Fancy-Pants Wedding

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Morty could only think of one thing that was worse than wasting a Saturday at a boring wedding.

莫蒂只能想到一件事 比在无聊的婚礼上浪费星期六更糟糕

He would be missing his best friend’s party at the same time.

他将会同时错过他最好的朋友的聚会。

Tomorrow was the big day, and every mouse in the house was panicking over the final details of their role in Aunt Maggie’s wedding.

明天是大日子, 家里的每一只老鼠 都在担心自己在Maggie阿姨婚礼上的角色的最后细节。

His younger sisters were practicing their “slow walk” as flower mice, his big sister was doing her nails to look perfect while serving punch, and Mother was arranging large bunches of flowers.

他的年幼的姐妹们正在练习"慢行走"作为花鼠,他大姐在为她做指甲,以在打出拳来时看起来很完美,而母亲正在安排一大批花.

Morty’s job was to shine everyone’s shoes, wear a suit, and sit quietly.

莫蒂的工作是照亮每个人的鞋子,穿着西装,静静地坐着.

That’s right—he had to sit quietly while Ben and his birthday party guests would be screaming down the skate-park ramps and eating cheese pizza.

他必须静静地坐着, 而Ben和生日聚会的来宾则在滑板坡道上尖叫,

Grabbing the shoeshine kit, Morty flung his tail aside and plopped down on the floor.

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The dress-up shoes of the entire mouse family were lined up neatly in front of him.

整个老鼠家族的穿好鞋 都整齐地排到他面前

Morty didn’t mind shining the shoes.

莫蒂不介意擦出鞋子来。

He’d watched the shoe shiners in front of Mousy’s, the most upscale department store in the Mousetown Mall.

他看着Moussy的鞋灯,

They worked quickly and methodically, while whistling or talking baseball with their customers.

他们迅速和有条不紊地工作,同时与顾客吹口哨或谈论棒球.

The shoeshine kit had it all—black shoe polish, brushes, rags, and petroleum gel to put an extra shine on his sisters’ and mother’s patent leather shoes.

鞋子用具全部是黑鞋油、刷子、布和石油凝胶,

Morty pulled out the black polish and a chamois (SHA-mee) rag.

莫蒂拔出黑色的花光和一出"克摩斯"(SHA-mee)的布.

First he smeared on the dark, inky polish.

首先,他涂抹了阴暗的油光。

Then he whipped the rag around and, holding the strip of material on both ends, started “scuffin and buffin” his and his dad’s shoes.

然后他把布打得一团糟,在两边拿着材料的条子,开始 " 袖口和布法因 " 和他爸爸的鞋子。

Morty took a big sniff of the wonderful smell of his black leather going-out shoes.

莫蒂闻到了他黑色皮革外出鞋的味道

Then he noticed how his dad’s dress-up loafers looked practically new by the time he finished shining them.

然后他注意到他父亲的穿戴迷彩服的表情,

I’m good, he thought.

我觉得我很好。

I wonder how old I need to be to work at Mousy’s.

在Mousy工作时,

Next up were the shiny black shoes of his mother and sisters.

接下来是他母亲和姐妹们闪亮的黑色鞋子.

Morty thought about his sisters.

莫蒂考虑过他的姐妹们

“Ugh, those two are driving me crazy!”

“啊,那两个家伙快把我逼疯了! “

he mumbled.

他喃喃自语。

His younger sisters had been getting all the attention because of their roles in the wedding.

他的妹妹因为在婚礼上扮演的角色,一直受到大家的注意.

They got fancy new dresses, they were getting their hair and whiskers styled, and Mother was even taking them to get a special mouse manicure.

他们有漂亮的新衣服, 他们得到他们的发型 和胡子样式, 母亲甚至带他们 得到一只特殊的老鼠指甲。

“What do I get?”

“我能得到什么? “

Morty asked out loud.

莫提大叫出声.

“I get to wear the old, stuffy suit that I wore to Great-Uncle Finnegan’s funeral.”

我穿着旧衣服参加菲尼根大叔的葬礼。 “

Patent leather is so lame, Morty thought.

