Dinosaur Drawings

恐龍畫

It was the worst morning ever. When Carl woke up, he realized that he didn’t do his astronomy and chemistry homework. Also, the forecast called for rain and that would affect baseball practice. Suddenly, his mother yelled, “Take out the garbage right now!” When Carl returned from taking the garbage outside, he was all wet. “What a terrible day,” he said.

這真是有史以來最糟糕的早晨。醒來的那一刻，卡爾意識到自己的天文學(xué)和化學(xué)作業(yè)都沒做。而且，天氣預(yù)報說會有雨，這會影響排球訓(xùn)練。突然，他聽到媽媽大聲喊：“把垃圾拿出去倒掉！”倒完垃圾回到家里，卡爾全身都濕透了。“真是糟糕的一天，”他說。

He walked to class. He put his umbrella on the shelf and sat in the third row. But the teacher asked why Carl’s umbrella was on the floor. He told her not to blame him. But she sent him to the principal out of spite.

他走到學(xué)校，把雨傘放在架子上，在第三排坐了下來。但是老師卻質(zhì)問他為何把雨傘放在地上。他請求老師不要處罰自己，但老師還是把他帶到了校長室。

Next, he took a geography test. Despite studying, Carl didn’t know the answers. He started drawing lightly on his paper.

接著，他參加了一場地理考試。盡管之前上過課，但他并不會做題。于是他開始在試卷上畫畫。

Carl drew a huge dinosaur. What if it were real? He saw it in his mind. Carl’s class said he was a genius for having a dinosaur. It could interfere with math class, too! Soon, Carl’s fame spread through school.

他畫了一直巨大的恐龍。要是這只恐龍是真了會怎么樣？他在腦海中開始想象。同學(xué)們都說他是個天才，能養(yǎng)恐龍。而且還能應(yīng)對數(shù)學(xué)課！很快，全校同學(xué)都知道了她的名字。

He taught his dinosaur to be very gentle and put it on exhibit. But admission would only be given to those classmates who paid him a fee. His idea was super.

他把恐龍教得很溫和，并放出來展覽。但只有那些付過錢的同學(xué)才能進去看。他的點子真是太棒了。

It’s time to turn in your tests, the teacher said. Carl looked at his paper. As he was dreaming in class, he hadn’t finished the test!

“時間到，交卷，”老師說道。卡爾看了一眼試卷，原來都是一場夢，他因此沒有完成考試！

單詞

admission n.承認

astronomy n.天文學(xué)

blame v.責備

chemistry n.化學(xué)

despite prep.即使，盡管

dinosaur n.恐龍

exhibit n.展覽

fame n.名聲

forecast n.預(yù)測

genius n.天才

gentle adj.溫柔地

geography n.地理

interfere v.干涉

lightly adv.輕輕地

principal n.校長

row n.排，行

shelf n.架子

spite n.不顧；惡意；怨恨

super adj.極好的

wet adj.濕潤的