Be Your Umbrella
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part Four, Charly’s experiments resulted in an out-of-control dog, cat, raccoon, and squirrel chase.
在第四部分,Charly的实验导致一只失控的狗,猫,浣熊和松鼠追逐.
But at least now it was raining on Charly’s garden in Brewster Hill Park.
但至少现在Charly在布鲁斯特山公园的花园上下着雨。
When Gattie (my Great Aunt Tess) wants to tell me to be careful about doing something I really want to do that I know I shouldn’t do, she says, “Curiosity killed the cat.”
当Gattie(我的大姨妈泰斯)想告诉我要小心做一些我真的想做的事, “
Luckily for me, I’m not a cat, but a ten-year-old girl with a boy’s nickname, Charly.
幸好我不是猫,
Anyway, if I were a cat, I definitely would have been killed a couple of times over after what I did in the last few months.
总之,如果我是一只猫, 我肯定会被杀死几次 之后,我在过去几个月里做了。
First off, I dug up Mr.
首先,我发现了先生。
Head-of-the-Parks- Department Rooney’s flowerbeds in Brewster Hill Park so I could sow my wild oats.
鲁尼部门在布鲁斯特山公园的花床,
Secondly, I made it rain on my town’s spring parade, ruining it for all the kids who were marching and all the adults who were watching.
第二,我在城镇的春季游行上下起雨来,毁掉了所有正在游行的孩子和所有正在观看的成年人。
The third thing is that I messed up my Great Aunt Tess’s Scrabble party.
第三件事是我搞砸了我大姨妈的拼字派对。
I wasn’t totally responsible because a bunch of wild raccoons, squirrels, and some stray cats did the messing-up part.
我并不完全负责, 因为一群野生浣熊、松鼠,
I just did the letting-them-into-the- house part.
我刚刚做了让他们进屋的部分。
You see, I was trying to find out what a cat—not raccoons or squirrels—drags in, as when someone says, “Look what the cat dragged in.”
你看,我试图找出什么是猫,而不是浣熊或松鼠, 破布在,就像有人说, " 看看猫拖入了什么。 “
Now I know that cats drag in raccoons and squirrels, which I also learned are called wild animals for a reason!
现在我知道,猫拖入浣熊和松鼠中,我也得知,它们被称为"野生动物"是有原因的!
Did you know that their claws could rip apart sofa cushions, pillows, and even wall-to-wall carpeting?
你知道他们的爪子可以撕开沙发垫子,枕头,甚至墙上地毯吗?
Before I found out what else they could rip apart, my Labrador retriever, Murray, chased all the critters out of the house.
在我发现他们还能撕裂什么之前 我的拉布拉多猎人默里 把所有的畜生都赶出了房子
He chased them down the street, across the field where kids were playing pick-up baseball, and into Brewster Hill Park.
他在街上追逐他们,穿过孩子们打接球的球场,并进入了布鲁斯特山公园.
I know this was the route because I followed the chase on my bike.
我知道这是路线 因为我的自行车追逐。
And it was a good thing I was on a bike.
幸好我骑了辆自行车
Ethan Jordan and his pack of dried-off-but-still-angry kids were heading right toward my house!
伊森・乔丹和他的一群 干燥的,但仍然生气的孩子 正朝我的房子走去!
I think you already know with whom they were angry.
我想你已经知道他们是谁了
Ethan and his mob caught up with me and the chase just as Murray was about to run into, of all places, my garden—my finally-rained-on and nicely growing garden of watermelons, apples, and oats.
伊森和他的暴徒追上我 追上我 追上我,就像穆雷即将 跑进所有的地方, 我的花园—— 我的终于 排出 和良好的 种植花园 西瓜,苹果,和燕麦。
They couldn’t stay away from the garden I planted as a New Year’s resolution to create something beautiful that would put a smile on everyone’s face.
他们无法远离我作为新年决议而植入的花园,
The garden that if it wouldn’t put a smile on everyone’s face, my Aunt Dee would have to repay Mr.
我姑妈迪伊必须报答他。
Rooney for two flowerbeds and a new playground with a plaque—with his name on it.
鲁尼为两块花床和一座有花牌的新游乐场,上面有他的名字。
Murray ran into my garden.
默里撞到我的花园了
A cat ran out.
一只猫跑出来了。
Murray ran in again.
默里又跑进来了
Two raccoons ran out.
两只浣熊跑出.
Murray ran in once more.
默里又跑进去了
Three squirrels ran out, followed by four chipmunks, five baby rabbits, and a groundhog.
三只松鼠跑出,后有四只花栗鼠,五只小兔子,还有一只土拨鼠.
Where did they come from?
