Colin Campbell,英语语言教育专家,拥有近三十年的一线英语教学经历,在欧洲各国担任英语教师、教师培训师和顾问。他在意大利和波兰创办语言学校,在意大利一家电视台主持英语学习节目,创作过多部英语学习小说。在“剑桥双语分级阅读.小说馆”系列中,他创作了《彩票风波》《平行世界》等读本。
吴如妹,河北保定市第十七中学英语一级教师。荣获过第六届全国中学英语教师教学技能大赛一等奖、第二届保定市中学英语教师技能大赛一等奖。著有多篇论文,其辅导的学生在国家级、省级英语竞赛中多次获奖。
目錄:
People in the story 故事中的人物 6
Places in the story 故事中的地点 7
Before reading 读前思考 8
Chapter 1 Buying a lottery ticket 买彩票 9
Chapter 2 She’s leaving home 她要离家出走 13
Chapter 3 Winning the lottery 彩票中奖 17
Chapter 4 The taxi 出租车 21
Chapter 5 Trains to Glasgow? 有去格拉斯哥的火车吗? 23
Chapter 6 Rick stops a taxi 里克拦住一辆出租车 25
Chapter 7 Goodbye, lottery ticket 再见了,彩票 29
Chapter 8 Where am I? Who am I? 我在哪儿?我是谁? 32
Chapter 9 It’s like winning the lottery! 就像中了彩票一样! 35
After reading 读后活动 36
Learning guide 学习指导 37
Translation 参考译文 44
內容試閱:
Chapter 1 Buying a lottery ticket
Rick Drummond is going to buy a lottery ticket. He’s walking down the street and listening to music. The music is very loud. Rick is singing as he listens. He walks into an ice-cream shop.
‘Can I help you?’ the shop assistant asks Rick. Rick looks at the man, but he can’t hear him.
‘Sorry?’ Rick says.
The shop assistant writes something and gives it to Rick. It says: TURN YOUR MUSIC OFF!
‘Sorry,’ Rick says. He turns off his music. ‘Can I have a lottery ticket, please?’
The shop assistant smiles. ‘This is an ice-cream shop,’ he says. ‘We don’t sell lottery tickets.’
‘But I always buy my lottery ticket here, from Mr Khan. Where is he?’ says Rick.
‘Mr Khan’s shop is next door and he sells lottery tickets,’ the shop assistant says slowly.
‘Ah, I’ve got the wrong shop. Stupid me!’ says Rick.
‘Well,’ asks the shop assistant, ‘do you want to buy an ice-cream?’
‘No, thank you,’ says Rick. ‘Ice-cream is bad for me. See you.’
‘Why? What do you do?’ the shop assistant asks.
Rick turns and smiles at the man. ‘I play the guitar and I write songs. I’m going to be a famous rock star one day.’
Rick leaves the shop. He’s singing a new song.
‘It’s an ice-cream shop, baby,
You can’t buy a lottery ticket here,
It’s an ice-cream shop, baby,
No lottery tickets here.’
The shop assistant watches him. ‘He can’t sing and he writes stupid songs. He isn’t going to be a rock star!’ He laughs.
第1章 买彩票
里克?德拉蒙德要去买张彩票。他沿着大街边走边听音乐,音乐声音 很大。里克边听边唱。他走进了一家冰激凌店。
“我能为你效劳吗?”售货员问里克。里克看了看那人,但是没听到他 说的是什么。
“你说什么?”里克说道。
售货员写了些什么递给里克。上边写着:“关掉你的音乐!”
“抱歉,”里克说。他把音乐关了。“我能买一张彩票吗,请问?”
售货员笑了。“这是冰激凌店,”他说,“我们不卖彩票。”
“但是我一直在这儿买彩票,从可汗先生那儿。他在哪儿?”里克说。
“可汗先生的店在隔壁,他卖彩票,”售货员慢悠悠地说。
“啊,我走错店了。真傻呀我!”里克说道。
“那么,”售货员问道,“你要买冰激凌吗?”
“不,谢谢,”里克说。“冰激凌对我来说不好。再见。”
“为什么?你是做什么工作的?”售货员问道。
里克转过身朝那人笑了笑。“我弹吉他,也写歌。有朝一日我会成为著名的摇滚明星。”
里克离开了那家店。他唱起了一首新歌:
“这是一家冰激凌店,宝贝,
你不能在这儿买彩票,
这是一家冰激凌店,宝贝,
这里没有彩票。”
售货员注视着他。“他不会唱歌,他写的歌真愚蠢。他成不了摇滚明星!” 他大笑起来。