She Laughs in English
江苏铜山郑集中学 宋德富
Mary was an English girl. but she lived in Rome. She was six years old. Last year her mother said to her. “You're six years old now, Mary. and you're going to begin going to a school here. You're going to like it very much, because it's a nice school.”
“Is it an English school?” Mary asked.
"Yes. it is." her mother said.
Mary went to the school and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon. Last Monday her mother went to the school at 4 o'clock, and Mary ran out of her classroom.
“We’ve got a new girl in our class today, Mummy,” she said “She is six years old too and she’s veru nice, but she isn’t English. She’s German.”
“Does she speak English?” Mary’s mother asks.
"No. but she laughs in English.' Mary said happily.
Notes:
1. Rome [reum] 罗马（意大利首都）
2. because [bi’koz] conj. 因为
3. enjoy [inˈdʒɔi] vt. 喜欢
4. German [ˈdʒəːmən] n. 德国人
Exercises:
根据故事内容，进行正误判断，正确的划✓，错误的划x。
( ) 1. Mary went to an English school.
( ) 2. She did not like her school.
( ) 3.. Her mother took her to school.
( ) 4. The new girl in Mary's class was English.
( ) 5, The new girl in Mary’s class was German.
( ) 6. The new girl laughed like an English girl.
Key:
1. ✓ 2. x 3. ✓ 4. x 5. ✓ 6. ✓
河南大学外语系《中学英语园地》编辑部
中学英语园地4/1987
