常春藤生活英語(yǔ)：Squizzy the Black Squirrel松鼠史

A seven-year-old African-American girl, Marsha, was told by her teacher to make a new friend each day. Marsha wondered how she could do this because she saw the same kids in class every single day. She felt like she was already friends with everyone who was just like her. One day, she went to the park to play on the swing and saw a cute black squirrel. Marsha was attracted to the animal and became excited when suddenly the squirrel said his name was Squizzy.

Marsha then started asking Squizzy questions like "How did you learn to speak English?" and "Can other squirrels talk like you?" Squizzy didn't like the attention that Marsha was giving him and he became annoyed. Squizzy kept running away and asked Marsha to leave him alone, which upset Marsha a lot. Marsha soon apologized because she liked Squizzy and just wanted to be friends. She told Squizzy that she had never seen a black squirrel before and that he was special.

一個(gè)七歲的非裔美國(guó)籍女孩馬莎，被老師要求每天要交一位新朋友。馬莎很納悶該怎么做，因?yàn)樗刻煸诎嗌隙家?jiàn)到同樣的小孩。她覺(jué)得她已經(jīng)跟每個(gè)像她一樣的人做朋友了。有一天她到公園蕩秋千，看到了一只可愛(ài)的黑松鼠。馬莎迷上了這只動(dòng)物，當(dāng)松鼠突然開(kāi)口說(shuō)他叫史奎奇時(shí)，馬莎變得很興奮。

接著馬莎開(kāi)始問(wèn)史奎奇問(wèn)題，像是『你是怎么學(xué)會(huì)說(shuō)英文?』，還有『其它松鼠可以跟你一樣開(kāi)口說(shuō)話嗎?』史奎奇不喜歡馬莎把注意力放在他身上，所以他有點(diǎn)被惹惱了。史奎奇一直逃得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的，并要馬莎別來(lái)煩他，這讓馬莎很擔(dān)心。馬莎喜歡他，而且只是想跟他做朋友，所以她很快就道了歉。她告訴史奎奇說(shuō)她以前從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)黑色松鼠，而且他很特別。

Building Your Vocabulary

1.annoyed　a. 惱怒的，氣惱的

I was annoyed when Dan scratched my car.

我很氣阿丹刮花了我的車子。

2.upset　vt. 使擔(dān)心;使生氣

Paul's poor grades upset his parents.

保羅的爛成績(jī)讓他爸媽很生氣。

3.apologize　vi. 道歉

You don't need to apologize to me.

你不必跟我道歉。

Phrases for Learning

1.be friends with...　　和……做朋友

Everyone wants to be friends with Catherine.

大家都想跟凱瑟琳做朋友。

2.be attracted to...　　受……吸引

Flora was attracted to the roses in the garden.

芙勞拉被花園里的玫瑰吸引住了。

3.leave + 人 + alone　　避免打擾某人

Leave me alone. I'm in a bad mood.

別來(lái)煩我。我心情不好。

參考字詞

1.African-American　a. 非裔美國(guó)人的

2.swing　n. 秋千

3.squirrel　n. 松鼠

Grammar Check

Squizzy kept running away and asked Marsha to leave him alone, which upset Marsha a lot.

(史奎奇一直逃得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的，并要馬莎別來(lái)煩他，這讓馬莎很擔(dān)心。)

which除了可以代替之前句子中表人或事物的名詞外，亦可用以代替前句中的部分概念或整個(gè)句子，在此情況下，which 之前需置逗點(diǎn)。上述句子即為此例，且 which 在所引導(dǎo)的形容詞子句中作主詞用。

Kevin never shows up on time, which makes his girlfriend angry.

(凱文從不準(zhǔn)時(shí)出現(xiàn)，這使得他女朋友很生氣。)