Revolution

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

In part one, ten-year-old Charly made a New Year’s resolution to “turn over a new leaf,” as her Dad suggested.

在第一部分中,十岁的Charly提出了新年决议,即按照她父亲的建议,“翻出一朵新叶子来”。

But he didn’t mean for Charly to take his advice literally!

他并不想让Charly接受他的建议。

That old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” really works.

那个老话 “每天一个苹果让医生远离,”确实有效。

I know, because I made a point to eat an apple for breakfast every day when I was less mature, or nine years old.

我知道,因为我讲的一点是 每天吃个苹果当早餐 当我不够成熟,或者9岁。

I only went to the doctor once that year—not counting the time I woke up with an earache, sore throat, and fever.

那年我只去看了医生一次,

It doesn’t count because I didn’t eat an apple that day.

这不算数, 因为我那天没有吃苹果。

My throat was too sore to eat anything but soup!

我的喉咙太痛了,除了汤,什么都吃不下!

I ate an apple on all the other days, and I didn’t have to go to the doctor—well, except for that other time.

其他几天我都吃了个苹果,

It was during a hot spell in the summer.

那是在夏天的发作期间

I cooled off by eating watermelon.

我吃西瓜冷却了下来。

All that juice was refreshing.

所有果汁都是新鲜的。

Mmmm.

是吗?

I wanted even more watermelon, but we ran out.

我想要更多的西瓜,但我们跑了。

Then I remembered what Gattie (that’s what I call my Great Aunt Tess) said: “Charly, don’t swallow watermelon seeds or watermelons will grow in your stomach.”

我还记得Gattie(我叫泰斯大姨妈)所说的话, “

Perfect!

不错!

I thought if a watermelon grew in my stomach, I’d have my own supply inside me to keep me cool.

如果胃里长出西瓜, 我会有我自己的供给,

I wouldn’t have to eat watermelon to cool off!

我用不着吃西瓜来冷却!

So I ate a watermelon seed.

所以我吃了个西瓜种子

Nothing happened.

什么都没有发生。

So I ate another watermelon seed.

所以我吃了另一个西瓜种子。

and another.

还有另一个

and about twenty more.

还有二十多岁

Finally, something happened.

终于出事了

I didn’t feel so good.

我感觉不太好,

Gattie rushed me to the doctor.

Gattie赶我去看医生

He made me drink this stuff that made me.

他逼我喝这种东西

well, it wouldn’t be mature of me to tell you.

我跟你说,

Let’s just say the watermelon seeds were no longer in my stomach.

不如说西瓜已经不在我肚子里了。

Well, I did that back when I was a lot younger, when I was nine.

嗯,我这样做,在我年轻得多, 当我九岁。

Now I am ten, and more “ma-toor,” as Gattie would say.

现在,我十岁了,而且像Gattie所说的,更像“ma-toor”。

And since the new year, I have tried to make some changes in my behavior.

从新年开始,我一直在尝试改变我的行为。

Dad calls it turning over new leaves.

爸爸叫它翻出新叶子

My Aunt Dee, who is my mother’s sister and takes care of me sometimes, said I should go sow some wild oats and have fun.

我的迪伊阿姨是我妈妈的妹妹,有时还照顾我,她说我应该去种些野生燕麦来取乐.

I think she meant sow, as in planting stuff to grow, not sew, as in putting a button on a shirt.

我想她的意思是"播种",比如种出种出的东西,而不是"缝",比如在衬衫上放个按钮.

Since I love my dad and my aunt, I figured I should do what both of them say.

自从 我爱我爸和姨妈 我觉得我应该照他们说的做

Plus, I wanted to do something for everyone else, which was one of my New Year’s revolutions.

而且,我想为其他人做一些事情,这是我新年的革命之一。

A New Year’s revolution is when you write down a list of things you want to do in the coming year to make yourself and the world better.

新年的革命是写下你想要在未来一年中做的事情的清单,让自己和世界更美好。

One of my revolutions was to create something beautiful that puts a smile on people’s faces.

我的革命之一是创造出一个美丽的东西,给人们的面孔取笑。

Seeds, oats, and leaves swirled around my brain in a dizzying dance.

有种子 有燕麦 有叶子在头晕地跳着

Then I remembered that the huge flowerbeds on the big hill in Brewster Park were covered in leaves!

之后我想起了布鲁斯特公园大山上的巨大花床被树叶覆盖了!

I knew what I had to do.

我知道该怎么做

I had to rake them out.

我不得不把他们弄出来。

I would plant wild oats there instead, so everyone could have a good time; some watermelons, so everyone could cool off in the summer; and.

我会在那里种植野生燕麦, 这样每个人都可以有一个愉快的时光; 一些西瓜, 这样每个人都可以在夏天冷却; 和。

apples, so everyone could stay away from the doctor (most of the time).

苹果,这样每个人都可以远离医生(大部分时间).

If only I knew what fruit kept the dentist away.

如果我知道是什么水果让牙医离开就好了

I thought everyone in my neighborhood would be so happy when they saw what I did to those dull flowerbeds.

