pool, Morty thought.
酷老鼠都去游泳池了 莫蒂想起来了
He reluctantly scuffled outside to join his younger brothers, Mack and Arnie, in the backyard.
他不情愿地在外边被铐去和弟弟麦克和阿尼一起后院.
After five boring minutes of standing in the sprinkler, Morty had a brilliant idea.
莫蒂在喷洒机里站了5个无聊的分钟后,有一个好主意.
“Let’s dig our own pool!”
“让我们自己挖水池吧!”
he suggested.
他建议。
“We can even make a slide and a diving board.
“我们甚至可以做滑行和潜水板。
It will be way cooler than the pool at the country club.”
它会比乡下俱乐部的游泳池酷得多。 “
Mack and Arnie were excited about the idea.
麦克和阿尼对此想法感到兴奋.
“How about a swing, too?”
“秋千如何? “
Arnie squeaked.
亚尼尖叫了。
“Sure!”
"当然!"
Morty replied.
莫蒂回应了.
“That tree in Mom’s flower garden is perfect for a rope swing that would fling us right into the water.”
“妈妈花园里的这棵树, “
“Will Mom be mad about her flower bushes?”
妈妈会为花丛生气吗? “
Mack asked.
迈克问。
“Not when she sees how great our new pool is,” Morty assured them.
“当她看到我们的新游泳池有多伟大时,
“Let’s take an oath of secrecy.
" 让我们宣誓保密。
No one tells Mom or Dad until the pool is finished.”
没有人告诉爸爸妈妈 直到游泳池完成。 “
The brothers put their paws together and nodded in agreement.
兄弟们把爪子放在一起,并一致点头.
They scurried to the garage for shovels and began digging.
他们冲到车库取铲子并开始挖掘.
The soil began to pile up as Morty and his brothers dug and dug.
随着莫蒂和他的兄弟们的挖掘和挖掘,土壤开始堆积.
The hole was misshapen, not perfectly square as Morty had imagined.
这个洞是Misshapen, 并不像Morty想象的那么平坦。
It wasn’t level, either, because he was digging faster than Mack and much faster than Arnie.
他的挖掘速度比麦克快,
Worst of all, after hours of work, the hole wasn’t even knee deep.
更糟糕的是,工作几个小时后,
“Can I quit?”
“我可以退出吗? “
Arnie whined.
阿尼在发牢骚
“I’m tired.”
“我累了。 “
“This is a lot harder than I thought,” Morty admitted.
Morty承认,
“Now I know why bulldozers were invented,” Mack groaned.
“现在我知道为什么推土机被发明了。”
Morty dropped his shovel in exhaustion.
莫蒂在疲惫中掉下铲子.
“Let’s just fill the pool now,” he said.
他说,
“It won’t be deep, but it’s getting harder to dig through this packed soil.”
“不会很深, “
“Yeah, we can have a wading pool,” Mack agreed.
“是的,我们可以有一个摇摆池。”
“But it’s too shallow for a diving board, a swing, or a slide—we’ll bruise our tails!”
「但潜水板、摇摆或滑行都太浅了,
Arnie chimed in.
阿尼进来了
“That’s okay,” Morty said as he turned on the hose.
Morty打开水管时表示,
“Even a wading pool is better than the sprinkler!”
水池比喷水池还好。
It was late, and the boys headed inside for dinner.
已经很晚了 孩子们都进去吃晚饭了
After their bellies were full, they promptly fell asleep, weary from an afternoon of digging.
在他们的腹部满后,他们迅速入睡,从挖出一个下午起疲惫.
Morty awoke with a groan and stretched his aching muscles.
莫蒂醒来后呻吟并伸展了痛肌.
As he headed downstairs, he overheard his parents talking in the kitchen.
当他下楼时,他听到父母在厨房里说话。
“It’s such a beautiful day,” Father said.
父亲说,
“Let’s have coffee in the garden.”
让我们在花园喝杯咖啡。 “
Morty felt his stomach flip with excitement.
莫蒂兴奋地感到肚子翻转.
He raced back upstairs to Mack and Arnie’s room and shook them awake.
他跑回上楼去Mack和Arnie的房间,
“Mom and Dad are going into the backyard.
“妈妈和爸爸正走进后院。
They’re going to see the pool!”
他们将会看到游泳池! “
he whispered.
他悄悄地说
Morty, Mack, and Arnie rushed downstairs and scampered to the back door, eager to see the pool for themselves.
莫蒂,麦克,和阿尼冲下楼去后门 急着自己看游泳池
As Morty stepped into the yard, his toes sank into mud, and his heart sank just as quickly.
随着莫蒂走入院子里,他的脚趾沉入了泥中,而心也同样快地下沉.
Arnie followed, and as soon as his feet were out the door, he slipped and fell to the ground with a splat.
