Yet with all of these things there must have been a first time. 可是这一切必定有过第一次出现的时候。 Someone must have made the discovery. 这必定是某个人发明的。 Isn't it an amazing thought that, one day, a prehistoric ma
Of course animals also make noises they can cry out when they feel pain and make warning calls when danger threatens, 当然动物在感到疼痛时也会叫喊,在有危险时发出报警呼喊声, but they don't have names for things as human b
Rather like when we say 'Talk of the devil!' when someone we've been talking about turns up unexpectedly. 就像我们说:说曹操, 曹操到。的时候,当我们正在谈论的人意外出现。 After all, these animals were their prey, and wi
But people didn't yet know how to build houses. 但是人们当时还不知道如何建造房屋。 Not a pleasant thought, since at that time it was often intensely cold at certain periods far colder than today. 一想到这点令人很不愉快,因
If you had asked her about her goals for her children, she would have said she wanted us out of there, my mother recalls. 我的母亲回忆说:如果你问她对女儿们的期望,她会说她希望我们离开这里, She didn't feel that Jama
In 1935, for example, when my mother and her sister were four, a historian named William M. MacMillan came to visit Jamaica. 例如,在1935年,我的母亲和她的妹妹才4岁时,一个名叫威廉姆麦克米兰的历史学家访问牙买加,
A year after MacMillan published his book, a wave of riots and unrest swept the Caribbean. 在麦克米兰的书出版一年后,动乱席卷了整个加勒比海。 Fourteen people were killed and fifty-nine injured in Trinidad. Fourteen were kille
Whoops, said Dexter. 哎哟,德克斯特说。 It was Fox's turn to appear. Suddenly it began to rain. 轮到小狐上场了,可天空突然下起雨来。 Fox's beautiful paper costume fell apart in front of everyone. 小狐漂亮的纸质戏服被
FOX ON THE JOB 小狐打工 Fox liked to show off for the girls. 小狐喜欢在女孩子面前炫耀。 Oh, my! said the girls. 哦,天啊!女孩们说。 One day Fox showed off just a little too much. 一天小狐炫耀过头了。 Look out! cr
And he went to his little sister. 他去找他的妹妹。 Louise, dear, said Fox. 亲爱的露易丝,小狐说。 But Louise would not help. 但是露易丝不肯帮忙。 I'll scream! she said. 我会叫的!她说。 I won't forget this, said F
Fox went to the park and sat down on a bench. 小狐来到公园坐在公园的长凳上。 This is awful! he said. 太糟糕了! 他说。 Today is Saturday. But there is no one to have fun with. No one at all. 今天可是星期六,可是一个玩
Oh, dear, said Fox. This is very serious. 哦,天啊, 小狐说,这下事态严重了。 Fox left the park. 小狐走出公园。 Mom will be really mad. I have lost Louise! 妈妈会发疯的,我竟然把露易丝给弄丢了! Yoo-hoo, sai
I don't like high places, he said. 我恐高啊, 小狐说。 Fox and Louise came down the telephone pole together. 小狐和露易丝一起爬下电线杆。 You are trouble, said Fox. 你真会惹麻烦, 小狐说。 On the way home Fox had a t
And? said Mom. 然后呢? 妈妈说。 And Fox bought me an ice cream cone, said Louise. 然后哥哥给我买了个冰激凌甜筒, 露易丝说。 And? said Mom. 然后呢? 妈妈说。 And then we came home, said Louise. 然后我们就回家啦
FOX ALL WET 小狐成了落汤鸡 When Fox got home from school, Mom had a surprise for him. 当小狐离开学校回到家里时妈妈给了他一个意外。 This afternoon you must take care of Louise, she said. 这个下午你要照看露易丝,
Who's the kid? asked Carmen. 这小孩是谁? 卡门问道。 Don't mind her, said Fox. 不用管她, 小狐说。 Last one in the pool is the monkey's uncle! said Dexter. 最后一个进到游泳池的就是猴子他叔! 德克斯特大喊道。
We weren't watching, said Carmen. 我们不注意的时候, 卡门说。 Come down right now! said Fox. 赶紧给我下来! 小狐说。 Come and get me, said Louise. 来抓我呀, 露易丝说。 You'll be sorry when I do! said Fox. Fox climbe
Everyone is watching! said Fox. 大家都看着呢, 小狐说。 We're waiting! said Dexter. 我们等着呢, 德克斯特说。 It's now or never, said Fox. 就现在以后想都别想, 小狐说着。 He closed his eyes. And he jumped. 闭上眼
FOX ON DUTY 小狐值勤 Fox liked being on traffic patrol. 小狐喜欢当交通巡逻员。 His job was helping folks across the street. 他的工作就是帮助大家过马路。 He did it very well. Every day Fox helped an old dog to cross. 他做得
But I don't have a suit, said Fox. 但是我没穿泳衣, 小狐说。 That's okay, said his friends. 没关系, 他的朋友们说, We won't look. 我们不会看你的。 So Fox put down his sign and went with his friends. 于是小狐放下指
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