A Magical Book

神奇的書

Sarah loved to read. She read novels and poems. She loved the beautiful descriptions and phrases. She loved reading work from poets and novelists. She didn’t like video games or technology. She was on the basketball team, but she didn’t like sports. Her parents made her play basketball. In fact, Sarah’s parents made her do many things. But she didn’t want to do those things. She just wanted to sit and read all day.

薩拉喜歡閱讀小說(shuō)家和詩(shī)人的作品，她喜歡小說(shuō)里的美妙情節(jié)，也喜歡詩(shī)歌優(yōu)美的詞句。她不喜歡電子游戲和高科技產(chǎn)品。雖然迫于父母的壓力，她加入了籃球隊(duì)，但她并不喜歡體育。事實(shí)上，她父母幫她安排了很多她不情愿做的事情，她只是想坐下來(lái)讀一整天的書。

One day, a small book came in the mail. It was for Sarah. The book looked very special. It was printed on sheets of gold. Sarah began to read. The outline of the story was simple. It was about a magical place. Strange things happened there. One example from the book was about a boy who could control people. In one scene, he made his friends tell funny jokes.

有一天，有人給薩拉寄了一本小小的書。這是一本很特別的書，紙張都是黃金做的。薩拉拿到書開始閱讀。故事很簡(jiǎn)單，講述的是一個(gè)神奇的地方，會(huì)發(fā)生奇怪的事情。故事中有一個(gè)能控制他人的小男孩。故事中有一個(gè)情節(jié)講的是小男孩讓自己的朋友講笑話。

Sarah loved the book. She read it all the time. Then something strange happened. The book gave Sarah a special power. She could control other people. She was like the boy in the book. During one exam, she made her friend tell silly jokes. Her friend got in trouble.

薩拉對(duì)這本書愛不釋手，天天都要拿出來(lái)閱讀。久而久之就發(fā)生了令人奇怪的事情。薩拉從書中獲得了能控制他人的超能力，與書中講述的小男孩擁有的一模一樣。一次考試過(guò)程中，薩拉控制了自己的朋友并讓她講了一個(gè)愚蠢的笑話。她朋友因此而陷入了麻煩當(dāng)中。

After school, Sarah did not make a direct trip home. On the way, she went to the local store. She wanted to play more tricks on people. She caused problems. She made people fall down. She laughed and had fun.
放學(xué)后，薩拉沒有直接回家，而是去了一家當(dāng)?shù)氐纳痰辏驗(yàn)樗胗夼嗟娜恕Ｋo人們制造了很多的麻煩。看到人們摔倒在地后，她卻以此為樂(lè)，大笑不止。

Finally she left and started to walk home. Then she saw something. Her basketball coach was about to walk in front of a bus. He was looking the other way. She had to stop him! She used her power. She controlled him. She made him stop walking.

最后，她離開商店開始往家里走。路上她看見了自己的籃球教練。他走路時(shí)沒留意而差點(diǎn)被車撞上。她必須要讓他停下腳步！她用自己的超能力讓教練停下了腳步。

Sarah learned something that day. It was better to help people than make them suffer. So, she put a limit on how she used her power. She did not want to do bad things with it anymore. She only wanted to do good.

那天，薩拉懂得了一些東西，那就是幫助他人比愚弄他人更好。所以，她限制了自己的超能力使用范圍，不再用它來(lái)干壞事，而是做好事。

單詞

coach n.教練

control v.控制

description n.描述

direct adj.直接的

exam n.考試

example n.例子

limit n.限制

local adj.本地的

magical adj.魔術(shù)的，有魔力的

mail n.郵件

novel n.小說(shuō)

outline n.輪廓，大綱

poet n.詩(shī)人

print v.打印

scene n.場(chǎng)景

sheet n.薄片，紙張

silly adj.愚蠢的

store n.商店

suffer v.遭受，忍受

technology n.科技