初级课程第四讲

Peter Pan

Chapter Three:

The Neverland

Wendy, John and Michael fly over cities,towns, mountains, forests and seas. Finally they see an island in the sea belowthem.

"Look, that's Neverland," saysPeter.

"Neverland!" say the children.

In Neverland the Lost Boys live in theforest in a secret underground[1]home. There are six Lost Boys: Slightly Soiled, Tootles, Nibs, Curly and theTwins. They are waiting for Peter.

Suddenly they hear the voices of thepirates. Nibs is very brave[2].He goes out, hides behind a tree and looks around him. He sees the horriblepirates. They are walking in the forest. They are big and ugly[3].Their pirate ship is the Jolly Roger.

The pirates' captain is James Hook. He is acruel pirate and a very bad man. He's got black eyes, black hair and a blackbeard. He hates Peter Pan. He's only got one arm: The other is a hook! In thepast Peter Pan cut[4]off Captain Hook's right arm during a fight. A crocodile[5]ate[6]the arm. Now the crocodile follows Captain Hook everywhere because he wants toeat him. The crocodile has an alarm clock in its stomach! Captain Hook canalways hear it.

"I know the Lost Boys live in thisforest. We must find them and Peter Pan!" says Captain Hook.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock!" CaptainHook hears the alarm clock.

"Oh, no, the crocodile is coming toeat me!" says Captain Hook.

He runs away and the pirates follow him.

Soon some Indians arrive in the forest.They are looking for the pirates. The pirates are their enemy, Tiger Lily istheir leader. She is the beautiful daughter of the Indian chief[7].She loves Peter Pan. Tinker Bell and Wendy love him too.The Indians go away andthe Lost Boys return to play in the forest.

Then Nibs looks at the sky and says, "Look,there is a lovely white bird in the sky."

"Is it really a bird?" the LostBoys ask.

Tinker Bell says, "Yes, yes, it's abird. It's a Wendy bird.You must shoot it!"

Sometimes Tink is a bad fairy. She knows itis Wendy, but she doesn't like her. Nibs takes his bow and arrow and shootsWendy. Poor Wendy falls to the ground. The Lost Boys see Wendy and say,"She's not a bird! She's a lovely girl."

Peter flies down with John and Michael andasks, "Where is Wendy?"

Tootles says, "Here she is."

Peter goes over to her and asks, "Wendy,are you all right?"

Wendy slowly opens her eyes and smiles.

"Yes, but I'm very tired," shesays.

The Lost Boys are sorry. They decide tobuild her a little house. When the house is ready. Wendy says, "What alovely little house! Thank you."

"Can you be our mother now? Can youtell us bedtime stories before we go to bed? " asks Nibs.

"Of course," says Wendy. "Comein and I can tell you the story of Cinderella."

They enter, sit down and listen to Wendy'sstory. It is a wonderful story.

Peter Pan is outside the house with hissword. He wants to protect Wendy and the Lost Boys.

[1]underground:地下的。

[2]brave:勇敢的。

[3]ugly:丑陋的。

[4]cut :动词cut的过去式。

[5]crocodile:鳄鱼。

[6]ate:动词eat的过去式。

[7]chief:领袖,统治者。

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中级第一讲

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 艾丽丝漫游奇境记

Chapter One: Down the Rabbit Hole

It is a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Alice and her sister are sitting by the river. Alice's sister is reading a book. Alice has nothing to do. She looks at her sister's book. There are no pictures in it.

'And what's the use of a book without pictures?' Alice thinks.

It is very, very hot. Alice is sleepy. Suddenly she sees a White Rabbit with pink eyes.

'Oh dear! Oh dear! I'm late!' he says.

The White Rabbit takes a watch out of his pocket and looks at it.

'A rabbit with a watch? That's very strange!' thinks Alice.

Alice follows the Rabbit across a field into a big rabbit hole and down,down, down. Alice falls down quite slowly. Around her she can see bookshelves, maps and pictures. She takes a jar from a shelf. 'Orange Marmalade'. She opens it but it is empty. She puts it back.

Down, down, down. 'I'm getting near the centre of the earth,' says Alice,

'I'll meet people that walk with their heads downwards! I'll ask them:

"Excuse me, is this New Zealand or Australia?'"

Suddenly she stops falling. She stands up quickly. There is a long passage before her. The Rabbit is hurrying down it. 'Oh my ears and whiskers! It's getting so late!'

The Rabbit disappears around a corner. Alice follows him.

Suddenly Alice is standing in a long hall. There are lots of lamps and doors all round the hall, but the doors are locked.

Alice notices a table with three legs in the middle of the hall. It is made of  glass. There is a small, golden key on it.

Alice takes the key and tries to open the doors, but no luck.

Then she looks around and notices a little door behind a curtain. She tries the key and opens the door. She looks inside and sees a beautiful garden.

'I would like to go into that garden,' thinks Alice, but she is too big. She can't get through the door.

'I would like to be smaller, but how?' She locks the little door and puts the key back on the table. There is a bottle on the table.

'I'm sure it wasn't there before,' Alice thinks. There is a label round the bottle. It says: 'Drink Me'.

'Perhaps it's dangerous, ' Alice says. So she tastes a little and she likes it.

She decides to drink it all.

'What a strange feeling!' Alice says, 'I'm getting smaller and smaller. I'm shutting up like a telescope.' And after a few minutes she is only 25 cm tall.

'Now I can go into the garden,' thinks Alice, but the door is locked and the key is on the table. Now she can't reach it.

Poor Alice! What a day!

She is very sad. She starts to cry.

'Stop crying, little Alice. What's the use of crying?' Alice says to herself.

Then she sees a little glass box under the table. She opens the box.

Inside there is a small cake and the words 'EAT ME' on the cake. 'Well, I'll eat it,' says Alice, 'and if it makes me taller I can take the key off the table and if it makes me shorter I can get under the door. I will get into the garden one way or another.'Alice eats the cake but nothing happens this time. She stays the same size;so she finishes the cake.