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典范英语
7-10
Jem Stone Genie--- the Crash
精灵简姆斯通撞击事件
1 Test
time at the Three Wishes School
It was test time
again
又到考试时间了
at
the Three Wishes School for genies
在
为精灵开办的三愿学校
.
Miss
Genius
put
a
pile
of
一叠
test
papers
试卷
in
her
cupboard
橱柜
. Then
she beamed at the
class
冲着全班眉开眼笑
.
?
tomorrow is your
end of
year test
年
终考试
,
?
she said.
?
work hard
认真做
and
don
?
t
worry. Then
you
will all pass
合格
.
?
Jem Stone
groaned
呻吟了一声
.
He
?
d forgotten all about
把
...
忘得
一干二净
the test. Flying was sure
to come up in the test
考试肯定会考飞翔
and his
magic carpet
魔毯
had a hole in
it
上面有个洞
.
He
?
d been meaning
他老早就想
to
fix
it
把它修理好
for ages.
Now he
?
d have to spend all
evening mending the
hole
花
一整夜去补那个洞
.
He
wouldn
?
t
have
time
to
practise
for
the
test
准备考试
.
But
there was worse to
come
更糟的还在后头
.
?
today we are going to
practise flying our carpets
魔毯飞行
< br>,
?
said Miss Genius.
?
line up at the window
在窗边排好队
with
your
carpets, class
同学们
.
?
Pearl stood
up
and
accidentally-on-purpose
有意无意地
trod
on
Jem
?
s
foot.
?
Ouch!
哎呀
?
he
cried.
?
Look
out
小心点
,
clumsy
clogs
笨手笨脚的
木头鞋
!
?
?
Me?
Clumsy?
?
said
Pearl,
spitefully
鄙视地
,
?
you
?
re
the
most
clumsy
genie
in
the
whole
of the
school,
Jem
Stone.
?
Jem
frowned
皱起了眉头
. It was true.
He didn
?
t
mean
不是有意要
to be
clumsy, but he did have a lot of
accidents
出了许多事故
. Only last
week
就在上个星
期
,
he
?
d fallen into the lake
when the class were learning about
frog.
上青蛙课
?
Don
?
t
listen to Pearl,
?
said Pebble, kindly.
Pebble was
Jem
?
s best friend and she
didn
?
t like Pearl at
all
根本
. Miss Genius
frowned at Jem and Pebble.
?
No
talking
?
Miss Genius went on
,
?
Pearl. Thank you for
tidying up
收拾
my room after
class
课后
, yesterday. You can
go first.
?
Pearl
smirked
得意地笑
.
?
Out of my
way
别挡道
,
?
she said.
?
Teacher
?
s
pet
老师的哈巴狗
,
?
hissed
压低嗓门说
Jem.
?
Don
?
t
listen to her,
?
said Pebble.
?
She
?
s not worth it.
她不值得
听
?
Pearl had the best magic carpet in the school but
she wasn
?
t very good at
flying.
She almost bumped
into
撞上
the window
when she flew out of the classroom. Her
carpet
wobbled
摇摇晃晃
and
then she was gone.
?
I
can
catch
her,
easy <
/p>
peasy,
小菜一碟
?
said
Jem.
He
jumped
onto
his
carpet,
and shouted,
?
fly
?
?
Mind
当心
that hole!
?
Pebble told him.
?
I will
?
said Jem, and he
whizzed
嗖的一声
out of the window.
2 Jem gets into
trouble
遇到麻烦
Jem
?
s old carpet
could not fly as fast as
Pearl
?
s
posh
时髦的
new one,
and the
hole made it even slower. But
Jem was much better at flying than Pearl and soon
he
was
just
behind
her.
He
was
getting
ready
to
overtake
超车
,
when
Pearl
flew
her
carpet in front of him.
?
Oi!
嘿
?
shouted Jem.
?
Look out!
I
?
m trying to get
past.
过去
?
But Pearl
wouldn
?
t move out of the
way
就是不愿让出道
. When Jem flew
left, she
flew left, too. When Jem flew
right, Pearl flew right. When Jem flew up, Pearl
flew up.
Then
Jem
had
a
clever
idea
想出一个妙招
.
He
would
fly
under
Pearl
?
s
carpet!
It
would
be dangerous but Jem hoped he could do
it
成功
.
?
Carpet, fly
down,
?
he said.
Pearl heard him and grinning
咧着嘴笑
spitefully, she flew her
carpet down, too. Jem
tried to fly down
even faster, so Pearl
wouldn
?
t
hit
撞上了
him. But
his foot got stuck