他们从哪里来的?
I didn’t really care, because Murray chased them away from my garden.
因为Murray把他们从我的花园里赶走。
Whew!
呜!
Maybe they didn’t damage it too much.
也许他们没有破坏太多。
Uh-oh.
糟糕。
I may have ‘whewed’ too soon.
我可能太快了,
Now all the animals were running into Mr.
现在所有的动物都碰到了先生
Rooney’s newly planted flowerbeds!
鲁尼新栽花床!
(The ones he planted to replace the ones I sowed with oats.)
(他种来代替我所播的燕麦)
The animals zigged through the flowerbeds.
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Murray zigged after them.
默里在追他们
The animals zagged through the flowerbeds.
动物在花床上被划伤
Murray zagged after them.
默里跟着他们
Zigzag, zigzag, zigzag.
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After awhile, I couldn’t tell a zig from a zag!
过了一段时间,
What’s worse, the animals circled back to my garden.
更糟糕的是,动物们环绕回我的花园。
This time they trampled it.
这一次他们践踏它。
Around and around and around they went.
他们左右走来走去。
“Stop, Murray!”
"停下来,默里!"
I cried.
我哭了起来。
“Ha, ha, your stupid garden is ruined,” said Ethan Jordan.
伊森·乔丹说,“哈,哈,你那愚蠢的花园被毁了。”
“And so is Rooney’s.
" 鲁尼的也一样.
And it’s your fault.
这都是你的错。
When he finds out—“ At that moment, Mr.
当他发现时——“ 此时此刻,先生
Rooney showed up carrying a large rose bush.
鲁尼现身后携带了一大片玫瑰花丛.
“What’s going on here?”
“这是怎么回事? “
he cried.
他哭了起来。
He got his answer right away.
他马上得到了答案。
Five baby rabbits scooted out of my garden and ran right through Mr.
5个小兔子从我的花园里溜出 穿过了先生
Rooney’s legs.
鲁尼的腿。
Four chipmunks, three squirrels, two raccoons, and a cat followed.
有4只花栗鼠,3只松鼠,2只浣熊,还有一只猫跟着来.
“What the.
“什么情况?
said Mr.
说,先生。
Rooney each time another animal ran through his legs.
鲁尼每次有一只动物跑过他的腿
But when Murray, who has trouble fitting his 100 pounds of slobbering dogginess into the back of our van, went barreling through Mr.
但是当Murray在我们的车后部 装了100磅的口水时
Rooney’s legs, all he could say was, “Whoops!”
鲁尼的腿,他只能说:"哇!"
Up flew Mr.
飞起来,先生。
Rooney.
鲁能.
Up flew the rose bush.
升起的玫瑰花丛。
Fortunately, the rose bush landed one moment before Mr.
幸运的是,玫瑰花丛 降落在了Mr.
Rooney, so it helped cushion his fall.
鲁尼,所以它帮助缓冲他的倒下。
Unfortunately, rose bushes are covered with thorns.
不幸的是,玫瑰花丛被荆棘所覆盖.
“Yee-ouch!”
“哎哟！”
cried Mr.
哭着说:
Rooney.
鲁能.
“Ha, ha,” said Ethan Jordan.
Ethan Jordan说:“哈,哈,”
“Ha, ha,” said Ethan’s mob.
Ethan的暴徒说,
I was just about to give Ethan what he deserves when that stray cat who started this whole fiasco jumped up to avoid Murray’s chomping jaws— and landed right on Ethan’s head.
我当时正要给伊森应得的, 当那只流浪猫发动了这场灾难时,
“What the.
“什么情况?
on my head.”
在我的头上。 “
Personally, I thought it was more of a Can-Can.
就个人而言,我还以为是罐头
“I’d say she’s doing the Macarena,” my Aunt Dee piped in.
我姑妈迪(Dee)也参与其中,
Aunt Dee must have been out for a jog and stopped to see what the commotion was all about.
姑妈 迪伊一定是出去慢跑 然后停下来看看骚动是怎么回事
Dee took the cat off Ethan’s head, helped Mr.
迪伊把猫从伊森的头上带走了 帮了Die先生
Rooney get up, and silenced Ethan’s pack of laughing hyenas with one squinty-eyed look.
鲁尼起来,用一双一眼的相貌让伊森的一包"笑"的"hy"安静下来.
Murray must have seen that look, too, because he immediately stopped barking and sat at Aunt Dee’s feet, whimpering softly.
他立刻停止叫叫声并坐在迪伊姑妈的脚下,
The look didn’t seem to work on Mr.
似乎对Mr.
Rooney.
鲁能.
“You,” he said to me, “are a menace to this park.
