Lesson 119 A true story一個真實的故事
Listen to the tape then answer this question.Who called out to the thieves in the dark?
聽錄音，然后回答問題。誰在暗處對竊賊喊了一聲？
Do you like stories? I want to tell you a true story. It happened to a friend of mine a year ago.
你喜歡聽故事嗎？我要告訴你一個真實的故事。這是一年前發(fā)生在我的一個朋友身上的故事。
While my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves climbed into his kitchen.
當(dāng)我的朋友喬治在床上看書時，兩個小偷爬進了他的廚房。
After they had entered the house, they went into the dining-room. It was very dark, so they turned on a torch.
他們進到屋里后，走進了飯廳。飯廳很暗，于是他們打開了手電筒。
Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them. “What’s up? What’s up?” someone called. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
突然他們聽到身后有聲音?！笆裁词拢渴裁词?？”有人叫著。小偷扔下了手電筒，飛快地逃走了。
George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly.
喬治聽到了響聲，迅速地下了樓。
He turned on the light, but he couldn’t see anyone. The thieves had already gone.
他開了燈，但不見一個人。小偷逃走了。
But George’s parrot, Henry, was still there.
但時喬治的鸚鵡亨利仍在那里。
“What’s up, George?” he called.
“什么事，喬治？”它叫著。
“Nothing, Henry,” George said and smiled. “Go back to sleep.”
“沒事，亨利。”喬治笑著說，“接著睡覺吧。”
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
story
n. 故事
happen
v. 發(fā)生
thief
n. 賊
enter
v. 進入
dark
adj. 黑暗的
torch
n. 手電筒
voice
n. （說話的）聲音
parrot
n. 鸚鵡
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 as quickly as they could是狀語，修飾ran away。第1個as是副詞，第2個as是連詞.引導(dǎo)比較狀語從句。could后省略了run，是“能跑多快就跑多快”的意思。
2 What's up?干什么?有什么事?
3 he called
he指parrot。英語中，動物有時用he或she代替，是“擬人”的寫法。
4 go back to sleep 繼續(xù)睡覺。