The Pool of Tears

    The Pool¹ of Tears²
Alice grew bigger. "How quickly I'm growing!" she said³. And then, "Oh!" she cried, as⁴ her head hit the ceiling⁵.
    "I must go into that garden," she thought⁶. "This hall is too small for me now."She took⁷ the little golden⁸ key and went quickly to the garden door. She was⁹ much too big to go through it.
    Poor Alice! She sat¹⁰ down and began to cry again. Because she was so big, the tears that fell¹¹ from her eyes were very big too. They made¹² a big pool.
    "Stop crying!" Alice told herself¹³. "You're a big girl (and she was big -- very big) and you mustn't cry." But she couldn't stop the big tears, and soon there was a pool of tears all round her.
    After a time, she heard little feet running¹⁶ towards¹⁷ her, and then she saw¹⁸ the White Rabbit coming back. He had¹⁹ his best clothes on, and he had two very clean white gloves in one hand and a fan²⁰ in his other hand.
    " Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess!" Alice heard him saying²¹. "How angry she'll be because I'm late!"Alice wanted to ask him for help. She tried to speak in her nicest way as she said, "Please--'
    The White Rabbit jumped. The word came²² from the ceiling, and he was afraid. He ran²³ away as quickly as he could¹⁵, and the gloves and the fan fell from his hands.
    Alice took up the very small gloves and the fan. It was hot in the hall, so she began to fan herself with the fan.
    "Am I changed?" she wondered²⁵. "I was myself²⁶ yesterday, but things are not the same today. If I'm not me, who am I? I don't want to be my friend Mabel because she doesn't know very much. I know much more than she does," Alice stopped. " Do I know more?" she wondered. "I'll try. I'll try to say four times. Four times one is four. Four times two is eight. Four times three is nine, Four times four is-- Oh!" She began to cry again.
    They were only small tears. One of them fell on her hand, and she looked down. There was a glove on the other hand.
    She had put one of the White Rabbit's little gloves on.
    "How can I have done that?" she thought. "I must be growing small."She stood²⁷ up and walked to the table again. "I'll see how big I am," she said.
    The table was a long way up. Alice was very small and she was quickly becoming smaller. "The fan!" she thought. "The fan's making me smaller." She threw it down.
    "I'm so small that I can go through the door." she thought, and she ran towards it. She had not run far when-splash-she fell into a lot of water. "I have fallen into the sea," she thought.
    It wasn't the sea. It was the pool of tears that she had made when she was very big.
    "Why did²⁸ I cry so much?" Alice said.
    She heard something splashing²⁹ about in the pool near her. "It must be a very big fish or sea animal," she thought. But then she remembered that she her- self¹⁴ was very small, and she soon saw that it was a mouse that had fallen into the water.
    "I wonder²⁴ if it can speak," Alice thought. "This place is not the same as home, so I'll speak to it. 0Mouse!" she said. "Do you know the way out of this pool?"There was no answer. "Is it a French³⁰ mouse?"Alice wondered. She tried to remember some French words. The words that began her school French book were the words for: Where is my cat? So she said them: "Ou est ma chatte?"There was a great splashing, and the Mouse moved away as quickly as he could.
    " Oh!" Alice cried. " Please don't be angry! I didn't remember that mice³¹ don't like cats.""Don't like cats!" the Mouse said. (He was very angry.) 'Would³² you like cats if you were me?""No," Alice said. "No. But I think you would like Dinah. She is a nice, dear thing." Alice was speaking mostly³³ to herself. "She never makes a noise, and she's very good. She catches all the mice--Oh! You're angry again! We will not speak about Dinah any more--“"We!" the Mouse cried. "I never speak about cats! I don't want to hear any more about them."Alice quickly tried to speak about other things. "Perhaps³⁴--" she said, "perhaps you like dogs?" The Mouse did not answer, so Alice began again: "There is a very nice little dog near our house. You would love it. It likes playing with children, but it works³⁵ too. Its home is on a farm, and the farmer says that it helps him a lot. It kills³⁶ all the m -- Oh!"The Mouse was very angry. He splashed³⁷ his way to the side³⁸ of the pool and got³⁹ out of the water. Alice went after him.
    There were a lot of animals and birds which had fallen into the pool: a duck, and a dodo, and others⁴⁰ with names that Alice did not know. They splashed after Alice and got out of the water.

