Birthday Cake
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Chapter One.
目录 第一章。
4 Chapter Two.
4 第二章,第2节。
8 Chapter Three.
8 第3章 (英语).
12 Chapter Four.
12 第四章. Chapter.
14 Chapter Five.
14 第5章. Chapter.
17 Glossary.
17 词汇表。
20 Chapter One Alice had a wonderful dream.
20章第一章 爱丽丝做了个好梦
It was her thirteenth birthday.
那是她的13岁生日
Her mother had baked her a cake with pink frosting.
她妈妈给她烤了个粉红色霜冻的蛋糕
Her father was handing her a brightly wrapped box with a beautiful bow.
她的父亲给了她一个用一副美丽的弓包裹的明亮的盒子.
Alice woke up just as she was unwrapping the present.
爱丽丝醒来时正在打开礼物
She snapped her eyes shut, hoping to slip back into the lovely dream, but it was too late.
她闭上了眼睛,希望回到可爱的梦中,但太晚了.
She could hear her mother getting ready for work.
她能听到她妈妈准备上班
Alice glanced at the clock on the table next to her bed.
爱丽丝看着她床旁边桌子上的钟.
It was time for her to get up, too.
她也该起床了
Alice’s room remained dark as she dressed because heavy blackout curtains sealed out the golden sunlight.
爱丽丝穿好衣服时房间依然暗淡,
The country was deep into World War II, and people were afraid that enemy planes would see lights from the city and know where to drop their bombs.
该国深陷二战,人们担心敌机会从城市看到灯光并知道投放炸弹的地点.
Every night, outdoor lights were turned off and indoor lights were hidden.
每天晚上,户外灯被关闭,室内灯被隐藏.
A warden patrolled Alice’s neighborhood each night.
一名典狱长每晚都在爱丽丝的附近巡逻.
He made sure not even a sliver of light glowed around the edges of drawn blackout curtains.
他确保连一丝光线 都不会在被拉断的窗帘上发光
Alice looked forward to pushing aside her blackout curtains each morning to let sunlight flood her room.
爱丽丝期待每天早上把停电窗帘推开 让阳光淹没她的房间
This morning Alice felt cheerful.
今天早上爱丽丝觉得很开心
She might play in the park after school with her friends.
她放学后可能在公园里和朋友玩
But first she had to wake her little brother, Robert, get him dressed, give him breakfast, and walk him to school.
但首先她不得不叫醒她弟弟罗伯特,给他穿好衣服,给他吃早餐,送他去学校.
Alice’s mother had already left for work by the time Alice and Robert walked into the kitchen.
爱丽丝的母亲在爱丽丝和罗伯特走入厨房时已经离开了工作.
After Alice’s father had been shipped out to fight the war in Europe, Alice’s mother took a job working at a factory that made parts for ships.
在爱丽丝的父亲被运出去参加欧洲战争后,爱丽丝的母亲在为船只做零件的工厂工作.
Like many women, she held a job once done by a man who had been shipped out like Alice’s father.
她和许多女性一样,曾经担任过一个像爱丽丝的父亲一样被运出的人的工作.
America needed new ships to win the war, and it was up to the women to work eight- to twelve-hour shifts six or seven days a week to keep the factories running.
美国需要新的船只来赢得战争,而妇女们应该每周六到七天工作八到十二小时的轮班,以维持工厂的运转.
Alice was proud of the sacrifices her parents made for the war effort.
爱丽丝为她父母为战争所做出的牺牲而自豪.
But she missed having breakfast with her mother.
但她错过了和她母亲吃早餐的时间.
She missed her father, too.
她也想念她的父亲。
“You look sad,” said Robert.
罗伯特说,“你看起来很悲伤。”
He had a mouthful of cereal and milk dribbling from his chin.
他的下巴上吐出一多口麦片和牛奶。
“What’s wrong?”
" 什么是错的? “
“Nothing,” Alice lied as she absently wiped her brother’s face with a napkin.
" 没什么, " 爱丽丝撒谎,因为她用餐巾擦了她哥哥的脸。
Robert was right.
罗伯特是对的。
Alice was feeling sad.
