(单词翻译:单击)
Unit1 Pie-Eating Contest
第1单元 吃馅饼比赛
The school band had to raise money for their annual field trip. Some years they had a garage sale, some years a bake sale. This year they were going to do something different. They were going to have a pie-eating contest. Everyone paid five dollars to enter the pie eating contest and the person to eat the most pies won a prize!
学校乐队为了一年一度的实地旅行演出,必须募集资金。过去有几年他们举办了车库售物,有几年则是卖各种烤面包。但今年他们想来点不一样的,他们要办个吃馅饼比赛。要参加吃馅饼比赛的人必须付五块钱,然后吃最多馅饼的人就可以赢得奖品!
Thekids at school called Joe “Piggy”. It was not very nice. They called him Piggy because he could eat more than any other kid. When Piggy heard about the pie-eating contest he was sure he could win. He paid his five dollars.
学校的孩童都叫乔“小猪”,实在很不好听。他们会叫他小猪是因为他比任何一个小孩都还要会吃。当小猪听到吃馅饼比赛的消息时,他确定自己会赢,于是付了五块钱去参加比赛。
When thejudge yelled, “start”, everyone had 15 minutes to eat pies. Joe started withapple pie. Then he had a blueberry pie, and then another apple. By his fourth pie he was feeling full, but the boy next to him was already finished with his fifth.
当裁判大喊:“开始”以后,每个人都有十五分钟的时间可以吃馅饼。乔先吃了苹果馅饼,接着吃蓝莓馅饼,然后又吃苹果馅饼。他吃到第四个馅饼时已经觉得饱了,可是他旁边那个男孩已经吃完第五个馅饼。
He had to keep eating. The time was running out. He stuffed down a custard pie and then two more blueberry pies all within five minutes. Just in time to win the contest.
他必须继续吃才行,不然时间快要到了。他在最后五分钟内塞进了一个蛋奶馅饼和两个蓝莓馅饼,刚好及时在这场比赛中获胜。
【美】 Tara McAteer 著 黄惟郁 译
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