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Unit16

What's your middle name?

William: Is there something wrong, Karen?

Karen: It's OK. I'm being silly.

William: That's impossible. You're never silly.

Karen: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!

Karen: I did something very silly this morning. I picked up some shopping in town.

Karen: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive. I unlocked the house with my house keys.

Karen: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.

Karen: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.

William: And where were they?

Karen: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger. William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!

译文

威廉：如何了，卡伦？

卡伦：没什么。我真傻。

威廉：不可能，你不傻啊。

卡伦：唉，我是的！我一直非常傻。相信我！

卡伦：我今天早上做了非常傻的事。我到城里购物。

卡伦：大约10点钟我开车回家，把车停在了车道上。我用家门钥匙开了家门。

卡伦：然后黛西打了我的手机，大家讨论周末的事，讨论周日的计划。然后挂了电话。

卡伦：然后我找我的车钥匙，在提包里找、在上衣里找、在厨房里找，到处都找遍了。

威廉：钥匙在哪？

卡伦：就在我手里！钥匙环就套在我的小手指上。威廉，“傻”是我的中名！

Unit17

A cuckoo in the nest

Paul's father. Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.

Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on.

Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived.

It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appeared in the nest.

The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there.

The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.

After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.

Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cuckoo picked up the other eggs easily with itsback, and pushed them out of the nest.

The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous!

On 6th May. it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over. 5月6号，

Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course!

译文

保罗的父亲，肯·布鲁斯是一名工程师，他也是观鸟喜好者。

去年春季，花园里来了两只小鸟。肯安了一台互联网摄像机，并让邻居上网观看。

大伙都非常有兴趣。不久，出现了一个小鸟窝，然后又来了一只鸟。

它是一只布谷鸟。布谷鸟耐心地察看着。之后鸟窝里出现了3个鸟蛋。

布谷鸟等待着，忽然，她的机会来了。鸟母亲不在窝里。

布谷鸟冲向鸟窝。两分钟后，3个蛋旁边多了一个蛋。

12天后，小布谷鸟孵出来了，小鸟急忙给它找食。

肯的邻居们非常激动地察看着小布谷鸟用背部随便抬起另外3个蛋，把它们推出了鸟窝。

小鸟回来了，把食物塞进了小布谷鸟的嘴里。20天后，小布谷鸟长得很大了。

它展开翅膀，一会儿，鸟窝空了。表演结束。

当然，目前肯的邻居都成了观鸟喜好者了！