The Camp

夏令營

Stacie wanted to stay at a nice hotel for vacation. But her parents sent her to a terrible camp instead. For breakfast, Stacie liked fresh juice and chocolate milk, but she got water at the camp. In the afternoon she wanted to write poems, but she had to swim. The camp was near an airport with loud planes. Spider webs hung over her bed. To her, the kids’ average behavior was very bad. No girl matched her personality. She hated it.

史黛西本想找個好酒店好好享受假期，沒想到她爸媽卻給她報名了夏令營。史黛西早餐喜歡喝巧克力牛奶和鮮榨果汁，但在營里時早上只能喝水。到了下午，她想寫幾首詩，但卻又不得不跟著去游泳。營地靠近一個大機場。她睡覺的地方懸掛著蜘蛛網。在她眼里，其他小孩得表現都很差，沒有一個人能與她合得來。所以她討厭這里。

One day, they had a class. Mental exercise sounded good to Stacie. But it was a course on water safety. They learned how to be safe passengers on a boat. Stacie didn’t ever plan to go on a boat.

一天，他們上了一堂課。史黛西喜歡動腦筋，但這節課講的是水上安全。他們學著如何在船上保持安全。史黛西卻根本沒打算上船。

The next day, they played a game. There were a red team and a blue team. Stacie was on the blue team. Each team had to try to remove the other team’s flag from a pole. They also had to use water guns. “I’m not much of an athlete,”she said. But she still had to play.

第二天，他們分成紅隊和藍隊兩組玩了一個游戲。史黛西被分在了藍隊。兩隊只要努力把對方旗桿上的旗子摘掉就算贏。玩這個游戲要用到水槍。“我不擅長運動，”她說。但她還是得一起參與游戲。

Stacie took a water gun and looked for somewhere to hide. A boy said, “Stacie, you advance to the middle. I will go right. Those two will go left.”

史黛西拿了一把水槍，找了一個地方躲了起來。一個男孩說：“史黛西，你從中部突進，我從右側迂回，剩下兩人從左側包抄。”

Stacie still didn’t want to play. She walked into the forest and saw a red team player coming. Stacie hid behind a tree and then jumped out and shot the other player. “This is fun!” Stacie thought.

史黛西還是不想參與。她走進林子，發現對面來了一個紅隊隊員。她躲在一棵樹后面，等對方走近突然跳出來開槍射擊。她心想：“這還挺有趣的！”

Several minutes after advancing further, Stacie saw the red flag. A red team member was watching over it. She shot him with her water gun. Then she lowered the flag and ran back to her team.”I got it!” she yelled. The blue team won! Stacie was the hero.

向前推進幾分鐘后，史黛西看見了對方的旗子。對方派了一個人守護旗子。她用水槍打了對方隊員，然后拿下旗子跑回自己隊伍中。“我拿到旗子了！”她喊道。藍隊贏得了比賽！史黛西成了藍隊的英雄。

For the rest of the week, Stacie had fun. She even made new friends.

接下來的幾天，史黛西過得很開心，還結交了新朋友。

單詞

advance v.前進

athlete n.運動員

average adj.平均的，普通的

behavior n.行為

behind prep.在…后面

course n.課程

lower v.減弱，減少

match v.匹配

member n.成員

mental adj.腦力的

passenger n.乘客

personality n.個性，品格

poem n.詩歌

pole n.桿，極點

remove v.移動

safety n.安全

shoot v.射擊

sound v.發出聲響

swim v.游泳

web n.網