Learn a Second Language

◎供稿：游 鵬

There was once a young mouse that lived in a hole in a wall. One day, the young mousewoke upfrom his sleep andlooked out ofthe hole. As he looked out, a beautiful smell came into his nose. “Cheese” the mouse said happily to himself, “I’ll go and get it now and have it for breakfast”

But then he remembered his parent’s words. His parents were very1)wisemice and often said to their son, “Always wait before you go for a piece of cheese.”

So the young mouse waited quietly. Then he heard quiet “Miaow” and he knew the cat was there. So he stayed in the hole and said to himself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned to wait.”

The next day, he looked out again. He put his nose out of the hole, and the beautiful smell of cheese came to his nose again. He could see the cheese. It was only a few2)centimetersaway. But he sat still and waited quietly. This time he did not hear any cat noises. Instead he heard a very quiet “Woof, woof”.

“It’s a dog!” he thought, “If the dog is there,the cat won’t be there. I3)expectthe dog haschasedthe cataway. So l’m safe.” The mouse ran out of the hole and started eating the cheese. He did not see the cat, which caught him and ate him. When the cat finished her meal, she said to herself, “I’m glad I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”

1) wise [wa?z] adj.聰明的

2) centimeter ['senti.mi:t?] n. 厘米

3) expect [?k'spekt] v. 預料

詞組加油站

look out of 向外看

wake up 醒來

chase sb. away 追趕某人

參考譯文

墻洞里住著一只小老鼠。一天，小老鼠一覺醒來，向洞外東張西望。正在這時，一股香味撲鼻而來，“奶酪! ”小老鼠開心地想，“我要去把它拿來做早餐。”

但此時他想起了他父母說過的話。他的父母非常聰明，經常對兒子說：“去吃奶酪前一定要先等等。”

因此小老鼠就安靜地等著。這時，他聽到一聲很輕的“喵”，他知道貓在那里。他待在洞里，暗想：“幸好聽了父母的話，學會了等待。”

第二天，小老鼠又向洞外張望，他把鼻子伸出了洞，美妙的奶酪味道鉆進了他的鼻孔。他能看見奶酪就放在幾厘米以外的地方，但是他安靜地坐在洞里等著。這一次，他沒聽見貓叫，取而代之的是輕輕狗叫，“汪!汪!”

小老鼠想：“原來是狗，如果狗在那兒，貓一定不在。估計狗把貓趕走了，這樣我就安全了。”小老鼠跑出洞，開始吃奶酪。他沒有看見貓，結果，被貓逮住吃掉了。貓享受完美餐，心想：“多虧我聽了父母的話，學會了另一門語言。”

語法

As he looked out, a beautiful smell came to his nose.

當smell表示“聞起來……”時是動詞，后面通常接形容詞而不接副詞。當smell表示發出“難聞的氣味”時，后面可以接形容詞或副詞。這里smell是名詞，意為“氣味；香味”。