英语小达人 118 Aliens

 　　Aliens

　　第22单元 外星人

　　Wendy and Allan were playing in their backyard when they saw a strange light in the sky coming toward¹ them. The light got closer and closer. It was coming from a strange ship.

　　温蒂和艾伦在自家后院玩耍时，看到天空中有道奇怪的光射向他们，而且离他们越来越近，原来它是从一艘奇怪的穿上发出来的。

　　Wendy and Allan couldn't believe their eyes. It was an alien spaceship and it was landing² in their backyard.

　　温蒂和艾伦简直不敢相信自己的眼睛，那居然是一艘太空船，正要在他们的后院降落。

　　The door of the ship opened, but nothing came outside. Wendy was braver than Allan. She walked into the ship. Allan followed his sister. Inside, Wendy met a small green alien with big eyes. Then the door shut and the spaceship took off with Wendy and Allan still inside.

　　太空船的门打开了，却没有看到有什么人走出来。比艾伦勇敢的温蒂先走了进去，艾伦则跟在他姐姐后面。进太空船后，温蒂遇到一个眼睛大大的小小绿色外星人，接着门被关了起来。太空船带着还在里面的温蒂和艾伦起飞了。

　　The ship took them to another planet³ where the little green man lived. There were lots of little green aliens. They had a strange language that the kids could not understand.

　　这艘船把他们带到另一个小小的绿色外星人居住的行星，那里有许多小小的绿色外星人，讲着这两个孩子不懂的奇怪语言。

　　Although the aliens were friendly, Wendy and Allan wanted to go home. So, the spaceship took them back to their house. Wendy and Allan took them back to their house. Wendy and Allan never told anyone about their trip because who would believe them. Would you?

　　虽然外星人很友善，但温蒂和艾伦还是想回家，于是太空船便带他们回到他们自己的房子。温蒂和艾伦从来没有告诉过别人他们这次的外星之旅，因为没有人会相信他们。你会吗？

1 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

2 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

3 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。