79.High School English Reading Listening

79.High School English Reading Listening

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Sarah Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:
Wentworth Girls' school
Beachside
July 20th
Dearest Mom and Dad,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.
The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.
As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.
Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper bas-ket, which caught fire.
There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning.
The principal phoned for the fire department. The ‘school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire depart-ment arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.
The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
译文:
莎拉-威廉姆斯上的是一所寄宿学校。这是她在学校写给父母的信中的一封。
温特沃斯女子学校
海边
七月二十日
亲爱的爸爸妈妈。
恐怕我有一些非常糟糕的消息要告诉你们。我一直很调皮,学校校长对我非常生气。她要写信给你们。你们必须来带我离开这里。她不希望我再呆在学校了。
麻烦是从昨晚我在床上抽烟时开始的。这当然是违反规定的。我们根本就不应该抽烟。
在我抽烟的时候,我听到脚步声向房间走来。我不想让老师抓到我抽烟,所以我把烟扔掉了。
不幸的是,烟头掉进了废纸篓里,结果起火了。
废纸篓附近有一块窗帘,也着火了。很快,整个房间都烧起来了。
校长打电话叫来了消防队。学校离镇上很远,当消防队赶到时,整个学校已经陷入火海。许多女孩都在医院里。
校长说,这场火灾都是我的错,你必须为损失买单。她会寄给你一张大约一百万美元的账单。
重点词汇:
boarding school 寄宿学校
have been 来过
take me away 带我走
does not 不 ; 不是 ; 否定就用
any longer 再
last night 昨晚 ; 最后一夜
of course 当然 ; 自然 ; 当然不
supposed to 应该

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