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今天，小簡老師繼續和大家分享兩個故事。每個故事都會告訴我們一點什麼，並且我們會從中領悟一些東西。邊看故事，邊記單詞，邊思索一些道理，小簡老師希望在分享這些故事的過程中，你既記住了單詞，又提升了閱讀能力，同時獲得內心真正的成長！

三十五. At Sea in a Small Boat

People have sailed around the world in quite small boats. It is not an easy thing.Sometimes the weather goes bad. That will be the end of a boat and the end ofeveryone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

One family had an accident with a big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit(咬) holes in it. The water came into the boat, and of course，the boat soon went down. However, these people had another smaller boat——a life-boat(救生艇)，and they all got into that. They lived and hoped for many days. They woke and slept and they always, hoped... At last a ship found them.

How do people live in a very small life-boat? Perhaps far weeks or months. They must be strong in every way. They must have hope——they must want to live. But you cannot eat and drink hope.

You cannot drink sea water. Drink a lot of sea water——you will quickly die.Sailors（水手) can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry a cooker，andso the sailors cannot cook their food. Raw(生的) fish and bird-meat is not very nice. But there won't be any choice in a life-boat! The sailors must eat raw food or they will die.

What do people think about in a life-boat? They think about land a warmbed, dry clothes, clean water and food.

【漢語翻譯】

乘小船在海上

人們曾在很小的船上週遊世界。那可不是一件容易的事．有時天氣(weather)變壞。那將是小船的末日。也是船上每個人的末日。事故(accident)發生地報容易也很快。

有個家庭曾遭遇過一條大魚(fish)導致的事故。那魚游到他們的船下咬了幾個洞．水湧入船里，當然，船很快下沉了。然而，這些人還有另一個更小的船——救生艇，他們都上了那艘救生艇。他們期盼(hope)著堅持了許多天，他們醒了(wake)又睡(sleep)，卻總是懷著希望……最後一艘輪船(ship)發現了他們。

人們在這麼小的船里怎麼生活呢？很可能度過幾周或數月。他們必須在各個方面都很堅強。他們必須有希望——他們必須有活下去的願望。但你總不能吃喝希望吧。

你無法喝海水，喝大量海水後人很快就會死亡。水手可以喝雨(rain)水。他們必須接雨水存在船里。他們還要捉魚和鳥當作食物。救生艇里一般不會有廚具(cooker)，因此水手們不能烹飪食物。生魚和鳥的肉味道不是很好。但在救生艇上別無選擇(choice)!水手們必須吃生的食物，否則(or)他們只有死路一條。

在救生艇里人們又會想些什麼呢？他們想念陸地(land)、溫暖的床(bed)、乾爽的(dry)衣服、乾淨的水和食物。

三十六. A Careless Couple

Mr. and Mrs. Long have a poor memory and they are also very careless. Comparedwith the careless parents, their daughter Linda is quite different. Linda is very careful in doing things. If Mr. and Mrs. Long can act carefully and remember tocheck their work, they』ll not cause so much trouble in their life.

One summer they plan to fly to New York for a visit. They get to the airport only ten minutes before the plane leaves. So time is short. But suddenly Mrs. Long says she must tell Linda, their daughter, not to forget to lock the front door when she leaves for school in the morning. As Linda is then at school, they can't reach her on the phone. So the couple hurries to the post office. Mrs. Long writes a short note to Linda, while Mr. Long buys a stamp and an envelope(郵票). Soon the note is ready.They put the stamp on the envelope and drop it in the letter box in a hurry. But suddenly Mrs. Long begins to cry. The short note to her daughter is still in her hand.She has put their plane tickets in the envelope!

【漢語翻譯】

粗心的夫婦

朗夫婦記憶力(memory)都不好，而且他們很粗心(careless)。與這對粗心的夫婦比較(compare)，他們的女兒(daughter)琳達卻迥然不同。琳達做事很細心。如果朗夫婦能行動(act)細心，並記得檢查(check)做過的事，他們就不會在生活中惹那麼多的麻煩了。

有一年夏天，他們打算乘飛機(fly)到紐約去旅遊。他們在飛機(plane)起飛前10分鐘才到達機場(get to the airport)，所以時間很倉促。忽然朗夫人說她必須告訴女兒琳達早上去上學時別忘記鎖(lock)前門。因為琳達那時還在學校，所以他們無法給她打電話。於是，夫婦倆急忙趕到郵局(post office)。朗夫人寫便條(note)。朗先生去買郵票(stamp)。很快便條準備好了(ready)，他們忙亂地在信封上貼上郵票，然後投進(drop)郵筒。但突然間朗夫人哭了起來，原來給女兒的便條還在她手裡，而他們的飛機票卻被塞進了信封！

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