第5课 (270字 3分钟)

Passage Five

（K4 level）

1. A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present.

2. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, he noticed a street urchin walking around the shining car.

3. The boy asked Paul if it was his car.

4. Paul replied that it was and explained that his brother had given it to him for Christmas, which surprised the boy.

5. The boy exclaimed in surprise and said that Paul’s brother had given it to him without it costing him anything. He then started to say he wished for something but hesitated.

6. Paul assumed he knew what the boy was going to wish for.

7. He thought the boy would wish to have a brother like Paul’s.

8. However, what the boy said next greatly surprised Paul.

9. The boy said that he wished he could be a brother like that.

10. Paul looked at the boy in astonishment and then asked him if he would like to take a ride in the car, to which the boy excitedly responded that he would love to.

11. After a short ride, the boy, his eyes shining, asked Paul if he could drive in front of his house.

12. Paul smiled slightly, thinking he understood what the boy wanted.

13. He believed the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car.

14. However, Paul soon realized he was wrong again.

15. The boy asked Paul to stop near a pair of steps.

16. The boy ran up the steps quickly.

17. After a while, Paul heard the boy coming back, but this time he was not moving fast.

18. The boy was carrying his little brother, who was crippled.

19. He placed his brother down on the steps and pointed toward the car.

20. The boy told his brother that it was the car he had described earlier.

21. He explained that Paul’s brother had given it to him for Christmas without costing him anything.

22. The boy then promised his brother that one day he would give him a car just like it so he could see for himself all the wonderful things in the Christmas windows that he had described.

23. Paul got out of the car and helped lift the boy’s little brother into the front seat.

24. The older brother, with shining eyes, climbed in beside him, and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

生词表（New Words）

1. friend 朋友 expensive 昂贵的 present 礼物  

2. Christmas Eve圣诞节前夜noticed 注意到 urchin 街头小孩

shining 闪亮的  

3. asked 问 belong 属于  

4. replied 回答说 explained 解释 surprised 感到很惊讶  

5. exclaimed 惊讶地说 cost 花费 hesitated 犹豫  
6. assumed 以为 understood 理解  

7. thought 想 brother 哥哥  

8. realized 意识到 greatly 大吃一惊  

9. wished 希望 astonishment 惊讶  

10. surprise 惊讶 excitedly 兴奋地  

11. ride 车程 eyes 眼睛 shining 放光

mind 介意  

12. smiled 微微一笑 thought 以为 understood 明白  

13. believed 认为 neighbors 邻居  

14. wrong 错误 realized 意识到  

15. requested 请求 stop 停下  

16. ran 跑 quickly 迅速  

17. heard 听到 coming back 回来 slowly 并不快  

18. carrying 抱着 crippled 瘸腿的  

19. placed 放下 pointed 指向  

20. described 描述过的 earlier 之前  

21. explained 解释说 brother 哥哥 Christmas 圣诞节

costing 花费  

22. promised 保证 wonderful 美好的 windows 橱窗  

23. helped 帮忙 lifted 抱起 seat 座位  

24. older 年长的 climbed 爬上 unforgettable 难忘的

holiday 节日

1. 我有一个朋友叫保罗，他收到了一辆昂贵的汽车，这是他哥哥送给他的圣诞礼物。

2. 圣诞节前夜，当保罗走出办公室时，他注意到一个街头小孩正在围着那辆闪亮的汽车转来转去。

3. 那个男孩问保罗这是不是他的车。

4. 保罗回答说是的，并解释说这辆车是他哥哥送给他的圣诞礼物，这让男孩感到很惊讶。

5. 男孩惊讶地说，保罗的哥哥把车送给他，而且一分钱都没花。他随后开始说自己有一个愿望，但又犹豫了。

6. 保罗以为他知道男孩接下来会许什么愿望。

7. 他认为男孩会希望自己也有一个像保罗那样的哥哥。

8. 然而，男孩接下来的话让保罗大吃一惊。

9. 男孩说，他希望自己能成为那样的哥哥。

10. 保罗惊讶地看着男孩，然后问他是否想坐车兜一圈，男孩兴奋地回答说他非常愿意。

11. 短暂的车程后，男孩满眼放光地问保罗是否可以把车开到他家门口。

12. 保罗微微一笑，以为自己明白了男孩的意思。

13. 他认为男孩是想让邻居看到他坐着一辆豪车回家。

14. 但是，保罗很快意识到自己又猜错了。

15. 男孩请求保罗在一段台阶旁停下来。

16. 男孩迅速跑上了台阶。

17. 过了一会儿，保罗听到男孩回来了，但这次他走得并不快。

18. 男孩抱着他瘸腿的弟弟走了下来。

19. 他把弟弟放在台阶上，然后指向那辆车。

20. 男孩告诉弟弟，这就是他之前描述过的车。

21. 他解释说，这辆车是保罗的哥哥送给他的圣诞礼物，而且一分钱都没花。

22. 男孩接着向弟弟保证，有一天他也会送给弟弟一辆这样的车，这样弟弟就可以亲眼看到他所描述的圣诞橱窗里那些美好的东西。

23. 保罗下了车，帮忙把男孩的弟弟抱到了车子的前座。

24. 那个满眼放光的哥哥也爬上了车，他们三个人开始了一段难忘的圣诞之旅。