专利皮革太逊了,莫蒂想。

His dad once explained where the name “patent leather” came from.

他的爸爸曾经解释过“专利皮革”这个名字的来源。

Basically it was fake leather—stuff that someone invented and protected with a patent so no one else could steal the idea.

基本上,这是假皮革,有人发明并用专利加以保护,这样别人就不会偷这个想法。

The names “not leather,” “trick leather,” “mock leather,” or “leather wanna- be” seemed better than “patent leather.”

“非皮革”、 “特克皮革”、 “口红皮革” 或“想成为叶子” 等名称似乎比“专利皮革”好。 “

Morty reached for the petroleum gel and thought about that name, too.

Morty找到了石油凝胶 也想到了这个名字

Why spell it “gel” and not “jell”?

为什么拼出"凝胶"而不是"热"?

After all, it seemed just like Mother’s famous huckleberry jelly.

毕竟,这看起来就像母亲出名的果冻。

Maybe gel was someone’s made-up word to mean, “don’t eat it.”

也许凝胶是某个人编造的词, “

Why didn’t they call it “patent jelly for patent leather”?

他们为什么不称之为“专利皮革的专利果冻”呢?

Morty puzzled.

莫蒂迷惑不解,我无法理解

Morty thought words were interesting, but his words for the wedding were BORING and WASTE OF A PERFECTLY GOOD SATURDA Y, and the words for his feelings were ANGRY and RESENTFUL.

莫蒂认为词句很有趣,但他对婚礼的词句是"Boring"和"Waste Of a perfectly good Saturda Y",而表达出他感情的词句是"愤怒而沉闷".

Trying to whistle like the shoe-shiners at Mousy’s did, Morty spread the petroleum gel on his sisters’ shoes for a glossy shine (you could even see your face and ears in the top of his older sister’s sassy Mary Jane high heels).

Morty试图像Moussy的鞋匠一样吹口哨, 在她姐姐的鞋上散发出油凝胶来取光(你甚至可以看到你的脸和耳朵在他的姐姐的性感玛丽·简高跟鞋上)。

He rubbed the greasy, slimy gel into the shoes while his mind thought about tasty huckleberry jelly and how it slides off onto your plate when you try to spread it on warm pancakes.

他把油腻粘糊糊的凝胶涂入了鞋里 而他的心思是想着美味的果冻 以及当你试图在温暖的煎饼上散发时 它是如何滑入你的盘子的

Then Morty had a very mischievous idea.

后来莫蒂有一个非常错误的想法.

If I spread gel all over the soles of my sisters’ shoes, they will slip and slide, Morty thought.

莫蒂认为,如果我把凝胶洒到姐妹鞋底,她们会滑倒和滑倒。

It would be so fun to get Ben and Fred so we could all put gel on the bottom of our shoes and pretend to ice skate on Mother’s kitchen floor.

让Ben和Fred加入会很有趣,

It would be even more fun to watch the “adorable little flower mice” slip and slide up the aisle with their arms full of flowers.

观看"可敬的小花鼠"滑倒并用满满花的双臂滑上过道会更加有趣.

Morty chuckled at the thought and spread even more gel on the bottoms of all his sisters’ shoes.

Morty嘲笑思想,

The Big Day The bright sunlight was shining in Morty’s bedroom window.

伟大的一天 阳光照亮了莫蒂的卧室窗户。

“Good Morning, Sleepy Head!”

"早安,睡头!"

Mother sang cheerfully as she opened the curtains.

母亲打开窗帘时欢快地唱起.

“It’s a beautiful day for a wedding, and it’s time to rise and shine.

「今天是婚礼的好日子,

I need you to hurry and get ready like all the other mice in this family who aren’t in the wedding party.

我要你们快点做好准备,

Your younger sisters won’t be dressing until we get to the hall.

直到我们到达大厅,

We must arrive plenty early.”

我们必须早点赶到 “

Morty shook his ears out and mumbled, “It’s also a perfect day for the skate park with friends.”

