Unit 14 （20詞+1故事）

A coach is a person who teaches sports.

教體育的老師,。

→ My coach gets very excited during games.

我的教練在比賽過程中變得很激動,。

To control something is to make it do what you want.

表示使聽從指揮,。

→ To control the TV, just push the buttons.

按遙控器就能遙控電視,。

A description of someone or something says what they are like.

說出某人某事的樣子,。

→ I gave a description of the man with the gun and hat to the police.

我對警察描述了那個持槍戴帽子的人的長相,。

If something is direct, it goes straight between two places.

表示不繞彎的,。

→ The green path is a direct route to my house.

這條綠蔭小路直通我家。

An exam is a test.

表示測試,。

→ I did some practice questions for the math exam on the board.

為了幫助學生準備數學考試,，我在黑板上寫了一些練習題。

An example of something is a thing that is typical of it.

具有代表性意義的,。

→ Cola is an example of a soft drink.

可樂是軟飲料的一種,。

A limit is the largest or smallest amount of something that you allow. 

允許某物達到的最高或最低程度。

→ My mother put a limit on how much I could use the phone.

我媽媽限制我玩手機的次數,。

If something is local, it is nearby.

表示當地的,。

→ The local market in my neighborhood sells all the food we need.

隔壁那家超市有所有我們需要的食物。

Magical describes a quality that makes someone or something special. 

表示使某人某物變得與眾不同的能力,。

→ The fireworks made the night sky look so magical.

煙花使得夜空絢麗多彩。

Mail is letters and other things sent to people.

給人的信件等,。

→ I get a lot of mail because I have friends all over the world.

我收到了大量世界各地的朋友給我發(fā)來的郵件,。

A novel is a book that tells a story.

講故事的書。

→ He wrote a great novel about ancient China.

他寫了一本很棒的關于中國古代的書,。

An outline is the plan for a story or essay.

一個故事或一篇文章的概要。

→ Before I wrote my essay, I made an outline.

寫文章前我先列出了一個大綱,。

 A poet is a person who writes poems.

寫詩歌的人,。

→ William Shakespeare was one of the greatest poets.

威廉莎士比亞是最偉大的詩人之一。

To print something is to put it onto paper.

印刷在紙上,。

→ Make sure that you print your name clearly.

確保把名字清晰地印出來,。

A scene is one part of a book or movie.

書或電影中的某一部分,。

→ A movie is made up of many short pieces or scenes.

一部電影由許許多多短片組成。

A sheet is a thin flat piece of paper.

一張很薄的紙,。

→I only needed a single sheet of paper to do my homework.

我只需要一張紙就能完成作業(yè)。

If someone or something is silly, they show a lack of thought. 

表示缺乏思考的,。

→ I made a silly mistake of dropping mom's vase.

我扔掉了媽媽的花瓶,，這真是一個愚蠢的做法。

A store is a place where you can buy things.

售賣東西的地方,。

→ I picked up a few things at the grocery store.

我在雜貨店挑了幾樣東西,。

To suffer is to feel pain.
感受痛苦的滋味,。

→ Her headache made her suffer all day.

她被頭疼折騰了一整天,。

Technology is new things made by using science.

通過科學發(fā)明出來的東西。

→ He loves technology such as laptop computers.

她喜歡諸如掌上電腦一類的科技產品,。

Sarah loved to read. She read novels and poems. She loved the beautiful descriptionsand phrases. She loved reading work from poets and novelists. She didn't like video games or technology. She was on the basketball team, but she didn't like sports. Her parents made her play basketball. In fact, Sarah's parents made her do many things. But she didn't want to do those things. She just wanted to sit and read all day.

薩拉喜歡閱讀小說家和詩人的作品,，她喜歡小說里的美妙情節(jié)，也喜歡詩歌優(yōu)美的詞句,。她不喜歡電子游戲和高科技產品,。雖然迫于父母的壓力，她加入了籃球隊,，但她并不喜歡體育,。事實上，她父母幫她安排了很多她不情愿做的事情,，她只是想坐下來讀一整天的書,。

One day, a small book came in the mail. It was for Sarah. The book looked very special. It was printed on sheets of gold. Sarah began to read. The outline of the story was simple. It was about a magical place. Strange things happened there. One examplefrom the book was about a boy who could control people. In one scene, he made his friends tell funny jokes.

有一天，有人給薩拉寄了一本小小的書,。這是一本很特別的書,，紙張都是黃金做的。薩拉拿到書開始閱讀,。故事很簡單,，講述的是一個神奇的地方，會發(fā)生奇怪的事情,。故事中有一個能控制他人的小男孩,。故事中有一個情節(jié)講的是小男孩讓自己的朋友講笑話。

Sarah loved the book. She read it all the time. Then something strange happened. The book gave Sarah a special power. She could control other people. She was like the boy in the book. During one exam, she made her friend tell silly jokes. Her friend got in trouble.

薩拉對這本書愛不釋手,，天天都要拿出來閱讀,。久而久之就發(fā)生了令人奇怪的事情。薩拉從書中獲得了能控制他人的超能力,，與書中講述的小男孩擁有的一模一樣,。一次考試過程中,，薩拉控制了自己的朋友并讓她講了一個愚蠢的笑話。她朋友因此而陷入了麻煩當中,。

After school, Sarah did not make a direct trip home. On the way, she went to the localstore. She wanted to play more tricks on people. She caused problems. She made people fall down. She laughed and had fun.
放學后,，薩拉沒有直接回家，而是去了一家當地的商店,，因為她想愚弄更多的人,。她給人們制造了很多的麻煩,?？吹饺藗兯さ乖诘睾螅齾s以此為樂,，大笑不止,。

Finally she left and started to walk home. Then she saw something. Her basketballcoach was about to walk in front of a bus. He was looking the other way. She had to stop him! She used her power. She controlled him. She made him stop walking.

最后，她離開商店開始往家里走,。路上她看見了自己的籃球教練,。他走路時沒留意而差點被車撞上。她必須要讓他停下腳步,！她用自己的超能力讓教練停下了腳步,。

Sarah learned something that day. It was better to help people than make them suffer. So, she put a limit on how she used her power. She did not want to do bad things with it anymore. She only wanted to do good.

那天，薩拉懂得了一些東西,，那就是幫助他人比愚弄他人更好,。所以，她限制了自己的超能力使用范圍,，不再用它來干壞事,，而是做好事。