LESSON 12 A WALK IN THE GARDEN 花園中漫步

1.Frank was one day walking with his mother, when they came to a pretty garden.Frank looked in, and saw that it had clean gravel walks, and beds of beautiful fl owers all in bloom.

2.He called to his mother, and said, “Mother, come and look at this pretty garden.I wish I might open the gate, and walk in.”

3.The gardener, being near, heard what Frank said, and kindly invited him and his mother to come into the garden.

4.Frank’s mother thanked the man.Turning to her son, she said,“Frank, if I take you to walk in this garden, you must take care not to meddle with anything in it.”

5.Frank walked along the neat gravel paths, and looked at everything, but touched nothing that he saw.

6.He did not tread on any of the borders, and was careful that his clothes should not brush the tops of the fl owers, lest he might break them.

7.The gardener was much pleased with Frank, because he was so careful not to do mischief.He showed him the seeds, and told him the names of many of the fl owers and plants.

8.While Frank was admiring the beauty of a fl ower, a boy came to the gate, and fi nding it locked, he shook it hard.But it would not open.Then he said, “Let me in; let me in; will you not let me in this garden?”

9.“No, indeed,” said the gardener, “I will not let you in, I assure you; for when I let you in yesterday, you meddled with my fl owers, and pulled some of my rare fruit.I do not choose to let a boy into my garden who meddles with the plants.”

10.The boy looked ashamed, and when he found that the gardener would not let him in, he went slowly away.

11.Frank saw and felt how much happier a boy may be by not meddling with what does not belong to him.

12.He and his mother then continued their walk in the garden, and enjoyed the day very much.Before they left, the gardener gave each of them some pretty fl owers.

【中文閱讀】

1.一天，弗蘭克和媽媽在散步時，看到了一個非常漂亮的花園。弗蘭克忍不住探頭向里看了看，看見里面有一條鋪著細碎卵石的干凈小路，花圃里到處都盛開著鮮花。

2.他立刻向媽媽喊道：“媽媽，快來看看這個漂亮的花園。我真希望能打開門，進去走走?！?/p>

3.正在附近的園丁聽到了弗蘭克的話，非常親切地邀請他和他的母親進去。

4.弗蘭克的媽媽向園丁表達了謝意。她回頭對兒子說：“弗蘭克，如果我?guī)愕竭@個花園里散步，你必須要小心，不能亂動任何東西。”

5.弗蘭克沿著干凈的碎石路小心前行，他四處張望，但卻不敢觸碰任何看到的東西。

6.他也沒有走下小路，并且小心翼翼，不讓自己的衣服刮碰花木，唯恐折斷它們。

7.園丁對弗蘭克的行為非常滿意，因為他如此小心地避免破壞任何花草。他給弗蘭克介紹了很多不同的花種，并告訴他很多鮮花和植物的名稱。

8.正當弗蘭克悠閑地欣賞鮮花的美麗時，一個小男孩來到花園門口，發(fā)現(xiàn)大門被鎖，便使勁地搖晃門。但是，門并沒有被晃開。他喊道：“讓我進去，讓我進去，你不讓我進花園了嗎？”

9.“是的，我不讓你進來了。”園丁說，“我肯定不會再讓你進來了。因為昨天我讓你進來，你卻弄壞了很多鮮花，還把那罕見的果實也摘了下來。我再也不允許一個隨意破壞花草的孩子進到花園里來了?！?/p>

10.小男孩有點難為情。當發(fā)現(xiàn)園丁再也不會讓他進去之后，便慢慢地走開了。

11.不弄壞不屬于自己的東西，做這樣一個好孩子多幸福呀！弗蘭克看到了，也感受到了。

12.他和媽媽繼續(xù)在花園里散步，愉快地享受著這美好的一天。在他們離開花園時，園丁分別送給了他們一些漂亮的鮮花。