新課標英語閱讀 23：女孩的鴨子在哪里?
Once there was a little girl. 從前有一個小女孩。
She spent the summer on her grandparents' farm.她花了整個夏天都在她的祖父母的農場。
That year she was three. She knew some yellow ducks with orange feet. 那一年她是三歲。她知道一些黃色與橙色的鴨子的腳。
They lived in a little wooden house near the road. 他們住在一個小木屋在公路附近。
The little girl liked these ducks very much.這個小女孩非常喜歡這些鴨子。
Every day the ducks walked down the road to the pool.每一天,鴨子走在路上到池中。
They went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank 他們進了水。小女孩坐在銀行
and watched them swimming in the pool. 看著他們在池塘里游泳。
The Iittle girl talked to the ducks. They quacked (嘎嘎) back.小女孩跟鴨子。他們quacked(嘎嘎)回來。
Then one day the ducks were gone. 然后有一天,鴨子都不見了。
No one would say anything about them. 沒有人會說些什么。
The IittIe girl was afraid to ask where they had gone. 這個小女孩不敢問他們去那兒。
One night everyone sat down for dinner. 一天晚上每個人都坐下來吃飯。
The food looked like a little duck. 食物看起來像個小鴨子。
The girl didn't want to eat. Can you guess why?這個女孩不想吃。你能猜出為什么?
WORD BANK
wooden/'wudn/adj.木制的
bank n.堤，岸
quack v.(指鴨)
呷呷地叫
be afraid of害怕
