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20.Twins Are Cheating 作弊的双胞胎

Annie and Diana are identical twins. It is hard to tell them apart. Sometimes their best friends even get confused on who is who! One key difference between the two was their feet. Annie&`&s feet has a mole on it, and Diana&`&s does not. Annie and Diana sometimes disguise as each other. Annie pretends to be Diana when Diana doesn&`&t want to take math tests. Diana pretends to be Annie when Annie has to do the mile run in physical education class. They have been doing this for years.

Annie and Diana&`&s enemy, Scarlett, finds out what they have been doing. She tells their math and physical education teachers that they have been cheating all along. Mr. Thompson, the math teacher, gives them both an F. Ms. Green, the physical education teacher gives them both an F, too. Annie and Diana are sad. Annie tries to explain that she gets out of breath easily when she runs. Diana tries to explain that math gives her anxiety. Mr. Thompson and Ms. Green don&`&t care.

Annie and Diana no longer pretend to be each other anymore. After they got Fs, their parents forced them to move schools. The two schools were not that far apart, so they still got to see each other.

38. That's Fashion

第38课 这才叫做时髦

Andy and Jess are at a fashion designer's party.
安迪和洁丝在一场时装设计师开的派对上。
A: My God, Jess. What's that on Betty's head?
我的天啊，洁丝，贝蒂头上那什么玩意儿啊？
J: Beats me. How weird! I think it's a new kind of hat.
问倒我了。真是很怪异！我想那是一种新款式的帽子吧。
A: Oh, really? If you ask me, it's more like a bird's nest. How stupid it looks!
哦，是吗？如果你问我的话，我倒觉得那比较像个鸟巢。那东西看起来好愚蠢喔！
J: you think so? Hey, wait a minute. You might be right. There's something moving in the nest... I mean, hat.
你真这么想吗？嘿，等一下。你可能说得对。那鸟巢里……我是指帽子里有东西在动。
A: Gee whiz! It's a bird.
哇！是一只鸟喔。
J: Holy cow! How does she keep it from flying away?
天啊！她是怎么不让那只鸟飞走的？
A: Don't you see! She's got it fastened to a gold chain around her neck.
你看不出来吗？她用一条绕在脖子上的金项链把它拴住。
J: If the bird were strong enough, it could fly her to the moon, so to speak.
如果那只鸟力气够大的话，它甚至可以带她飞到月球。
A: That would really be funny.
那一定很有趣。
J: Well, that's fashion!
呃，那就是时髦嘛！

Not until you realize that life itself is a beautiful thing will you really start to live. Although living combines tragedy with splendor, life is beautiful and even tragedies reflect something engaging. If you were simply to live, do more than that; live beautifully.

只有在你了解了人生的真谛后，才能真正地生活。虽然人生苦忧参半，但依旧美妙，而且即使在悲剧中也藏着迷人之处。如果你只是活着，那就再努力点吧，试着活得精彩。

Through the sea of darkness, hope is the light that brings us comfort, faith, and reassurance. It guides our way if we are lost and gives us a foothold on our fears. The moment we lose hope is the moment we surrender our will to live. We live in a world that is disintegrating into a vicious hatred, where hope is needed more than ever but cannot be discerned. Finding that is rare while the world lives in fear, but the belief in something better, something bigger than this, is what keeps life worth living.

在潮水般的黑暗之中，希望是光。它带来舒适、信仰和信心。它在我们迷失时给予指引，在我们恐惧时给予支持。而在我们放弃希望的那一刻，也就放弃了生命。我们生活的世界正瓦解成一个充满恶意和仇恨的地方，在这里我们就更需要希望，却又难以寻得。在这充满恐惧的世界里，找到希望谈何容易，但是，对更好、更有意义的人生的信仰才会让生命有意义。

Then you hear a baby speaking her first word, you see seniors holding hands, you feel the first spring rain, or smell the pine tree at Christmas, and remember that no matter how awful it is, there is always hope. No matter how weak we are, we will always survive.

然后，你听到婴儿说出第一个字、看到老年夫妇挽起对方的手、感受到第一场春雨或是闻到圣诞节松树的味道，你要明白，无论现在多么糟糕，希望永在；无论我们多么脆弱，我们终将是人生的幸存者。

37. Garbage Could Mean Money

第37课 垃圾及黄金

Fashion never ceases to surprise me.
流行服饰总是不断地令我惊奇。
Recently, a fashion designer came up with another strange creation.
最近，一名时装设计师想出另一种奇异的时装。
His idea comes straight from the garbage dump, so to speak.
他的这个点子可以说是直接来自垃圾堆。
He makes sweaters from used plastic bottles.
他利用使用过的塑胶瓶罐来制造毛衣。
What a weird sweater that's going to be!
那将是一件多么怪异的毛衣啊！
This new kind of sweater will protect you from the rain and cold.
这种新款式的毛衣能够为你挡雨防寒。
They will, therefore, be especially attractive to outdoor people such as fishermen, hunters and mountain climbers.
因此，这些毛衣对户外活动的人士像是渔夫，猎人和登山者特别具有吸引力。
However, they're not cheap.
然而，这些毛衣并不便宜。
They sell at prices ranging from US$100 to US$150.
它们的售价在一百到一百五十块美金之间。
What a great idea for making money! Don't you think?
这真是个赚钱的妙点子！你不觉得吗？