他说,“你,”“是这个公园的威胁。
Look what you’ve done to my flowerbeds.
看看你对我的花床做了什么。
I ought to ban you from this park.”
我应该禁止你进入这个公园 “
“You can’t do that,” said Aunt Dee.
迪伊姑妈说,
“I can!”
“我可以!”
said Mr.
说,先生。
Rooney.
鲁能.
“I’m in charge of the Parks Department.”
" 我负责公园部。 “
“Ha, ha,” said Ethan Jordan, but very quietly.
伊森·乔丹说,“哈,哈,”但非常安静。
“Grr,” said Murray, not so quietly.
Murray说,“Grr,”不是那么安静。
“But then I won’t be able to take care of my garden, and you will win the bet unfairly!”
我无法照顾我的花园, “
I said.
我说了
“You wouldn’t do that.”
“你不会这样做。 “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Rooney looked at me, and then he looked at my trampled garden and smiled.
鲁尼看着我,然后他看着我被践踏的花园并微笑.
“You’re right, young lady, I wouldn’t do that.
" 你说的对,小姐,我不会这么做。
I don’t need to do that.
我没必要这么做。
For the next 30 days, you can still use the park, but ONLY to care for your garden.
在接下来的30天里,你仍然可以使用公园, 但只关心你的花园。
After that, we will have the official opening and judging.
之后,我们将有 正式的开放和判断。
We’ll see whose garden puts a smile on people’s faces.
我们看看谁的花园会给人们取笑。
And Miss,” he said to Aunt Dee, “for that new playground with my name on it?
他对迪伊姑妈说:“为了那个有我的名字的新游乐场?
I spell ‘Rooney’ with an e-y.”
我用"e-y"来拼作"Roone".
I spent the next 30 days tending my garden.
我花了30天 照顾我的花园。
I watered it, weeded it, and read articles to it about realizing its potential from beauty parlor magazines.
我给它浇了水,给它取了大麻, 并读了文章给它 关于实现它的潜力 从美容院杂志。
My hard work paid off, too, because my garden looked “fabulicious,” which, according to one of those magazines, meant fabulous and delicious at the same time.
我的辛勤工作也得到了回报,因为我的花园看起来“令人惊奇”,根据其中一本杂志,它同时意味着令人惊奇和美味。
The places Murray and the animals trampled were still bare.
默里和被践踏的动物仍然赤裸出行.
But on judging day, I thought my garden looked “magtastic,” which is a word I made up that means magnificent and fantastic.
但是,在判断日,我觉得我的花园看起来“壮观”,这是我编造的一个字,意思是宏伟而奇妙。
It definitely put a smile on my face.
我脸上一定有笑容
What would everyone else think?
其他人会怎么想?
It seemed as if half the town came to judge my garden.
似乎有一半的城市来评判我的花园
The problem was it seemed like it was the half that was still mad at me.
问题是,它看起来像是一半 仍然生我的气。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Rooney and the Parks Department people were there, of course.
当然,鲁尼和公园部门的人在场
Ethan and his crew, and Gattie’s Scrabble friends came, too.
伊森和他的船员,加蒂的拼字朋友也来了.
Even my doctor, Dr.
甚至我的医生,医生。
Green, and his staff showed up.
格林和他的手下出现了
First, everyone walked through Mr.
首先,每个人都走过先生。
Rooney’s flowerbeds, admiring the South African Something-or-others and the New Zealand Whatcha-ma-callits.
Rooney的花床,欣赏南非的"东西"(Something-or-other)和新西兰的"东西"(Whatcha-ma-callits).
They oohed and ahhed, and complimented Mr.
他们呼喊着,赞美着先生
Rooney on the clever way he laid out the paths.
鲁尼聪明地铺平了道路
“The sharp angles of the walkway are an ideal way to appreciate the contrasts of the flowers and range of colors,” said one of Gattie’s Scrabble friends.
“走道的尖锐角度是欣赏花朵和颜色范围对比的理想方式,”Gattie的一位拼写朋友说。
“But I didn’t.
但我没有。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Rooney started to say.
罗尼开始说。
“In fact, I.
“事实上,我。
Then he looked at me, and at Murray.
然后他看着我, 和默里。
Then he said, “Thank you for noticing.
他说:谢谢你的注意。
I thought about that pattern for a long time before I decided on it.”
我很久以来一直在想这个模式 在我决定之前 “
Thank you?
谢谢?
Murray and the animals had created the zigzag path through the flowerbeds during their chase!
Murray和动物们在追逐过程中 创造了花床的Zigzag路径!
Then everyone turned his or her attention to my garden.
