第29课（299字2分钟）

Passage Twenty-nine

（K9 level）

1. Every Saturday morning, there is a line of boys and girls on Garden Street.

2. They are all waiting to watch a movie.

3. The movie never begins before eight o'clock.

4. Yet, the boys and girls can't help but arrive earlier each time.

5. They don't mind waiting for a long period at all.

6. One Saturday morning, a particularly interesting film was showing.

7. Tom came running down the street.

8. He wanted to be one of the first to enter.

9. He walked up to the front of the line and pushed his way in.

10. Tom pushed his way right in front of Peter, leaving no one ahead of him.

11. Peter didn’t say a word.

12. Instead, he reached up and took off Tom’s hat.

13. He handed the hat to the boy behind him and told John to pass it on.

14. John passed the hat to the girl behind him.

15. John asked Kate to continue passing it.

16. The hat was quickly passed all the way to Betty at the end of the line.

17. Tom looked at Peter and asked where his hat had gone.

18. Peter pointed down the line.

19. There, at the end of the line, Betty was holding Tom’s hat up.

20. Everyone smiled, but no one said anything.

21. Tom stood there for a while.

22. Then he walked all the way back to Betty.

23. Betty politely handed Tom his hat and told him it was his.

24. Tom still goes to see the films on Saturday mornings, just as before.

25. But now, he walks straight to the end of the line and waits his turn to buy the tickets.

生词表（New Words）

1. Saturday 星期六 morning 早晨 line 队伍

wait 等  

2. movie 电影  

3. movie 电影 before 在...之前  

4. arrive 到来 earlier 更早  

5. mind 介意 waiting 等待 long 长

period 时期  

1. morning 早晨 particularly 特别 interesting 有趣

film 电影 showing 放映  

7. running 跑 street 街道  

8. wanted 想 first 第一个 enter 进入  

9. walked 走 front 前 line 队伍

pushed 推  

6. pushed 推 front 前 leaving 离开

ahead 前面  

11. say 说 word 话  

12. reached 伸手 hat 帽子  

13. handed 递给 behind 后面  

14. passed 传 behind 后面  

15. asked 问 continue 继续 passing 传  

16. quickly 快速 end 末尾  

17. asked 问 where 哪里 hat 帽子

gone 去  

18. pointed 指 down 向下 line 队伍  

19. holding 举着 hat 帽子  

20. smiled 微笑 said 说 anything 任何事  

21. stood 站 there 那里  

22. walked 走 back 回  

23. politely 礼貌地 handed 递 hat 帽子

told 告诉  

24. goes 去 see 看 films 电影  

25. walks 走 straight 直 line 队伍

waits 等 buy 买 tickets 票

1. 每个星期六早晨，花园街上总是排着一队男孩和女孩。

2. 他们都在等着看电影。

3. 电影从不在八点前开始。

4. 然而，男孩和女孩们每次都不禁早早到来。

5. 他们一点也不介意等很长时间。

6. 有一个星期六早晨，一部特别有趣的电影正在放映。

7. 汤姆飞快地跑下街道。

8. 他想成为第一个进入的人。

9. 他走到队伍前面，推开别人插队。

10. 汤姆直接推到了彼得面前，把他推到了一边。

11. 彼得没有说一句话。

12. 相反，他伸手拿下了汤姆的帽子。

13. 他把帽子递给了身后的约翰，并告诉约翰传下去。

14. 约翰把帽子传给了他身后的女孩。

15. 约翰告诉凯特继续传下去。

16. 帽子很快传到了队伍末尾的贝蒂手中。

17. 汤姆看着彼得，问他的帽子去哪了。

18. 彼得指向队伍的末尾。

19. 那里，贝蒂举着汤姆的帽子。

20. 每个人都微笑了，但没有人说话。

21. 汤姆站了好一会儿。

22. 然后，他走回到贝蒂那里。

23. 贝蒂礼貌地把汤姆的帽子还给他，并告诉他这是他的帽子。

24. 汤姆还是像以前一样，每个星期六早晨去看电影。

25. 但是现在，他直接走到队伍的最后面，等着轮到他买票。