1级-《在月亮下面》第3课

前情提要 

瑞拉提议先找扎达克司令帮忙。于是凯和瑞拉决定下周回地球……

故事原文

Under the Moon L3

在月亮下面 L3

Visit to Australia(1)

On Friday, after three weeks in space, Kiah and Rilla finished work and left Ship OM-45 on a space plane to Kisangani. Kiah phoned Adai and Rilla phoned Commander Zadak in Australia. The next morning they took an aeroplane to Sydney. A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak's office, some kilometres north of Sydney.(2)(3)

这是个星期五，凯和瑞拉已经在太空飞行了三周。他们结束了工作，离开OM-45号宇宙飞船，乘航天飞机飞往基桑加尼。凯和瑞拉分别跟阿岱和澳大利亚司令扎达克通了电话。第二天早晨他们乘飞机来到悉尼。一辆出租车把他们从机场带到了悉尼以北几公里以外的扎达克司令的办公室。

'Wait for us here,' Kiah said to the taxi driver.

“在这儿等我们。”凯吩咐出租车司机。

Kiah and Rilla walked to the gate. About ten guards stood in front of the gate. Across the road, a train waited.(4)

凯和瑞拉朝大门走去。门前站着大约有十个卫兵。一辆火车正等在马路对面。

'Rilla, OM-45,' Rilla said. 'To see Commander Zadak at four-thirty.'

“我叫瑞拉，OM-45号的，”瑞拉说，“扎达克司令4点半要接见我们。”

'Let me call the Commander's office,' the guard said.

“我给司令办公室打个电话。”卫兵说。

Kiah and Rilla waited. It was hot and Kiah began to feel thirsty.

凯和瑞拉站在那儿等着。天气很热，凯开始感到口渴。

The guard came back. 'I'm sorry,' he said. 'The Commander can't see you.'

那个卫兵回来了。“对不起，”他说，“司令不能见你们。”

'But I talked to the Commander yesterday,' Rilla said. 'He wanted to see us at four-thirty.'

“可是我昨天跟司令说过，”瑞拉说，“他答应今天4点半见我们。”

'The Commander is leaving on the train in three minutes,' the guard said.

“再过三分钟司令就要坐火车出发了。”卫兵说。

'Can we wait and see him here?' Kiah asked.

“我们能不能在这儿等着见他一面？”凯问。

'No!' the guard shouted. 'Get out of here!'(5)

“不行！”卫兵喊了起来，“出去！”

Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxi.

凯和瑞拉回到出租车那儿。

'Where's the driver?' Kiah asked.

“司机哪去了？”凯问。

'Look! He's sitting by that wall,' Rilla said.(6)

“那不是嘛！在墙边坐着呢。”瑞拉说。

Just then, Commander Zadak came out of the gate. He was a very tall, big man with blue eyes and a lot of white hair. Two guards marched in front of him, and two guards marched behind him.(7) They all carried guns.

正说着，扎达克司令出现在大门口。他高大魁梧，蓝眼睛，长着一头浓密的白发。四个卫兵两前两后阔步行进护卫着他。他们都带着枪。

'There he is!' Rilla cried. 'Commander!' And she began to run along the road to him.

“他在那儿！”瑞拉喊了起来，“扎达克司令！”她随即顺着马路朝他跑去。

Commander Zadak did not stop. A guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got in. Slowly, the train began to move.

扎达克司令并没有停下脚步。一个卫兵打开火车门，扎达克跨了进去。火车缓缓地开动了。

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.visit to sp./sb. 拜访某地/某人

拓展：visit to Beijing 拜访北京

           visit to my home 拜访我家

           visit to my teacher 拜访我的老师

2.space plane 航天飞机

   aeroplane 飞机

3.take sb. from... to... 带某人从……去往……

例句：The aeroplane took me from Beijing to New York.

           飞机带我从北京飞到了纽约。

4.guard 守卫；警卫

   body guard 保镖

5.get out of 逃离……；被迫离开

   come out of… 从某地出来

例句：It’s not right for students to get out of school.

          学生逃离学校是不对的。

          Get out of bed!

          赶紧起床！

6.by… 在……旁边

拓展：by the window 在窗户边

           by the door 在门旁

7.march 前进；行进

   March 三月

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