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英語小說閱讀(33) 王琴 George’s Marvellous Medicine 8. The Brown Hen (4) It's a circus hen!' Grandma shouted from the rooftop. It's a flipping acrobat!' Now the hen began to grow. George had been waiting for this to happen. It's growing!' he yelled. 'It's growing, Grandma! Look, it's growing!' Bigger and bigger . . . taller and taller it grew. Soon the hen was four or five times its normal size. 'Can you see it, Grandma?!' George shouted. I can see it, boy!' the old girl shouted back. ' I'm watching it!' George was hopping about from one foot to the other with excitement, pointing at the enormous hen and shouting, 'It's had the magic medicine, Grandma, and it's growing just like you did!' But there was a difference between the way the hen was growing and the way Grandma grew. When Grandma grew taller and taller, she got thinner and thinner. The hen didn't. It stayed nice and plump all along. Soon it was taller than George, but it didn't stop there. It went right on growing until it was about as big as a horse. Then it stopped. Doesn't it look marvellous, Grandma!' George shouted. It's not as tall as me!’ Grandma sang out.'Compared with me, that hen is titchy small! I am the tallest of them all!' “這是一只馬戲團母雞！”奶奶從屋頂上大喊，“這是一個翻跟頭的雜技演員！”現在這只母雞開始變大了。 喬治一直在等這一刻。“它在長大！”他大喊，“奶奶，它在長大！看，它真的在長大！” 母雞變得越來越大……越來越高。很快，它的體型就變成了正常大小的四五倍。 “你能看到嗎，奶奶？！”喬治大喊。“我能看見，孩子！”老奶奶回應道，“我正在看著它！” 喬治興奮得從一只腳跳到另一只腳，指著那只巨大的母雞大喊：“它喝了魔法藥水，奶奶，就像你那樣長大啦！” 但母雞長大的方式和奶奶長大的方式有些不同。當奶奶變得越來越高時，她也變得越來越瘦。而母雞卻沒有。它一直保持豐滿。 很快，它比喬治還要高了，但它并沒有停下來。它繼續長啊長，直到大約有一匹馬那么大。然后它停了下來。 “奶奶，它看起來是不是棒極了？”喬治大喊。 “它沒有我高！”奶奶唱著說，“比起我，那只母雞簡直是小不點！我是最高的那個！” New words:： 1. circus - 馬戲團 2. acrobat - 雜技演員 3. plump - 豐滿的 4. titchy - 極小的（俚語） 5. marvellous - 極好的，奇妙的 Questions: 1. What made the hen grow so big? 2. How was the hen's growth different from Grandma's growth? 3.Why do you think George was so excited about the hen growing? 4. What does "titchy small" mean in the story? Key to the questions: 1. The magic medicine. 2. Grandma grew taller and thinner, while the hen stayed plump. 3. Because the hen grew like Grandma after drinking the magic potion. 4. Very small. |
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