爱丽丝很伤心
Her thirteenth birthday was tomorrow.
她十三岁生日是明天
In the past, Alice looked forward to her birthdays, but this year was different.
过去,爱丽丝期待她的生日,但今年不同.
Her father usually would wake her up by belting out the song Happy Birthday to You.
她父亲通常会把她叫醒 带出歌曲"生日快乐"给你。
It always made her laugh.
它总是让她笑。
“Unlucky thirteen,” Alice said to herself as she helped Robert tie his shoes.
爱丽丝在帮助罗伯特系起鞋带时对自己说:“13岁不幸”。
Chapter Two Since Alice’s mother worked long hours at the factory, Alice did more chores around the house.
第二章 由于爱丽丝的母亲在工厂工作了很长的时间,爱丽丝在房子周围做了更多的家务活.
Most days Alice did not mind the extra responsibility, she felt good being able to help out.
大部分时间 爱丽丝不在乎额外的责任 她能帮忙感觉很好
Today the one chore she had to do— grocery shopping—made Alice want to groan with the effort it would take.
今天她不得不做的杂货店 爱丽丝想叹息 用它的努力。
Alice was not in the mood to travel from store to store to find all the items on the shopping list her mother had left along with money and their ration book.
爱丽丝没有心情从商店去商店 找到她母亲留下的购物名单上的所有物品 以及钱和他们的配给书
Each family had a ration book with stamps for certain kinds of food.
每个家庭都有一张配给书,上面印有某种食物的邮票.
Because of the war, the government rationed food to make sure there was enough for everyone when supplies were limited.
由于战争,政府拨款提供粮食,以确保在供应有限时,每个人都有足够的粮食。
Stores ran out of the most popular items, such as coffee and canned goods.
商店用光了最受欢迎的物品,例如咖啡和罐装货物。
Alice had to match the right stamps from her ration book with the food on her mother’s list.
爱丽丝不得不将配给书中正确的邮票与她母亲名单上的食物相匹配.
Shopping could take a long time.
购物可能需要很长时间。
Alice saw milk on the list and was not looking forward to another marathon shopping trip.
爱丽丝在名单中看到牛奶,不期待再进行一次马拉松购物之行.
Milk could be difficult to find.
牛奶可能很难找到。
Once there was no milk, so they had to eat their cereal with water instead.
曾经没有牛奶,所以他们不得不用水来吃谷物。
Alice washed dishes before she and Robert left for school.
爱丽丝和罗伯特去上学前洗了盘子.
Tomorrow was Alice’s birthday, but she knew there wasn’t going to be a party.
明天是爱丽丝的生日,
Alice saw there were no ration stamps left for sugar, butter, or eggs.
爱丽丝看到没有配给邮票 剩下的糖,黄油,或鸡蛋。
Her mother couldn’t bake a cake with just flour.
她的母亲不能用面粉做蛋糕。
Alice and Robert walked to school in silence.
爱丽丝和罗伯特默默地走去学校.
Right after school, Alice had to go grocery shopping.
放学后,爱丽丝不得不去买杂货
She waved bye to her friends as she grabbed Robert’s hand.
她在抓住罗伯特的手时向朋友挥手道别.
Her friends had been whispering and quickly stopped when they saw Alice.
她的朋友一直在低声说话,当他们看到爱丽丝时迅速停下来.
Alice wondered if they were talking about her.
爱丽丝想知道他们是不是在谈论她
She hadn’t told them it would be her birthday tomorrow.
她没有告诉他们明天是她的生日。
What was the use?
有什么用吗?
No cake, no party, so no reason to tell her friends.
没有蛋糕,没有聚会, 所以没有理由告诉她的朋友。
Alice wondered if that’s what they were whispering about.
爱丽丝想知道,
Maybe they knew it was her birthday, and they were mad they hadn’t been invited to a party.
或许他们知道这是她的生日,
Alice walked to Main Street, her mood darker than the blackout curtains in her room.
爱丽丝走去主街 她的心情比房间里的窗帘更暗
It took three stores before she found everything on the list.
在她发现清单上的所有东西之前 花了三家商店
Robert had been quiet.