Morty摇出耳朵, “

Then he remembered his prank and spoke louder to catch Mother’s attention, “I’ll put their shoes in the car.”

他回忆起他的恶作剧, “

While he gathered shoes, Morty’s older sister startled him.

莫蒂的姐姐吓到了他。

“Hey Morty!”

"嘿,莫蒂!" (英语)

she said softly as she stepped into her high heels.

她走入高跟鞋时轻声说

She was dressed for the wedding and looked beautiful.

她穿着婚礼的衣服,看起来很漂亮

“Thanks for making my heels look so.

“谢谢你让我的后跟看起来如此。

She couldn’t finish her sentence because she started to slip.

因为她开始滑倒,

“Whoa!

“哇!

I’ll have to remember to keep my balance in these.”

我将记住保持平衡。 “

Morty’s mom called from upstairs because she needed Morty’s big sister to carry the punch bowl out to the car.

Morty的妈妈从楼上打电话来, 因为她需要Morty的姐姐将拳碗抬到车上去。

Morty’s big sister started out the door and began to slip.

莫蒂的姐姐从门口开始,开始滑倒.

In one fast move she freed her paw to grab the railing, but she let go of the bowl.

在一次快速的动作中,她释放出她的爪子来抓住栏杆,但她却放出碗来.

The glass hit the pavement hard and shattered.

玻璃重击了人行道并碎裂.

Mother scampered out to see the disaster and asked Morty to help out by cleaning up the mess.

母亲溜出看灾情,请莫蒂帮忙清理烂摊子.

No one guessed what Morty had done, but he began to think perhaps his prank wasn’t such a good idea.

他开始认为他的恶作剧可能不是个好主意。

The Wedding Soft music played and Morty’s little sisters, carrying baskets of flower petals, stepped off the carpet and onto the walkway up the aisle.

莫蒂的妹妹们带着花瓣的篮子从地毯上踩出,

In no time they were slip-sliding and flower petals went flying.

花瓣飞来飞去

Father quickly stepped into the aisle and picked up his daughters.

父亲迅速走入过道并接起他的女儿.

The greasy trail behind them looked just like slug slime, and Father quickly checked the bottom of their shoes to discover the cause.

他们身后油腻的痕迹看起来就像口水黏液,而父亲迅速检查了鞋底以发现原因.

“Didn’t I ever tell you that you must not get gel on the bottoms of patent leather shoes?”

“我难道没有告诉过你,你不应该在专利皮鞋的底部得到凝胶吗? “

Father confronted Morty in a whisper.

父亲对峙 莫蒂悄悄地说

There is one thing about Morty—HE ALWA YS TELLS THE TRUTH.

莫蒂有一点... 他说得对。

“Yes, you mentioned it, but I wanted to see what would happen.”

“是的,你提到了这一点,但我想看看会发生什么。 “

Making a fast decision to save the moment, Father informed Morty in a firm but whispered voice, “Your decision has earned you the new role of escort.”

父亲迅速决定拯救这一时刻,以坚定而低语的声音告知了莫蒂,“你的决定为您赢得了护送的新角色。 “

Morty stepped into the aisle and allowed a sister to take hold of each arm, which they held tightly to keep from slipping.

莫蒂走入过道,让一个妹妹抓住了每一只手臂,他们紧紧地抓住了这只手臂来防止滑倒.

Father grabbed one of the flower buds and tucked it into Morty’s lapel.

父亲抓住了花蕾并把它塞入了Morty的花圈中。

“There will be no shenanigans, Mr.

“不会有任何异端,先生。

Mouse,” he said sternly.

老鼠,"他说严厉。

“Don’t forget to smile and stand VERY STILL during the ceremony.”

“不要忘记微笑, “

Morty now knew this had been a really bad idea.

莫蒂现在知道这是个坏主意

He could tell he had hurt his sisters’ feelings by causing them to slip and nearly fall.

他可以看到,他伤害了姐妹们的感情,使他们滑倒并几乎倒下。

He could also tell Father was disappointed.