亚尼跟随而去,一出门脚就被他滑倒了,并用花板倒地.
“Our pool wasn’t this big, was it?”
“我们的游泳池不是这么大, “
Mack asked in confusion.
迈克问的混乱。
“I must have left the hose running all night by mistake,” Morty admitted.
Morty承认, “我一定是误把水管弄得一整晚了。”
They sloshed through the mud toward the big oozing hole where their parents stood, staring at the yard in dismay.
他们从泥地上溜走 朝他们父母所站的大洞走去 惊慌地盯着院子
The clear, sparkling pool Morty had envisioned was a mud pit strewn with Mother’s dead shrubs.
莫蒂设想的清澈而闪发光的池子是一个泥坑,里面有母亲已死的灌木。
“Turn off the hose and go inside,” Morty whispered to Mack and Arnie.
Morty悄悄地对Mack和Arnie说:
“I’ll deal with Mom and Dad.”
" 我会和爸爸妈妈打交道。 “
Mack and Arnie turned, their tails dragging through the muck as they headed toward the house.
麦克和阿尼转过身来 他们的尾巴在朝房子走去时拖过泥巴
“Ahem.”
“阿希姆”。
Morty cleared his throat, and his parents spun around to look at him, their faces full of shock.
莫蒂清了喉咙,他的父母转来转去看着他,他们的脸被惊呆了.
“I see you found my latest project,” he said, suddenly feeling foolish.
“我看到你找到了我最新的项目,”他说,突然感到愚蠢。
“Morty.
“穆尔蒂。
” Father started.
“父亲开始。
“How did this happen?”
“这是怎样发生的? “
Morty ran through excuses in his head, but he knew he needed to tell the truth.
莫蒂在脑子里找借口 但他知道他需要说实话
“I wanted to make a swimming pool,” he began.
“我想做个游泳池。”
“Arnie and Mack helped me dig, but it was my idea.”
Arnie和Mack帮助我挖掘, “
His parents looked at him silently.
其父母默而视之.
“I told them not to tell you.
“我告诉他们不要告诉你。
I thought you wouldn’t mind once you saw how well it turned out.”
我本以为你不介意, “
“We could’ve told you that there’s more to building a pool than digging a hole,” Father said, shaking his head.
“我们可以告诉你, 建个游泳池比挖个洞还要多。”
“You must have known that we would not have given you permission to destroy the garden,” Mother added.
“你一定知道我们不会允许你破坏花园。”
“All my hard work is ruined,” she said, picking up a wilted rosebush.
她说,“我的所有辛勤工作都毁了。”
After what felt like ages, Father said, “Morty, after this antic, you’d better rethink your summer plans.
父亲说 , “ 摩蒂 , 在这种焦虑之后, 你最好重新考虑你的暑假计划。
It isn’t easy to level the ground and seed grass.
平地和种子草并不容易。
You’ll also have to work hard to water the lawn and keep everyone off of it until it grows in.
在草坪生长之前,
It will take years for new shrubs to mature and flower the way your mother’s did.”
新灌木要花好几年才能成熟, “
“Years?”
“岁月? “
Morty said with a gulp.
莫蒂说用口水。
“Yes,” Father replied.
“是的”,父亲回答说。
“It takes time, money, and hard work to nurture plants.”
“培育植物需要时间、金钱和辛勤工作。 “
Morty looked at his mother and saw how upset she was about her garden.
莫蒂看着他的母亲,看到她为自己的花园感到多难过.
He remembered seeing her outside each morning, whistling while she tended to her plants.
他记得每天早上看到她在外面吹口哨 一边照顾她的植物
“Mom, I’m really sorry about your garden,” Morty said, hanging his head.
Morty说, 挂起他的头。
“I didn’t think, and I destroyed everything.
「我没有想到,
I promise I’ll work hard and make it look even better than it did before.”
我将努力工作, “
Mother continued to scan the ruined yard.
母亲继续扫描被毁坏的院子。
“We’ll see, Morty,” she sighed.
她叹息道,
“It’s going to be a big job.”
“这将是一件大事。 “
“I’m up to the task,” Morty said, and he meant it.
Morty说:我已准备好完成任务,
He hadn’t predicted that his pool plans could go so horribly wrong.
他没有预料到他的游泳池计划会出如此可怕的错误。
He’d imagined he would make the summer better for everyone, including his parents.
包括他的父母。
Instead, he’d made everything worse.
他却把事情搞得更糟。
“Well, all gardeners have to start somewhere,” Mother said as she handed him a shovel.
“所有园丁必须从某个地方开始,”妈妈说,她给了他一把铲子。
Morty stared at the muddy swamp in front of him and wished he had thought things through before he acted.
莫蒂盯着他面前的泥地沼泽,希望他在行动前已经思考过了.
He took a deep breath and began to clean up his mess.
他深呼吸,开始收拾他的烂摊子.