1 pool   

n.水塘(池)，游泳池，撞球；vi.形成池塘；vt.集中，积累

参考例句：

• The swimming pool was opened to the public on July 1.游泳池于七月一日对外开放。
• At the end of half an hour the pool was nearly dry.这样过了半小时，坑里的水差不多舀光了。

2 tears   

n.眼泪( tear的名词复数 )；破洞；裂口；裂缝v.撕( tear的第三人称单数 )；（使）分裂；撕碎；扯破

参考例句：

• She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears. 她强掩泪水。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。

3 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

4 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

5 ceiling   

n.天花板；(规定价格、工资等的)最高限额

参考例句：

• It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
• A fly is on the ceiling.一只苍蝇在天花板上。

6 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

7 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

8 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

9 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

10 sat   

v.（sit的过去式，过去分词）坐

参考例句：

• He sat on a chair.他坐在椅子上。
• The mother sat by the sick child all night long.妈妈整夜守在生病的孩子身旁。

11 fell   

vbl.fall的过去式，vt.击倒，打倒（疾病等），致于...死地，砍伐；n.一季所伐的木材，兽皮，羊毛；adj.凶猛的，可怕的

参考例句：

• I fell to the ground.我摔倒在地上。
• The young couple fell in love at first sight.这对年轻人一见钟情。

12 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

13 herself   

pron.她自己

参考例句：

• The little girl wrote the letter all by herself. 这小女孩自己写了这封信。
• She should do her homework herself.她应该自己做作业。

14 self   

n.自己，自我，本性，本质，私心，本人；vt.使近亲繁殖

参考例句：

• Everybody should do good self work.每人必须做好自己的工作。
• By doing that he showed his true self.他那样做显示了他的本性。

15 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

16 running   

n.赛跑，流出，运转；adj.流动的，跑着的，连续的

参考例句：

• I like running.我喜欢跑步。
• The water is running out.水流出来了。

17 towards   

prep.朝，向，致力于，有助于，对于；大约，将近

参考例句：

• The house will be ready towards the end of the year.这房子在年底以前可以造好。
• He is friendly towards me.他对我友好。

18 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

19 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

20 fan   

n.风扇，迷，狂热者；v.煽，煽动，刺激

参考例句：

• Are you a football fan?你是足球迷吗？
• Jack is a baseball fan.杰克是个棒球迷。

21 saying   

n.谚语，俗话，格言；动词say的现在分词

参考例句：

• Saying and doing are two things.说和做是两码事。
• I know a chinese saying.我知道一句中国谚语。

22 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

23 ran   

vbl.run的过去式

参考例句：

• He ran,and then slowed down to a walk.他跑着，然后放慢速度步行。
• As soon as Marie opened the door,the dog ran in.当玛丽一打开门，狗就跑了进来。

24 wonder   

v.惊奇；惊讶；(对...)感到怀疑

参考例句：

• I wonder why he is late.我想知道他为什么迟到。
• No wonder it's a wonder.怪不得这是一个奇迹。

25 wondered   

vt.对…感到好奇（wonder的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children. 我忐忑不安地揣测孩子们是不是出了什么事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother wondered if she could last out another operation. 母亲怀疑自己是否经得起再动一次手术。 来自《简明英汉词典》

26 myself   

pron.我自己

参考例句：

• Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
• I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。

27 stood   

vbl.stand的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She stood up when they came in.当他们进来时，她站了起来。
• The child stood by the side of his mother.孩子站在母亲身边。

28 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

29 splashing   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的现在分词 )；（指液体）溅落；击水声

参考例句：

• Water was splashing down from a large hole in the roof. 雨水从房顶上的一个大洞里倾泻下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The children love splashing water over each other. 儿童喜欢互相泼水。 来自《简明英汉词典》

30 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

31 mice   

n.（mouse的复数形式）老鼠

参考例句：

• I like fish and mice.我喜欢鱼和老鼠。
• Mice are small grey animals.老鼠是灰色的小动物。

32 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

33 mostly   

adv.主要地；大部分

参考例句：

• Our weather has been mostly warm.我们这里的天气多半是暖和的。
• She uses her car mostly for driving to work.她的汽车主要用于上下班。

34 perhaps   

adv.也许，可能

参考例句：

• Perhaps it will rain in the afternoon.下午可能有雨。
• Perhaps I can help you.也许我能帮帮你的忙吧。

35 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

36 kills   

v.杀死( kill的第三人称单数 )；使停止[结束，失败]；破坏，减弱，抵消；使痛苦，使受折磨

参考例句：

• Cancer kills thousands of people every year. 每年数以千计的人死于癌症。
• The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills. 象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体。 来自《简明英汉词典》

37 splashed   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的过去式和过去分词 )；（指液体）溅落

参考例句：

• Water splashed onto the floor. 水哗的一声泼洒在地板上。
• The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow. 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

38 side   

n.边，旁边；面，侧面

参考例句：

• The shop is on the west side of the street.商店在街道的西边。
• There was a lot of people on every side. 到处都是人。

39 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

40 others   

prep.(pl.)另外的人

参考例句：

• Learning from others is important.向别人学习很重要。
• She is always ready to help others.她总是乐于助人。