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最近借了堂妹國小時期的佳音課本
小孩子的英文課本真是有趣多了
我把其中一篇貼出來與大家分享

書名:Joy of Learning ─Book 10 U20


The Ghost King
鬼王

It was a dark and stormy night. Elvis dreamed he was walking in a large house that was made of glass. A strange light came to him. Slowly, the light turned into a…. ghost!The ghost was wearing a beautiful, gold crown. “What are you doing in my dream?” the ghost said.
“Your dream?” said Elvis. “This is my dream!”
The ghost king smiled and spoke quietly.
“Listen carefully. I’m the Ghost King. I’m going to tell you a riddle:
A great treasure is waiting for you.
Do you know what to do?
At 7:00, two shadows will meet.
A great treasure will be at your feet!”
Then the ghost king quietly and gracefully disappeared. It was very dark.

那是一個黑暗的暴風雨之夜,艾維斯夢見他走在一棟玻璃做的大房子裡。一團奇怪的光走近他,慢慢地,那團光變成了----鬼!那隻鬼頭上戴著一頂美麗的皇冠。「你在我的夢裡做什麼?」鬼說。
「你的夢?」艾維斯說。「這是我的夢!」
鬼王微笑著輕聲說:
「仔細聽著,我是鬼王,我將讓你猜個謎語:
大筆寶藏在等待,
你知你該怎麼辦?
兩影交會在七點,
大筆寶藏在腳邊。」
鬼王靜靜地,優雅地消失了。一切都變得很黑暗。

When Elvis woke up he was very excited. He looked at the clock.“Oh no! It’s 6:59!”Elvis didn’t know what to do. Outside, the sun was just coming up.“ Shadows!” he shouted, and he ran out into the backyard. There he saw something very strange. In the early morning sunlight, the shadows of two large trees met. They made an X on the ground in front of him.
Elvis quickly put his hands on the ground and dug. He dug further and further down. Finally, he felt something very strange. He dug a little more. “A gold crown!” Elvis picked up the crown and put it on his head. He ran into his house and looked at himself in the mirror.“ This crown looks great on me. I look like a real king.” Elvis felt different today. He felt powerful.

艾維斯醒來的時候很興奮,他看了一下鐘,「哦,不好了,六點五十九分了!」艾維斯不知道該怎麼辦才好。窗外,太陽正在升起。「影子!」他大叫,跑到後院去,在那裡他看見一件奇怪的事,早晨的陽光使兩棵大樹的影子交叉,在他面前的地上形成一個「X」。
艾維斯馬上用手在地上挖,他愈挖愈深,終於,他摸到一個奇怪的東西。他再挖下去一些,「一頂金皇冠!」艾維斯拿起皇冠,然後戴在自己頭上。
他跑進屋內照鏡子,「我戴皇冠很好看,看起來像真的國王一樣。」這天,艾維斯覺得和以往不一樣,他覺得很有力量。

“I think I’ll buy myself some ice cream.”He walked into a small store and asked the clerk,” “How much is an ice cream cone?”
“75¢”
“That’s too expensive for me,”Elvis said. “I want to pay 50¢.”
“Okay,” the clerk said.
“Really?” Elvis asked. “Wait! I don’t want to pay for it!”
“Okay,” the clerk said.
While he was eating his ice cream, he thought to himself. “This is a magic crown! I have an idea! ”He laughed and ran to the playground.
When he arrived he saw many kids playing baseball. “I want you all to play soccer with me. I’m not asking you to do it. I’m not telling you to do it. I’m ordering you to do it!” he screamed.
They all started to play soccer with him.
While they were playing soccer, Elvis kicked the ball.“All right!” he yelled. “It went in. I got one point.”
It didn’t really go in, but everyone agreed with him.
They played all day. Elvis played terribly, but he won every game.

