初級(jí)Peter Pan 終章
Chapter?Seven: Home at Last
At the Darling home, Mr and Mrs Darling andNana are desolate.[1]They always think about Wendy, John and Michael. They look at the three emptybeds and tears come to their eyes. Mr and Mrs Darling never smile or laughanymore.
Mrs Darling sits in the silent nursery andcries. She thinks of her children, their games and their happy voices. Nanatries to comfort[2]her, but nothing can make Mrs Darling happy.
One night after several months somethingincredible[3]happens. Wendy, John and Michael fly into the nursery! Mrs darling is sittingnear the fireplace.
"Mother, Mother we're home!" saysWendy.
Mrs Darling turns around and sees her threedear children.
"Is this true or is it a dream? I can'tbelieve it!" she says.
"Oh, Mother, we are home at last,"the children say.
Wendy, John and Michael embrace theirmother and kiss her.
"How wonderful to see you, my dearchildren! How wonderful to hear your sweet voices. Oh, let me look at you!"She calls Mr Darling. Mr Darling is very happy and surprised.
There is great joy in the Darling nurserytonight.
"Mother," says Wendy, "PeterPan and the Lost Boys are here too. They are waiting outside."
The six Lost Boys slowly enter the nursery.They look at Mrs Darling and smile at her.
"Mother, these are the Lost Boys. Theyhaven't got a mother. Can they stay with us?" says Wendy.
"What dear little boys!" says MrsDarling. "Of course they can stay with us. And where is Peter Pan?"
Peter enters the nursery and says, "Iam here, but I don't want to stay here. I don't want to go to school and I don'twant to grow up! I want to be a young boy forever. I must return to Neverland.I am happy with the Indians and the fairies."
Wendy is surprised and says, "ButPeter, when will I see you again?"
Mrs Darling says, "I have an idea.Wendy, you can visit Peter in Neverland every spring! You can stay there for aweek."
"Can I really go to Neverland everyspring, Mother?" asks Wendy.
Peter looks at Mrs Darling and asks, "Isthat a promise?" "Of course it is," says Mrs Darling.
"Then I want spring to come quickly,"says Peter. "Yes, very quickly," says Wendy.
"Come on, Tink! Let's fly home andwait for spring," says Peter. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell fly out of thenursery window into the night sky. Their destination[4]?Neverland!
[1]desolate:孤獨(dú)凄涼的希痴。
[2]comfort:安慰别瞭。
[3]incredible:難以置信的,不可思議的段只。
[4]destination:目的地访忿。
中級(jí) 愛麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境
Chapter Three: A caucus-Race
After being in the pool Alice and all the animals are wet and cold.
'Why don't we organise a Callcus-Race ? It's the best thing to do ifyou're cold,' says the Dodo.
Alice asks: 'What's a Callcus-Race?'
'I can tell you,' the Dodo replies, 'but the best thing is to do it.'
First the Dodo marks a big circle on the ground and everybody must stand on different parts of the circle. There is no 'one, two, three, go', but they begin running when they like. They stop when they are tired. Only the Dodo knows when the race is finished.
After half an hour they are all dry again and the Dodo shouts: 'The race is over!' The animals sit down in a circle and ask: 'Who's the winner?'
The Dodo is not sure. He sits for a long time with his hand on his head.
At last he says: 'Everybody is the winner and everybody must have a prize'.
The Mouse and the other animals ask: 'Who's giving the prizes?'
'She is,' answers the Dodo looking at Alice.
'Prizes! Prizes!' they all cry.
Alice doesn't know what to do. She puts her hand in her pocket and finds a small box of sweets in it. There is one sweet for each of the birds and animals.
'But she must have a prize too,' says the Mouse.
'Of course,' the Dodo replies, 'Do you have another prize in your pocket?'
he asks. 'I only have the box,' says Alice.
'Give it to me,' says the Dodo.
He takes the box and offers it to Alice: 'Please take this beautiful box with our thanks.'
They are all happy now. The animals start to eat the sweets.
They make a lot of noise. The sweets are too small for the big birds and too big for the small birds. Then the sweets are over and everybody sits quietly again.
Alice says, 'I miss Dinah!'
'Who is Dinah?' asks the Parrot. 'Dinah is our cat. She's very good at catching mice and she eats birds too.'
Everybody is quiet. One by one the birds run away. Alice is alone again.
'Nobody likes Dinah down here but she's so dear to me!' Alice begins to cry. After a while she hears someone coming towards her.
'Perhaps it's the Mouse,' she thinks.