罗伯特一直很安静
He didn’t even complain that the stores did not have his favorite canned peaches.
他甚至没有抱怨商店没有他最喜欢的罐头桃子。
She was thankful.
她感激不尽
On the walk home, Alice and Robert passed an elderly couple sitting on their front porch.
步行回家时,爱丽丝和罗伯特通过一对坐在前廊的老年夫妇.
Alice saw a blue star in their window.
爱丽丝在窗户上看到一颗蓝星.
A blue star meant that a man from that family was a soldier away at war.
一个蓝星意味着一个来自那个家庭的人 是一个士兵 远离战争。
A gold star meant that the soldier had been killed.
一个金星意味着这名士兵被杀死了.
Alice and Robert passed many blue stars.
爱丽丝和罗伯特通过了很多蓝星.
Alice thought of the blue star in their window at home and wished that her father was home safe.
爱丽丝在家中的窗户中想到了蓝星并祝愿她的父亲平安归来.
Chapter Three Alice’s mother was always tired when she got home from work in the evening.
第三章 爱丽丝的母亲晚上下班回家时总是很累.
Alice tried to have dinner ready so her mother could enjoy a bath before they sat down together to eat.
爱丽丝试图准备晚餐,让她的母亲在他们一起坐下吃饭之前享受洗澡.
At dinner, Robert told them about how he and his friends had won the scrap drive.
在晚餐时,罗伯特告诉他们他和他的朋友是如何赢得了废车道.
They had collected more bits of metal and tin foil than any other team.
他们收集了比其他队伍更多的金属和锡纤维。
The metal was used to make materials for the war effort.
该金属被用于为战争努力做材料.
After dinner, Robert played with his toy soldiers as they all listened to the radio, hoping for good news about the war.
晚饭后,罗伯特和玩具士兵一起玩耍,当时他们都听了收音机,希望有关于战争的好消息.
“When is father coming home?”
“父亲何时回家? “
Robert asked.
罗伯特问。
“Soon, dear,” said Mother in a soft voice.
“很快,亲爱的”,母亲以温和的声音说。
Alice knew that her mother missed their father as much as she did.
爱丽丝知道她的母亲像她一样想念他们的父亲.
Alice would not complain about her day to her mother.
爱丽丝不会向母亲抱怨她的一天。
She knew birthdays were small when compared to helping the war effort, but Alice, afraid her disappointment would show, went to bed early.
她知道与帮助战争努力相比,生日是很小的,但爱丽丝担心她失望会表现出来,早起睡觉了.
Upstairs, she cried herself to sleep.
楼上,她哭着睡觉
Chapter Four To Alice’s great surprise, she woke the next morning to the sound of singing.
第四章 国家 让爱丽丝大吃一惊,
Her mother and brother were standing next to her bed, belting out Happy Birthday to You in their loudest voices just as her father would have.
她的母亲和哥哥站在她床边 以她父亲最响亮的声音 为你带去生日快乐
At first, Alice thought she was dreaming.
一开始,爱丽丝认为她在做梦.
But it was really happening.
但它真的发生了。
“You didn’t forget!”
“你没有忘记!”
Alice said happily, sitting up in bed.
爱丽丝说快乐,坐在床上。
“Of course not,” said her mother.
她的母亲说,“当然不是,”
She gave Alice a big birthday hug.
她给爱丽丝一个巨大的生日拥抱.
It was Saturday.
当时是星期六
Alice’s mother did not have to work this weekend, so they all ate their cereal together.
爱丽丝的母亲本周末不必工作,
Alice was much happier that today was her thirteenth birthday.
爱丽丝今天是她十三岁生日的时候 更高兴了
Her blackout curtains no longer reflected her mood.
她的停电窗帘不再反映她的心情.
After breakfast, Mother gave Alice some money so she and Robert could go to the movies.
早餐后,母亲给爱丽丝一些钱,让她和罗伯特可以去看电影.
“It’s a double feature,” Alice’s mother said.
爱丽丝的母亲说,
“Have fun!”
"玩得开心!"
Alice and Robert walked to the movie theater.
爱丽丝和罗伯特走去电影院.
