ARTHUR'S READING RACE

Arthur 亚瑟

D.W. 朵拉

前情提要：亚瑟在学校学会了认字，要教妹妹朵拉读书。朵拉认为自己早已学会认字了。于是两人打赌：如果朵拉能认出十个词，亚瑟就给朵拉买冰激凌。在上一期中，朵拉已经认出了7个词，她能否认出10个词并且得到冰激凌呢？

“Bank,” said D.W. “I have a bank. I hide my money in it so you can’t find it.Bank makes eight words.”

“看，银行，”朵拉说，“我也有个小存钱罐。我把我的零钱放在里面，好让你找不到它们。算上‘银行’，我已经认出八个词语啦。”

“We’re almost home,”said Arthur. “Too bad.You only read eight words. No ice cream for you today.”

“Hold your horses,” said D.W. “I spy…ice cream.Hot dog! I read ten words. Let’s eat!”

“快到家了，”亚瑟说，“真可惜，你只认出八个词语，今天不能给你买冰激凌喽。”

“别忙嘛，”朵拉说，“我看到了……冰激凌，还有热狗！我认出十个词语啦，咱们吃冰激凌去吧！”

D.W. and Arthur ran to the ice cream store.

Arthur bought two big cones.

朵拉和亚瑟跑进冰激凌店。亚瑟买了两个大蛋筒冰激凌。

Strawberry for D.W. and chocolate for himself.

“Yummy,” said D.W.

亚瑟把草莓味儿的给了朵拉，自己留下巧克力味儿的。

“太好吃了！”朵拉咂咂嘴说。

Key points

Hold your horses. 耐心点，别着急。

cone 圆锥体 （此处指蛋筒）

Arthur sat down.

“Sit down with me,” said Arthur,“and I’ll read you my book.”

“No,” said D.W. “I’ll read YOU the book.”

亚瑟坐下来说：“坐我旁边吧，我来给你读书。”

“不，”朵拉说，“我来给你读。”

Arthur shook his head.

“I don’t think so,” he said.

“There are too many words that you don’t know.”

D.W. laughed. “Get up, Arthur.”

“Now I can teach you two words that you don’t know,” said D.W.

“WET PAINT!”

亚瑟摇摇头回答：

“不行，这本书里有很多你不认识的字。”

朵拉“扑哧”一笑，说：“快起来，亚瑟！”

“还是我来给你读四个你不认识的字吧，”朵拉说，“油漆未干！”

Key points

shake 摇晃

Wet paint! 油漆未干！

The End

完结

本栏目选自《亚瑟小子双语阅读系列》，由新疆青少年出版社授权选载。