我以为我附近的每个人都会很高兴 当他们看到我对那些无聊花床做了什么。

Well, I thought wrong.

好吧,我想错了。

When everyone in my neighborhood saw what I was doing, they got as mad as a swarm of hornets.

当我的邻居都看到我在做什么, 他们变得像一群黄蜂一样疯狂。

They called Mr.

他们给Mr.

Rooney from the Parks Department.

公园部的鲁尼

He rushed right over.

他冲过来了

“This is public property!”

“这是公共财产!”

he cried, just as I was sowing my last wild oat.

他哭了,就像我在播撒 我最后的野生燕麦。

“You can’t tromp in here and plant whatever you like.

“你不能在这里乱跑,

You have to get a permit.”

你必须得到许可。 “

Mr.

先生,请问...

Rooney happened to be in charge of the Parks Department.

罗尼恰好负责公园部门.

It turned out the leaves in those flowerbeds were protecting rare flowers that Mr.

原来那些花床里的花叶 是用来保护稀有花朵的

Rooney personally had planted for a special flower show he had planned for the spring.

鲁尼亲自为他策划的春季特别花展而种植.

That’s why, as my Aunt Dee explained, his nose was out of joint over what I did.

因此,正如我Dee阿姨所解释的,他的鼻子因我的所作所为而脱节。

His nose looked perfectly straight to me, and I never even touched the guy!

他的鼻子看起来很直,我甚至没有碰他!

“What’s done is done,” said my dad with a sigh.

我父亲叹息地说,

It was one of those long sighs with a pause in the middle that might have come out as “What in blazes did you think you were doing, young lady?”

在中间停一歇的叹息声中,你可能会说:“小姐,你在做些什么? “

as if he had been in his study talking to me alone instead of in the park with a bunch of people.

好像他在书房里和我单独交谈 而不是和一群人一起在公园里

“I’ll pay for the damages,” he added.

他补充说, " 我会赔偿损失 " 。

That meant I’d pay for them out of my allowance, probably for the next 25 years.

可能要花25年时间。

“I had to special order the flowers from South America,” said Mr.

“我不得不特别订购来自南美洲的花,”

Rooney.

鲁能.

“Then there was the labor, and overtime pay.

“然后是工薪和加班费。

Oops!

可恶!

Make that 35 years.

让这35年。

“Wait!”

“等等!” !

said my Aunt Dee.

说我的迪伊阿姨。

“Let’s give Charly’s garden a chance.

让我们给夏丽的花园一个机会。

If no one likes it, I promise to pay for two special rare flower gardens and a new playground for the park.

如果没有人喜欢,我保证支付两个特殊的稀有花卉园和公园的新游乐场.

I’ll even pay for a plaque.

我甚至会付钱买牌子。

We can name the new playground.

我们可以给新的游乐场起名

Rooneyland.”

“鲁尼兰”。

Despite some harrumphing, Mr.

尽管有些烦恼,先生。

Rooney and his nose seemed to be totally in joint with Aunt Dee’s offer.

Rooney和他的鼻子似乎完全与Dee阿姨的提议有关。

My New Year’s revolution had officially begun.

我的新年革命已经正式开始。

Now, if only I could get the weather to cooperate.

现在,只要我能得到天气的合作。

I made a tiny error in planting my garden when I did.

我在种植我的花园时犯了一个小错误

The whole town was in the middle of a drought.

全镇正值大旱.

It had not rained for six weeks.

六个星期没有下雨。

According to the local TV news, the reservoirs that hold our drinking water were “dangerously low.”

据当地电视新闻,持有饮用水的水库“非常低。 “

“Let everyone drink soda pop instead,” I said, but nobody listened.

我说,“让大家喝汽水吧,”但没人听。

Anyone watering his or her garden would get a fine.

谁给花园浇水都会被罚款

Now, you might think that something named “fine” is a good thing.

现在,你可能会认为,“很好”的东西是一件好事。

But it is not.

但事实并非如此。

Gattie told me a fine means you have to pay money for doing something against the rules.

Gattie告诉我一个罚款 意味着你必须花钱 做一些违反规则的事。

That sounds more like an UNfine if you ask me.

如果你问我,这听起来更像一个UNfine。

So, with no rain, and no watering allowed, it looked as if my New Year’s revolution garden would never grow.

因此,在没有雨和不允许取水的情况下,似乎我的革命新年花园永远不会长出来。

It wouldn’t bring a smile to anyone’s face, except maybe Mr.

这不会给任何人带来微笑,

Rooney’s, who would get two rare flower gardens and a playground with his name on a plaque.

Rooney)的,

I didn’t want to water my garden and pay an UNfine.

我不想给花园浇水,

Plus, it was wrong to waste water during a drought.

此外,在干旱期间,废水也是错误的。

What my garden needed was rain.

我的花园需要的是雨水

But with no rain headed my way, I’d have to come up with another solution.

我不得不想出另一个解决方案。

What will Charly do next?

接下来查理会做什么?

Find out in part three, “Charly Dances ‘til It Drops.”

在第三部分中找出“Charly Dances `直到它消失。 “