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原版英文故事与诗歌:Elephants, Bananas and Aunty Et

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Elephants, Bananas and Aunty Ethelby Chris RoseSo, I was walking along the street, on my way to work, as usual, but for some reason I was in a hurry. I wasn’t really sure why I was in a hurry. And then I realised that I was holding a banana in my hand. I didn’t know why I was holding a banana in my hand, but I knew that the banana was really important for some reason. The banana had something to do with the reason that I was late, and in a hurry. It was a really important banana, only I didn’t know why the banana was so important. Then I met my Aunty Ethel on the street corner. It was strange, because I hadn’t seen Aunty Ethel for about twenty years.
“Hello! I said to her. “I haven’t seen you for about twenty years!”
I was really surprised to see her, but she didn’t seem surprised to see me.
“Be careful with that banana!” she said. And I laughed, because I knew that it was a really important banana, and yes, I had to be careful with it. Aunty Ethel decided1 to walk to work with me, which was a problem because I was late and in a hurry, and she walked really, really slowly. Then, when we went round the corner, there was an elephant blocking the street. It depends where you live, I guess, but in Manchester it’s pretty strange to see an elephant blocking the street. The strange thing was, though, that I wasn’t really that surprised. ”Oh no!” I was thinking, “Another elephant blocking the street…what a pain! Especially this morning when I’m late and in a hurry, and with Aunty Ethel, and this really important banana…” Then I started to get really worried, and then…I woke up.

I breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness2 for that” I thought. How strange dreams are…I wonder why I was dreaming about elephants and bananas and Aunty Ethel. The radio was already on. The radio comes on automatically3 at 7 o’clock, to wake me up. I looked at the clock. It was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could hear the news on the radio. I couldn’t hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant who had escaped from a local circus. The elephant was causing a lot of trouble walking around the town. I thought this was an incredible4 coincidence, but then I realised that I had probably heard the news story on the radio when I was half-asleep. That was why I was dreaming about an elephant. I quickly got dressed and went into the kitchen to get some coffee before I went to work. I work for a film company. We get ideas for films and filmscripts, then we try to produce the films. I thought a film about an elephant in Manchester would be great.

There was a note on the kitchen table. It was from my wife. “Don’t forget to buy bananas on your way home from work today!!!” it said. It was a good job she had written the note, because I had completely5 forgotten about the fact that she has to eat a lot of bananas because of the crazy diet she’s on at the moment. I tried to remember to buy bananas on my way home from work, and rushed out of the house. As I was walking down the road my mobile6 rang. It was my mum.
“Hello mum!” I said. “What are you ringing at this time for?”
“I’ve got some sad news, I’m afraid, love” she said. “Do you remember your Aunty Ethel?”
“Just about” I said, “But I haven’t seen Aunty Ethel for about twenty years"
“Yes, well she was very old…and I’m afraid she died last night. She’d been very ill…I told you a couple of weeks ago…”
“That’s sad” I said.

So there I was, walking down the street, late for work, thinking about Aunty Ethel and bananas and elephants, and of course I realised that it was all exactly the same as my dream. And as I started to think more about this, I realised I was walking more and more slowly, and I looked down and saw that the street was turning into hot, wet, sticky7 toffee, and it was sticking to my shoes, and the quicker I tried to walk, the slower I went. I looked at my watch and saw that my watch was going backwards8. “That’s ok” I was thinking. “If my watch is going backwards, then it means9 that it’s early, and not late, so I’m not late for work at all…” and then I woke up. Again.

Now this was strange. This was very, very strange. I got up and pinched11 myself to make sure I was really awake this time. “Ouch!” The pinch10 hurt. This meant I really was awake, and not dreaming this time. It was early. I wasn’t late. The radio alarm clock hadn’t come on yet. It was only half past six. My wife was still at home.
“Have you got enough bananas?” I asked her. She looked at me as if I was crazy.
“What do you mean ‘bananas’”? she asked.
“I thought you had to eat lots of bananas for your special diet…”
“I have no idea what you’re on about!” she said. “Why, do you think I need to go on a diet? Do you mean that I’m fat?”
“No, no, no…not at all…by the way…have you heard anything about an elephant?”
“An elephant?”
“Yes, an elephant which has escaped from a circus…”
“We live in Manchester. There aren’t any circuses in Manchester. And there certainly aren’t any elephants. Listen, are you suffering from stress or something? You’re working too hard on that new film you’re trying to produce, aren’t you? Perhaps you should just stay at home today, take it easy…”
“Perhaps you’re right” I said. “I’ll just phone my mum..”
“Why do you need to phone your mum at half past six in the morning?”
“Oh…nothing important…” I said.
“Well, I’m off to work. See you later, and take it easy today, ok?”
“OK!”

I phoned my mum.
“Hello mum!”
“Hello love. What are you calling this early for?”
“Do you remember Aunty Ethel?”
“Of course I do…but I haven’t seen her for about twenty years or so…”
“How is she?”
“I’ve got no idea. Why on earth are you worried about your Aunty Ethel who you haven’t seen for twenty years?”
“Oh nothing…bye!”

I made a cup of tea and went back to bed. Perhaps my wife was right. Perhaps I should just relax and take it easy today. I phoned up my boss.
“Listen” I said. “I’m not feeling too good today…perhaps too much stress with the production schedule of the new film project…”
“That’s a shame” said my boss. “We’ve just got a really exciting new idea for a film…I wanted to talk to you about it today. It’s a kind of action movie. It’s a great story. You have to hear this – an elephant escapes from a circus in a big city, and it has eaten some strange, radioactive12 bananas, so it’s going completely crazy. They eventually manage to stop the elephant by covering all the streets with sticky toffee, so that it can’t walk!”
“I see” I said. “And where does my Aunty Ethel come into it?”
“Aunty who?”

I hung up the phone, and hoped that I would wake up. Soon.

 


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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 goodness xfgxm     
n.善良,善行,美德
参考例句:
  • Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾,请你把收音机关上好不好?
  • Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了,这病有救了!
3 automatically xPjyx     
adv.不加思索地,无意识地,自动地
参考例句:
  • The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
  • She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。
4 incredible q8fx7     
adj.难以置信的,不可信的,极好的,大量的
参考例句:
  • Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
  • Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。
5 completely lvmzzZ     
adv.完全地,十分地,全然
参考例句:
  • She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
  • I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。
6 mobile l6dzu     
adj.可移动的,易变的,机动的;n.运动物体
参考例句:
  • The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
  • She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后,活动量就大多了。
7 sticky xGFz4     
adj.粘的,闷热的,困难的,令人不满意的
参考例句:
  • This paste is not sticky enough.这糨糊不黏。
  • Here is a sticky business!这事真难办!
8 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
9 means 9oXzBX     
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
参考例句:
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
10 pinch I2Azc     
n.捏,撮,困苦,偷窃;vt.掐,使...困苦,偷窃
参考例句:
  • She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。
  • He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。
11 pinched fc7714ab922da62e2dff38c35a1db2db     
adj.短缺的,匮乏的v.夹痛( pinch的过去式和过去分词 );逮捕;盗窃;使入不敷出
参考例句:
  • He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger. 他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him. 在火车上有人捏她屁股,她打了那人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 radioactive NT9xs     
adj.放射性的
参考例句:
  • People should keep away from the radioactive waste.人们应远离放射性废物。
  • The radioactive material is stored in a special radiation-proof container.放射性材料储存在防辐射的特殊容器里。
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