他也可以告诉父亲他很失望。

Morty became more uncomfortable the farther up the aisle he walked.

莫蒂走得越远越不舒服

The guests giggled when they saw Morty walking the flower mice down the aisle.

客人看到莫蒂走花鼠走过道时笑了起来.

The ceremony seemed to last a lifetime, and Morty could feel drops of sweat trickling down his back as people stared at him.

仪式似乎持续了一辈子,而莫蒂在人们盯着他看时,可以感觉到汗滴从背上流下.

He tried to stand so still that not even his whiskers or ears twitched, but it was difficult.

他一直站着,连胡子和耳朵都没有抽搐,但很困难。

His sisters’ paws were warm on his arms and their flowers’ scents were tickling his nose.

他的姐妹们的爪子在手臂上发热,

Aunt Maggie found Morty after the ceremony and gave him a warm hug.

玛姬阿姨在仪式后找到莫蒂并给予他温暖的拥抱.

“I noticed that I had an extra flower mouse in my wedding.

“我注意到,我婚礼上又多了一只花鼠。

I had no idea that you wanted to be a flower mouse.

我不知道你想当花鼠

Why didn’t you just ask?”

为何不问? “

“Aunt Maggie,” Morty said, trying to think of a way to explain quietly so that only she would hear.

Morty说,“Aunt Maggie,”试图想出一个悄悄解释的方法,只有她才会听到。

“I made a bad choice and put petroleum gel on the bottoms of my sisters’ shoes, and they couldn’t walk without falling.

我做了一个不好的选择,

I love you, and we all wanted this to be your special day, so I walked with them to help them keep their balance.

我爱你 我们都希望今天是你们的特殊的日子 所以我和他们一起走 帮助他们保持平衡

I am so sorry.

对不起

I know it wasn’t the way you wanted it.”

我知道这不是你想要的。 “

Morty turned to see his sisters’ ears perked up—they had been listening.

Morty看着他姐姐的耳朵隆起,

“I am sorry to both of you, too,” he added quietly.

他悄悄地补充说,“我也对你们俩表示歉意”。

Morty’s aunt seemed to glow as she broke into a big smile.

Morty的姑姑在大笑中发光了。

“Well, it worked out just fine,” she said, hugging Morty again.

她说,“好吧,这很好”,再次拥抱了莫蒂。

“I am the only bride I know that had a flower boy along with two flower girls.”

“我是唯一一个有花童和两个花女的新娘。 “

One of Morty’s little sisters spoke up, “It was kind of nice to have him up there.

莫蒂的一位小姐妹说道:"让他上去是件好事.

It was a long time to stand, and it helped to have Morty to hold onto.”

久而久之,使莫蒂坚守不拔也有所助. “

Father had joined the conversation and was the last to speak.

父亲加入了谈话,是最后发言的人。

Putting a paw on his son’s head, he said, “Morty, I have never seen you stand so still and be so quiet for so long.”

他把爪子放在他儿子的头上,他说:"莫蒂,我从未见过你这么静静地站着,那么久才安静. “

Perhaps enduring that very uncomfortable situation was enough of a punishment.”

也许忍受这种非常不舒服的情况已经足够惩罚。 “

Morty sighed with relief.

莫提叹以释.

Then his father added, “I never, ever want you putting gel on the bottom of shoes ever again.”

然后,他的父亲又说,“我再也不希望你把凝胶涂在鞋底了。 “

Morty nodded and realized that he would never experience the thrill of mock ice- skating with Ben and Fred on Mother’s shiny kitchen floor.

Morty点头并意识到,他永远不会经历与Ben和Fred在母亲闪亮的厨房地板上滑冰的刺激。

Morty also realized that there was something even worse than spending a sunny Saturday at a wedding and missing your best friend’s skate-park party.

Morty也意识到比星期六在婚礼上度过阳光灿烂的日子,

That’s spending a sunny Saturday at a wedding, missing your best friend’s skate-park party, and being a perfectly mannered flower mouse with everyone staring at you for the entire ceremony.

在婚礼上度过了阳光灿烂的星期六,