King Rollo and the New Shoes 皇帝的新鞋

by David Mckee

King Rollo and the New Shoes 皇帝的新鞋

by David Mckee

本篇適合：

朗讀、復述

《皇帝的新裝》這個故事相信很多同學都知道吧？那璇璣姐姐這期就給大家講一講“皇帝的新鞋”吧。

One day King Rollo visited the shoe shop.

Of course, he already had shoes.

He bought himself a new pair of shoes.

Kings have lots of shoes.

But King Rollo’s new shoes were different.

His new shoes had laces.

King Rollo smiled and put on his new shoes.

“Do them up for me,please.” he said to the magician.

“Make a magic spell to do them up,” said King Rollo.

Word Power

lace[le?s] n. 鞋帶（復數：laces）

magician[m?'d????n] n. 魔術師（magic n. 魔術，魔力）

around[?'ra?nd] prep. 在附近

spell[spel] n. 咒語

“A waste of magic.I’ll show you how to do them up,”said the magician.

“Left over right and under and pull.Make a little loop.Now make another.One loop goes over and under the other.”

He repeated it with the other shoe.

“Just practice,”said the magician,as King Rollo went into his room.

Soon strange noises came from the room.

And sometimes a sudden CRASH!Like a thrown shoe.

waste[we?st] n. 浪費

loop[lu?p] n. 圈，環

repeat[r?'pi?t] v. 重復（過去式：repeated）

practice['pr?kt?s] v. 練習

sudden['s?dn] adj. 突然的

crash[kr??] n. 碰撞聲

throw[θr??] v. 投擲（過去分詞：thrown）

“King Rollo has new shoes,” the magician told the cook.

That afternoon Queen Gwen came to have tea with King Rollo.

“Oh,” said Queen Gwen. “I do like your new shoes—they’re lace-ups.

Later the noises were much quieter.

The cook took her to King Rollo’s room just as he came out.

“Yes,” smiled King Rollo, “and I did them up myself.”

中文大意請見第45頁。