Alice would rather have had a party, but she was happy her mother and brother remembered she turned thirteen today.
爱丽丝宁愿开派对,但她很高兴,她的母亲和哥哥记得她今天已经13岁了.
Alice looked for her friends in the line of people buying tickets, but they were not there.
爱丽丝在买票的人群中寻找她的朋友,但他们不在场.
“That’s strange,” she said to herself.
" 这很奇怪, " 她对自己说。
Usually her friends went to the movies on Saturdays.
通常她的朋友周六去看电影.
Alice wondered if they were having fun without her.
爱丽丝在想 没有她他们是否很开心
If only I was having a birthday party, she thought sadly.
如果我有个生日会,她很难过
She bought two tickets and led her brother inside.
她买了两张入场券,并带她哥哥进去.
Chapter Five As they left the movie theater, Robert said, “Hurry, let’s run home.”
第五章 当他们离开电影院时,罗伯特说道:“快点,我们回家吧。 “
The bright sun hurt Alice’s eyes after being so long in the dark theater.
在黑暗的剧院里呆了这么久,阳光照亮了爱丽丝的眼睛。
“What’s the big rush?”
为何如此匆忙? “
said Alice.
说爱丽丝。
She had enjoyed the movie, but she still felt disappointed that she wasn’t going to have a party.
她很享受这部电影,
Alice knew they did not have the ration stamps for a cake, but a party would have been nice.
爱丽丝知道他们没有 配给邮票的蛋糕, 但聚会会是很好的。
Alice thought about looking for her friends, but then she wondered if they were still her friends after all.
爱丽丝曾想找她的朋友,但后来她怀疑他们是否毕竟还是她的朋友.
Robert had started to run home already, so Alice jogged to catch up to him.
罗伯特已经开始跑回家, 所以爱丽丝慢跑赶上他。
Once home, Robert had left the front door hanging open.
回到家后,罗伯特就把前门挂了起来.
Alice walked in and closed the door behind her.
爱丽丝走入并关闭了她的后门.
The house seemed strangely silent.
房子看起来很沉默
Where was Robert?
罗伯特呢?
Where was her mother?
她妈妈呢?
Alice felt scared.
爱丽丝感到害怕。
The door to the dining room was closed.
餐厅的门是关闭的。
Alice started to push it open.
爱丽丝开始推开它.
“Hello!
“哈罗!
Anybody here?”
有人吗? “
she called out in a curious voice.
她用好奇的声音喊出来
“Surprise!”
“惊喜!”
Alice slowly blinked her eyes as if what she saw would disappear.
爱丽丝慢慢地眨了眼睛 好像她看到的东西会消失
All her friends were standing around the dining table.
她所有的朋友都站在餐桌边
On the table was a big cake with pink frosting.
桌上放着个有粉红色霜冻的大蛋糕.
Alice’s friends sang Happy Birthday to You.
爱丽丝的朋友为你唱了"生日快乐".
“But.
“但是,
how.
怎么样?
I didn’t think.
我没想到。
Alice could barely speak, she was so happy.
爱丽丝几乎不能说话, 她是如此快乐。
“I saved our ration stamps so I could buy enough butter, eggs, and sugar for your cake,” explained Alice’s mother.
“我保存了我们的配给邮票,
“Your friends’ families helped, too.”
" 你的朋友的家人也帮了忙。 “
“We thought you might have guessed what all the whispering was about,” said Alice’s friend Elizabeth.
爱丽丝的朋友伊丽莎白说,
“We were talking about which stamps we still needed for your cake.”
“我们在谈论我们仍然需要哪些邮票作为你的蛋糕。 “
Alice saw a letter next to the cake.
爱丽丝看到蛋糕旁边有封信
“What’s this?”
" 这是什么? “
she asked her mother.
她问了她的母亲。
“Read it,” her mother suggested.
她母亲建议“读一下,”
Alice read the letter.
爱丽丝读了这封信
It was a birthday card from her father.
那是她父亲的生日卡
He was safe.
他当时很安全
Alice was wrong when she thought that turning thirteen was unlucky.
当爱丽丝觉得十三岁不吉利时 她错了