第49课（288字 2分钟）

Passage Forty-nine

（K4 level）

1.Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family.

2.She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything.

3.The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her.

4.In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

5.So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ.

6.She likes being anonymous, talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life.

7.She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

8.Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco.

9.David was full of stories and jokes.

10.He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance.

11.So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time.

12.Of course, they wanted to know more about each other.

13.David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile.

14.As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

15.When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday.

16.She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer.

17.But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

生词表（New Words）

1. young 年轻的 woman 女人 rich 富有的 family 家庭

2. good 好的 university 大学 everything 一切

3. problem 问题 busy 忙

4. fact 事实上 lonely 孤独的

5. spend 花费 talking 交谈 people 人

6. name 名字 friends 朋友 touch 联系

7. special 特别的 friend 朋友

8. full 充满 stories 故事 jokes 笑话

9. common 共同的 interest 兴趣 music 音乐

dance 舞蹈

10. hours 小时 talk 交谈

11. send 发送 picture 照片 smile 微笑

12. became 成为 friends 朋友

13. father 父亲 business 出差 trip 旅行

surprise 惊喜

14. take 带去

15. knock 敲 door 门 found 发现

16. birthday 生日 boy 男孩 twelve 十二

17. name 名字

1. Jean是一个聪明的年轻女人，来自一个富有且有名的家庭。

2. 她上了一所好的大学，拥有金钱可以买到的一切。嗯，几乎是一切。

3. 问题是，Jean家里的人都非常忙，几乎找不到时间陪她。

4. 事实上，Jean相当孤独。

5. 所以Jean花了很多时间在她的QQ上。

6. 她喜欢保持匿名，与那些不了解她名门望族和富裕生活的人交谈。

7. 她在QQ上用Linda这个名字，并交了很多朋友，和他们保持着频繁的联系。

8. 去年，Jean在QQ上交了一个非常特别的朋友。他叫David，住在旧金山。

9. David总是充满故事和笑话。

10. 他和Jean有共同的兴趣——摇滚音乐和现代舞蹈。

11. 因此，他们总是聊得很开心，常常聊几个小时，有时甚至忘记了时间。

12. 当然，他们都想更了解对方。

13. David给Jean发了一张自己的照片：他是一个高大、英俊的年轻人，带着灿烂的笑容。

14. 随着时间的推移，他们成为了好朋友，常常互相寄卡片和小东西。

15. 当Jean的父亲告诉她，他要去旧金山出差时，她请求他让自己和他一起去，这样她就可以给David一个生日惊喜。

16. 她会带去他们最喜欢的摇滚歌手的最新DVD。

17. 但是，当她敲开旧金山David家的门时，她发现她特别的朋友竟然是一个名叫Jim的十二岁男孩！