「我想給自己買些冰淇淋。」他走進一間小店問店員:「冰淇淋甜筒一個多少?」
「75分。」
「太貴了,」艾維斯說:「我只想付50分好嗎?」
「沒問題!」店員說。
「真的?」艾維斯問:「等一下!我不想付錢。」
「沒問題!」店員說。
艾維斯邊吃冰淇淋邊想:「這是一頂魔術皇冠!我有個好主意!」他大笑,跑到遊樂場。
當他到達遊樂場的時候,他看到很多小孩在打棒球。「我要你們全部陪我玩足球。我不是要求你們,我也不是告訴你們,我是命令你們!」他大叫。
所有小孩開始陪他踢足球。
當他們玩球的時候,艾維斯踢了一球。「太好了!」他大喊:「球進了。我得一分!」
事實上並沒有進球,但大家都同意他的話。
他們玩了一整天,艾維斯踢得很糟,但是每一場他都贏。

Elvis used the crown to get everything he wanted. Soon, he was very rich. He bought every video game in the world and played them all day long. He told his friends to make his bed and clean his room.
Then one day, when he woke up, he felt terrible. He told his mother and father to buy him some medicine, but he still felt terrible.
“I know why I feel so bad!” he said to himself. “I’m bored! I’m not having fun anymore!”
He told his friends to come to his house and sing and dance, but he was still bored. He bought one hundred new T.V.s, but he was still bored.
King Elvis walked by himself on the playground. While he was walking, he said to himself,“I don’t want to be King Elvis. And I don’t want to wear this stupid crown.” He touched the crown. It was cold. He tried to take it off but he couldn’t move it. He was a little scared. He tried and tried, but he couldn’t take it off!

艾維斯利用那頂皇冠得到所有他想要的東西。很快地,他變得非常富有。他買下全世界的電動玩具,整天不停地玩。他叫他朋友們幫他鋪床、整理房間。
直到有一天他起床,他覺得很難過。他叫他爸媽幫他買一些藥,但是他仍然覺得難過。
「我知道我為什麼覺得這麼不舒服了!」他告訴自己:「我太無聊了!我不再覺得有什麼好玩的了!」
他叫他的朋友們來他家唱歌跳舞,可是他還是覺得無聊。他買了一百台新電視,但他還是覺得無聊。
艾維斯國王一個人走在遊樂場上,踢著地上的小石子。他邊走邊告訴自己:「我不想當艾維斯國王,也不想戴這頂笨皇冠!」他摸摸皇冠,它很冰涼。他試著將它拿下來,可是他脫不下來。他覺得有點害怕,他一試再試,就是無法將它脫掉!
 
Elvis fell asleep very late that night. He dreamed he was in the glass house again. When he was walking, he tripped and fell-through the wall! He looked at the wall. It wasn’t broken! He looked at his hand. He could see through it!
Now Elvis was very scared.
“Oh no!” he screamed. ” “I’m the Ghost King.”
Suddenly, everything became dark. Elvis was very sad and cried. “ I don’t want to be the Ghost King forever! I don’t want to tell people to do things! I don’t want to be rich!” he said. He looked up and saw a young woman.
“What are you doing in my dream?” said Elvis.
“Your dream?” said the young woman.“This is my dream!”
Elvis smiled and spoke quietly.
“Listen carefully. I’m the Ghost King…”

那天晚上艾維斯很晚才睡著。他又夢見他在那棟大玻璃屋內,他走著走著,忽然絆了一跤穿過牆!他看了牆,牆並沒有破!他看了看自己的手,他竟然可以看穿它。
現在艾維斯覺得很害怕。
「不好了!」他尖叫:「我是鬼王!」
突然間,一切都變得很黑暗。艾維斯很傷心,哭道:「我不願意永遠當鬼王!我不想再叫別人照我的話去做!我再也不要當有錢人了!」
當他抬起頭,他看到一個年輕的女人。「你在我的夢裡做什麼?」艾維斯說。
「你的夢?」這年輕女人說。「這是我的夢!」
艾維斯微笑著且輕聲說:
「仔細聽著,我是鬼王……。」
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