Arthur in a Pickle

Arthur 亞瑟D.W. 朵拉

前情提要：沒有按時交作業(yè)的亞瑟第二天早晨要去校長辦公室，他很害怕。晚上，亞瑟做噩夢了。他夢見自己來到了酸黃瓜世界，還被酸黃瓜警察追趕。危急之下，朵拉救了他。然后，他們來到了酸黃瓜鎮(zhèn)……

“Look!” said D.W. “A pickle steeple!”

“Look!” said Arthur. “Pickle people!”

“看！”朵拉說，“酸黃瓜屋頂！”

“看！”亞瑟說，“酸黃瓜人！

“Didn’t do his homework!” said Pickle Nose.

“Lied that he did!” said Pickle Toes.

“他沒有寫完作業(yè)！” 酸黃瓜鼻子先生說。

“他說謊了！” 酸黃瓜腳趾小姐說。

“You’re going to jail, and absolutely no bail! ” shouted Judge Picklepuss.

“我要把你送進監(jiān)獄，不許保釋！”酸黃瓜法官吼叫著說。

Key points steeple 尖頂 jail 監(jiān)禁 absolutely 絕對地 bail 保釋（提供擔保后被釋放）shout 叫喊 judge 法官

The jailer put Arthur on a pickle diet, and every day he said, “Just try it.”

監(jiān)獄長天天給亞瑟吃用酸黃瓜做成的食物，每次他都說：“嘗嘗看吧。”

“Let me out! Don’t be so mean. I’ve had it,”moaned Arthur. “I’m turning green.”

“放我出去！你們這些壞蛋！我受夠了！”亞瑟大喊，“我都快變成酸黃瓜了！”

Key points jailer 監(jiān)獄看守 diet 日常飲食 moan 抱怨 turn 轉變

Suddenly, Arthur woke up.

He went to his desk, opened his book, and did his homework.

突然，亞瑟醒了過來。

他走到書桌前，翻開書本，寫起作業(yè)來。

At school, Arthur went right to the principal’s of fi ce.

“I cannot tell a lie,” he said.

“My dog did not eat my homework.

I did not do my homework.

But here it is now. I’m sorry.”

The principal smiled. “Well, thank you, Arthur,” he said.

第二天一早，亞瑟來到校長辦公室。

“我不該說謊，”他說，“我的小狗沒有吃掉我的作業(yè)，是我自己沒有做作業(yè)，不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)做完了。對不起。”

“很好，謝謝你，亞瑟。”校長微笑著回應。

Arthur felt great all day, until he asked,

“What’s for dinner?” and Dad said,“Pickled cabbage!”

整整一天，亞瑟都很開心，直到晚飯時候，他問爸爸：“我們吃什么？”

“酸白菜！”爸爸回答。

Key points principal 校長；負責人 lie 謊言feel 感覺 cabbage 洋白菜（卷心菜）

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