然后大家都把注意力转向我的花园
The watermelon seeds and apple pits had sprouted into green shoots; buds and tiny yellow flowers had bloomed on some of them.
西瓜种子和苹果坑已经涌出出绿色的镜头;花芽和细小的黄色花朵已经开花在其中一些上.
Most impressive, though, was the field of wild oats.
不过,最令人印象深刻的是野生燕麦地.
“It’s just a bunch of overgrown grass,” said Ethan.
Ethan说, “这只是一串草地,
“I’m glad I don’t have to mow it.”
“我很高兴我不用割去它。 “
“Ha, ha,” said his pals, who were now officially all tied for my second- worst enemy.
他的朋友们说:“哈,哈,”现在他们都正式为我的第二个最坏的敌人而战。
“But look at the colors: browns, yellows, and greens,” said my Dad.
“但看看颜色:棕色、黄色和绿色,”我爸爸说。
“I think it’s beautiful.”
“我认为这很美。 “
“It is enjoyable in an uncultivated way, I guess,” said Gattie’s Scrabble friend.
Gattie的拼字朋友说,
“Ah- choo!
“啊-呼!
As long as you don’t have hayfever.”
如果你没有干草, “
Sneezes and coughs rose up from the crowd.
从众起出取出打喷嚏并咳嗽.
Now what did I do?
现在我做了什么?
“Any other comments before the final judging?”
“在作出最后判决之前,还有其他评论吗? “
asked Mr.
问:
Rooney.
鲁能.
Here it came, do or die.
来了 要么死要么死
I had tried my best to make something beautiful that put a smile on people’s faces.
我尽力做一件让人笑出面来的东西。
“Wait!”
“等等!” !
said Aunt Dee.
迪伊姑妈说的
“Everyone step back ten yards.
“每个人都退后10码。
Now look at Charly’s garden.
现在看看查利的花园。
What do you see?”
你看见什么了? “
“A bunch of grass that needs to be cut,” said Ethan.
伊森说,“需要砍出一串草地”。
“The need to stock up on allergy medication,” said Dr.
医生说,“需要储存过敏药物。”
Green.
绿色。
“The future home of the Rooneyland playground,” said Mr.
“Rooneyland游乐场的未来家园”先生说。
Rooney.
鲁能.
“Doesn’t anybody else see a face in the garden?”
在花园里, “
asked Aunt Dee.
问狄姨妈。
“Woof,” answered Murray.
“Woof,”回答Murray。
“Meow,” answered the stray cat that had caused all the commotion.
“Mow,”回答造成所有骚动的流浪猫。
I looked at my garden again.
我又看了我的花园。
Then I saw what Aunt Dee saw!
然后我看见了迪伊阿姨看到的东西!
The circular path where Murray chased the animals around and around was the head.
穆雷四处追赶动物的圆通道是头.
Two dark spots where animals dug holes were the eyes.
动物挖洞的两个暗处是眼睛
The small half-circle where the animals ran in and out of the garden was the mouth.
动物进出花园的小半圆是口.
“Now that you mention it, I do see a face, and it’s smiling,” said Gattie’s friend.
Gattie的朋友说,
“It’s quite charming!
“这相当迷人!
What a lovely way to welcome spring.
多么可爱的方式欢迎春天。
Congratulations to the artist.”
祝贺艺术家。 “
For the next 20 seconds, which felt like 20 years, everyone “hmmmed” while looking at my garden.
在接下来的20秒钟里,
They stroked their chins in thought.
他们在思想中抚摸下巴。
They “hmmmed” some more.
他们“hmmmed”一些更多的。
Then everyone, not counting Mr.
然后每个人,不计算先生。
Rooney, started to applaud!
鲁尼,开始鼓掌了!
And most importantly, they were all smiling!
最重要的是 他们都笑了
“Thank you, but it was a team effort,” I said, beaming the biggest smile of everyone.
“谢谢,但这是团队的努力,”我说,这是每个人最大的微笑。
“Woof,” said Murray.
穆雷说,“Woof,”
“Meow,” said the kitty.
猫咪说,“Mow,”
“You’re still weird, Charly,” said Ethan.
伊森说,
“But I have to admit, you really did it this time.”
“但我不得不承认,这次你确实做到了。 “
Then he, too, smiled and stuck out his hand for me to shake.
然后他也笑了起来 伸出手让我摇摆
I guess my number one enemy spot is now open.
我想我的头一个敌人位置 现在开放。
Winning felt fabulicious!
赢的好难看!
But building a new playground at the park would make summer so much more interesting.
但是在公园建造一个新的游乐场会让夏天更有趣.
So I talked to Aunt Dee.
所以我和迪伊阿姨谈过了