The schoolbellrang.

“Time tohand inyour homework,” said Mister Ratburn.

Everyone did—but Arthur.

上課鈴響了。

“該交作業(yè)了?！笔胬蠋熣f(shuō)。

大家都交了作業(yè)，只有亞瑟沒(méi)交。

“Where is your homework?”

Mister Ratburn asked Arthur.

“My dog ate it,” said Arthur.

“I don't think so,” said Mister Ratburn.

“Go to the principal's office fi rst thing in the morning.

You'rein a picklenow, Arthur. ”

“你的作業(yè)呢?”舒老師問(wèn)亞瑟。

“被我的小狗吃掉了?！眮喩卮稹?/p>

“怎么可能?”舒老師說(shuō)，“明天一早先到校長(zhǎng)辦公室去。你可麻煩了，亞瑟?！?/p>

Key points

bell鈴聲，鐘聲 hand in上交 pickle腌菜 in a pickle處于困境

That night, Arthur just played with his food.

晚上，亞瑟沒(méi)心思吃飯。

Hetossed and turnedin bed.

“I'm in a pickle,” he said again and again until hefell asleep.

他在床上翻來(lái)覆去。

“我麻煩了?！眮喩匝宰哉Z(yǔ)地說(shuō)了一遍又一遍，才迷迷糊糊地睡著。

Arthur dreamed that the pickle police werechasinghim!

亞瑟夢(mèng)見(jiàn)酸黃瓜警察在后面追他！

He jumped into his pickle car.

Hestepped onthe gas—but he didn't get far.

The pickle police said, “Take him away!”

他跳上一輛酸黃瓜汽車，猛踩油門，可惜也沒(méi)開出多遠(yuǎn)。

酸黃瓜警察說(shuō)：“把他帶走！”

Key points

toss and turn輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè) fall asleep睡著 chase追捕 step on踩；踏

Up in the sky, a pickle plane fl ew through pickle rain.

這時(shí)候，天上下起酸黃瓜雨，一架酸黃瓜飛機(jī)開了過(guò)來(lái)。

Thepilot threw downaropeandpulledArthur up.

擔(dān)任飛行員的朵拉扔下一根繩子，把亞瑟拉了上去。

The plane went down in Pickletown.

飛機(jī)在酸黃瓜鎮(zhèn)降落。

To be continued

未完待續(xù)

Key points

pilot飛行員 throw down扔下 rope繩索 pull拉