第39课（279字 2分钟）

Passage Thirty-nine

（K4 level）

1. One day, Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire after working for forty years.

2. Jack said in surprise that he was only seven, so it meant Grandpa had been working for a really long time.

3. His parents said that was why they were going to have a surprise party for him.

4. Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him.

5. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before.

6. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position on that card, so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

7. When the big day came, Jack was ready.

8. But he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’.

9. He carried it around with him the whole evening.

10. When all the other people left, he took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

11. His grandpa smiled and asked if he could open it now.

12. Jack said excitedly that he could.

13. As Grandpa opened the gift, tears came into his eyes.

14. Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got!

15. They were business cards with his new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA!

16. Jack said that now his full-time job was being his grandpa.

17. His grandpa asked smiling how much he got paid.

18. Jack said that he would get as many hugs as he wanted!

19. With these words, Jack gave Grandpa a hug.

20. Grandpa said that meant he was the richest man in the world.

生词表（New Words）

1. told 告诉 retire 退休 forty 四十

years 年

2. said 说 meant 意味着 long 长

time 时间

3. said 说 party 派对

4. loved 爱 wanted 想 special 特别

5. remembered 记得 given 给

6. knew 知道 position 职位 decided 决定

7. ready 准备

8. want 想 put 放

9. carried 拿 evening 晚上

10. left 离开

11. smiled 微笑 asked 问 open 打开

12. said 说 could 可以

13. opened 打开 tears 眼泪

14. gave 给 greatest 最棒的 gift 礼物

15. business 名片 position 职位

16. said 说 job 工作

17. asked 问 paid 支付

18. said 说 hugs 拥抱

19. gave 给 hug 拥抱

20. said 说 richest 最富有的 world 世界

1. 一天，杰克的父母告诉他，他的爷爷在工作了四十年后将要退休。

2. 杰克惊讶地说，他只有七岁，这意味着爷爷已经工作了非常长的时间。

3. 他的父母说，这就是为什么他们要为爷爷举办一个惊喜派对。

4. 杰克非常爱他的爷爷，并且想为他做些特别的事情。

5. 他记得两年前爷爷给他的名片。

6. 他知道爷爷不再拥有那张名片上的职位，于是他决定为爷爷做一张新的名片。

7. 当大日子到来时，杰克已经准备好了。

8. 但是，他不想把自己的礼物和其他人的礼物放在一起。

9. 整个晚上，他一直把礼物拿在手里。

10. 当所有其他人离开后，他拉着爷爷的手，把他带到一把椅子旁，给了他礼物。

11. 爷爷微笑着问，能现在打开吗？

12. 杰克兴奋地说，当然可以。

13. 当爷爷打开礼物时，眼里涌出了泪水。

14. 杰克送给了他最棒的礼物！

15. 这些是写着他新职位的名片：全职爷爷！

16. 杰克说，现在爷爷的全职工作就是做他的爷爷。

17. 爷爷微笑着问，那我能得到多少报酬？

18. 杰克说，他可以得到多少拥抱就有多少拥抱！

19. 说完这句话，杰克给了爷爷一个拥抱。

20. 爷爷说，这意味着他是世界上最富有的人。