36. The Sex Maniac

第36课 大色狼

Randy is consoling his friend Steve, whose girl friend has just left him.
朗迪正在安慰他的朋友史帝夫，史帝夫的女友离开他了。
R: Come on, Steve. No point in crying over spilt milk.
好了啦，史帝夫。覆水难收啊。
S: I shouldn't have let her go.
我不应该让她走的。
R: Forget her. There're plenty of fish in the sea.
忘了她吧。天涯何处无芳草。
S: But there's only one that I like.
可是我爱的只有一个。
R: How do you know if you haven't tried others?
你还没试过别人怎么会知道呢？
S: You know me. I am a one-woman man.
你了解我这个人。我是个感情专一的男人。
R: You're a fool!
你是个大傻瓜！
S: And you're a sex maniac!
而你是个大色狼！

35. A Sense of Security

第35课 安全感

Some people take the view that sometimes in life we have to take chances in order to make progress.
有些人认为我们一生中有时候必须冒险以求得进步。
I admire such people.
我很钦佩这种人。
It certainly takes courage to take risks.
冒险的确需要勇气。
Maybe it's due to my upbringing, but I am the type who likes to play it safe.
或许是因为我所受的教养，我却是那种行事谨慎以保安全的人。
People like me believe in the saying, " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
像我这种人相信俗话说的：“一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。”
Conservative as it may be, it keeps me out of trouble.
虽然这种想法也许很保守，但却使我避免惹上麻烦。
I must confess, however, that such a lifestyle may, at times, be boring.
然而，我必须承认这种生活方式有时候可能很无聊。
Admittedly, my life is not half as colorful or exciting as other people's, but at least it gives me a sense of security.
不可否认地，我的生活虽不及别人生活一半的多彩多姿或刺激，但至少它能带给我安全感。

34. A Lifesaving Kiss

第34课 救命的一吻

Tonya is a beautiful lifeguard. She has just saved Marvin from drowning in the ocean.
托尼亚是位美丽的救生员，她刚刚从海中把险些溺水的马文救起来。
M: I feel a little groggy.
我觉得有点四肢无力。
T: That's natural. You nearly drowned a minute ago.
那当然。你刚才差点淹死。
M: you saved my life! You're my savior!
你救了我一命！你是我的救命恩人！
T: Don't get too excited. A minute ago you weren't breathing, and I had to give you CPR.
别太激动！刚才你的呼吸停了，因此我非得给你做心肺复苏不可。
M: Oh, I wish I could remember that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with such a beautiful woman as you.
哦，我希望我能记得像你这样的美女曾经我做的口对口人工呼吸。
T: Take it easy, OK?
你冷静点，好吗？
M: Oh, wait… I feel faint again.
哦，等等……我觉得我又快昏倒了。
T: Nice try, buddy, but don't even dream about it.
装得好像，老兄，但是你想都别想。

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Act 3.
Ellen： Good morning. What a wonderful morning! Don't the flowers smell wonderful?
Philip： Good morning, Ellen. Yes, they do. That's why I'm reading my paper and having my coffee on the patio this morning. Ah, it does smell sweet. How was your school- board meeting last night? You must've come home very late.
Ellen： Did you find the sandwich I made for you?
Philip： Thanks, dear. I was so tired I didn't even finish it.
Ellen： Philip, I've been working on this special project with the school board, and I'd like your opinion about it.
Philip： What is it?
Ellen： I've been trying to find a way to encourage reading.
Philip： Good luck!
Ellen： Well, I think I may have found a way to do it.
Philip： Tell me about it. I work with families every day, Ellen. I see how people spend their leisure
time-young and old.
Ellen： Mostly watching television. Well, that would be OK if , and I repeat, if people took the time to read.
Philip： I couldn't agree with you more.
Ellen： The question is, how do we get them to read more?
Philip： I think you're going to give me the answer to tha question. You have that looking your eye.
Ellen： I do have an answer, Philip. Or at least I think I do.
Philip： Well, tell me about it.
Ellen： The plan is a simple one. Involve the entire family in a reading project.
Philip： In the home?
Ellen： Yes, in the home. But first in the school-rooms.
Philip： Hmm, interesting. But how do you plan to do that?
Ellen： By arranging with the public schools to schedule one hour a week-to start with. During that time parents are invited to attend-and to read along with the children- their children.
Philip： It can go beyond the school system, Ellen.
Ellen： Really?
Philip： I guarantee you it would go very in the hospitals. My patients-mostly kids-would love to read and be read to.
Ellen： You think so?
Philip： I know so.
Ellen： May be we can experiment with your patients and see how the plan works.
Philip： I love the idea. Would you work with me?
Ellen： I would love to, Philip.
Philip： And that way, we'll spend more time together, Ellen. We just don't see each other anymore.
Ellen： You and I are very busy these days. This is true. We need to find time to be together more, to do things together more-you and I. This would be a wonderful way to accomplish that.
Philip： I have a question.
Ellen： Yes?
Philip： What do we read?
Ellen： To the patients in the ward?
Philip： Yes.
Ellen： Well, let you and I talk about it. What would you like to read to them?
Philip： Mrs. Stewart and I will read a poem by Robert Frost.
Ellen： It's called "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Philip： Would you begin, Ellen?
Ellen： All right. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"by Robert Frost.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Philip： My little horse must think it queer.
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake.
The darkest evening of the year.
Ellen： He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
Ellen&Philip： The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Grandpa： You two belong on stage! That was wonderful!
Ellen： Grandpa!
Philip： Dad...Robbie. When did you come?
Grandpa： We've been listening to you both. These are lucky kids.
Robbie： Do you enjoy reading together?
Philip： Well, we may read together aloud at home.
Grandpa： You were right, Robbie.
Robbie： I know.