第17课 （226字 2分钟）

Passage Seventeen

（K4 level）

1.Today,rooler skating is easy and fun,but a long time ago,it wasn't easy at all.

2.Before 1750,the idea of skating didn't exist.

3.That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin.

4.Merlin's work was making musical instruments，in his spare time he liked to play the violin.

5.Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams，people called him a dreamer.

6.One day Merlin got an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball，he was very pleased and a little excited.

7.As the day of the party came near,Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party.

8.He had an idea，he thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

9.Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll.

10.Finally,he decided to but two wheels under each shoe.

11.These were the first roller skates.

12.Merlin was pround of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

13.On the night of party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin.

14.Everyone was astonished to see him.

15.There was just one problem，Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates.

16.He rolled the wall，down feel the mirror,breaking to pieces.

17.Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!

生词表（New Words）

1.skating 轮滑  

2. exist 存在  

3. changed 改变  

4. instruments 乐器 violin 小提琴  

5. dreamer 梦想家  

6. invitation 邀请 ball 舞会  

7. entrance 登场 party 舞会  

8. skate 滑动 attention 注意  

9. tried 尝试 ways 方法  

10. wheels 轮子 shoes 鞋子  

11. skates 轮滑鞋  

12. proud 骄傲 dreamed 梦想着  

13. astonished 惊讶 playing 演奏  

14. problem 问题 stop 停止  

15. rolled 滑动 mirror 镜子  

16. broke 破碎 pieces 碎片  

17. entrance 登场 forgot 忘记

1. 今天，轮滑既简单又有趣，但很久以前，轮滑一点都不容易。

2. 在1750年之前，人们甚至没有轮滑的概念。

3. 是一个叫约瑟夫·梅林的人改变了这一切。

4. 梅林的工作是制作乐器，在业余时间，他喜欢拉小提琴。

5. 约瑟夫·梅林是个充满想法和梦想的人，人们称他为“梦想家”。

6. 有一天，梅林收到一份邀请函，邀请他参加一场化装舞会，他非常高兴，也有点激动。

7. 随着舞会日期的临近，梅林开始思考如何在舞会上惊艳亮相。

8. 他想到了一个主意，认为如果能滑进房间，会引起很多人的注意。

9. 梅林尝试了各种方法让自己滑动起来。

10. 最后，他决定在每只鞋子下装上两个轮子。

11. 这就是第一双轮滑鞋。

12. 梅林为自己的发明感到骄傲，并梦想着一边拉小提琴一边穿着轮滑鞋滑进舞会。

13. 在舞会当晚，梅林穿着轮滑鞋滑进房间，一边拉着小提琴。

14. 所有人都对他感到惊讶。

15. 但有一个问题，梅林的轮滑鞋没有办法停下来。

16. 他撞到了墙上，镜子掉了下来，摔得粉碎。

17. 很长时间里，没有人忘记梅林这次壮观的登场！