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来自身体的一封信：

你是否经常不吃早饭
熬夜追剧加班
抽烟、喝酒、吃垃圾食品
还从来不锻炼

想象一下，如果你有一匹价值连城的赛马，你会这么虐待它么？
肯定不会吧？这么名贵的马，掉根毛都肉疼。
那如果你有一只又萌又呆的狗狗呢，你会这么对它吗？
也不会把，狗狗那么可爱！
那你为什么要这么对待自己最忠实的朋友，也是你最宝贵的财富——“身体”呢？
鉴于有人从来不懂得珍惜这位朋友，让ta受尽了委屈， ta决定写一封信吐吐苦水！信的内容如下：

Hi! It's your body here! Allow me to reintroduce myself. I'm the home that you've always lived in. Surely you remember. We grew up together!
嗨，我是你的身体！允许我再自我介绍一下。我是你一直住着的“家”。你肯定记得我，我们一起长大的。

And I'm writing in this letter cause, I feel neglected in this relationship, very disappointed in what I've been seeing. With your ambition to make money you sacrificed my well being, which makes no sense in the least because when I get sick you sacrificed that same money to recuperate ME.
我写这封信是因为，我感觉我在这段关系里被忽视了。我对我所看到的很失望。你有想挣钱的雄心，却为此牺牲我的健康。这完全不合理，因为如果我病了，你赚的那些钱都要用来给我治病！

And what's even more ironic is with all your interest in profit you can't even see the truth that I'm worth over A BILLION DOLLARS.
更讽刺的是，你利欲熏心，甚至看不清这个事实：我才是最宝贵的啊！

Don't believe me? Okay I'll prove it.
你不相信？好吧，我证明给你看。

If someone came to you with a check for One Million and said “Here. All I want in return is your eyesight.”
如果有人拿着一百万的支票来找你，他说：“给你，作为交换，我想要你的视力。”

You will never be able to see another sunset for the rest of your natural life. Would you take that deal?
你将在余生里再也看不到夕阳，这样的交易你愿意吗？

Ok, let's up the bid.
好吧，让我们把赌注加大。

Suppose he had a check for Ten Million instead, And if you accepted you would no longer have use of your arms or legs. Would you take THAT deal?
假设他有一张千万的支票，如果你接受了，你将再也无法使用四肢。你要交换吗？

I can answer that for you. No.
我可以替你回答。不要。

Those are silly options because you know that as your body I am worth over a BILLION DOLLARS.
这都是一些很愚蠢的选择，因为我的价值远不止于此。

And don't get me started with the heart. If I was a company, right? This Heart wouldn't get Employee of the Month. It would get the Employee of the LIFE!
别让我提心脏了。如果我是一间公司，心脏不会得到“月度最佳员工”称号。它要得到的是“终身最佳员工”。

Because throughout your entire existence as a person, your heart never stops working! Even when you're sleeping it doesn't stop beating, that's EVERY SECOND EVERY MINUTE EVERY DAY and come to think of it I can't recall you ever saying Thanks.
因为在你的一生里，你的心脏从未停止工作！即使在你睡觉时，它也没有停止跳动，每秒每分每天都在工作，现在想想，我不曾听你说过谢谢。

Anyway I don't want this to come off as rude. Just asking for a little attention here dude.
无论如何，我不想冒犯你，只是想要你对我多点关心。

I know you try to make me look perfect when you're Instagramming. But we both know you been taking me for granted.
我知道你发朋友圈时想让我尽量看起来完美。但是我们都知道，你并不重视我。

Consider this an opportunity. Take some time by yourself. Just, you and me. Place your hand on your chest and say “Thank You” to your heartbeat. To your EYES, LEGS, ARMS. To your hands that your use for climbing. To your lungs that bring you breathe without you even trying.
借此机会，给你和我一点独处的时间。把你的手放在胸口，对心脏说“谢谢”。对你的眼睛、双腿、胳膊，对你用来攀爬的手，对让你呼吸的肺部说“谢谢”。

I do it all for you, cause you come first. Cause you're my homie! We go way back, don't we? Like, birth?
我为你做这一切，是因为你永远是我的第一位，因为你是我的好朋友，我们认识很久了，对吧？大概，从出生开始？

I just think it's time you start treating me what I'm worth.
我想，是时候你该给我应有的对待了。

今日跟读金句
With your ambition to make money you sacrificed my well being, which makes no sense in the least because when I get sick you sacrificed that same money to recuperate ME.
你有想挣钱的雄心，却为此牺牲我的健康。这完全不合理，因为如果我病了，你赚的那些钱都要用来给我治病！

You will never be able to see another sunset for the rest of your natural life. Would you take that deal?
你将在余生里再也看不到夕阳，这样的交易你愿意吗？

Place your hand on your chest and say “Thank You” to your heartbeat.
把你的手放在胸口，对心脏说“谢谢”

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如果你还没有读过这本书....
如果你真的没有时间读书....
福利，福利，福利来了！！
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告诉你这7个习惯到底是什么

Private Victory
个人领域的成功：从依赖到独立、

Habit 1: Be Proactive -- Principles of Personal Vision
积极主动——个人愿景的原则


We are, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us.
　人性本质是主动而非被动的，不仅能消极选择反应，更能主动创造有利环境。采取主动并不表示要强求、惹人厌或具侵略性，只是不逃避为自己开创前途的责任。
Work, it isn't a function of whether the weather is conducive to it or not. Reactive people are also affected by their social environment, by the "social weather." When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don't, they become defensive or protective. Reactive people build their emotional lives around the behavior of others, empowering the weaknesses of other people to control them.
受制于人，同样也受制于社会“天气”的阴晴圆缺。如果受到理遇，就愉快积极，反之则退缩逃避。理智重与感情的人，则通过谨慎思考，他们的反应完全行我在自己的手中。
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind TM
习惯二：以终为始——自我领导的原则

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
身外之物和内在力量相比，便显得微不足道。
To Begin with the End in Mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
认定目标也意味，着手任何一件事，先认清防线。如此不可对目前所处的状况了解更透彻，而且在追求目标的过程中，也不致误入歧途，白费功夫。

Habit 3: Put First Things First TM -- Principles of Personal Management
习惯三：要事第一——自我管理的原则

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
最重要的事情永远不应该是你凭你想象的重要的事。
Effective management is putting first things first. While leadership decides what "first things" are, it is management that puts them first, day-by-day, moment-by-moment. Management is discipline, carrying it out.
有效的管理是把事情放在第一位。 由你领导决定什么是“最重要的事情”，管理上就是把它们放在第一位，每一天，每一秒都在做最重要的事。记住管理是是执行的前提。
Public Victory
公众领域的成功：从独立到互赖

Habit 4: Think Win-Win TM -- Principles of Interpersonal Leadership
习惯四：双赢思维——人际领导的原则

Think Win-Win is the habit of interpersonal leadership. It involves the exercise of each of the unique human endowments -- self-awareness, imagination, conscience, and independent will -- in our relationships with others. It involves mutual learning, mutual influence, mutual benefits.

双赢被任务是人际领导的习惯。 它涉及到在与他人的关系中运用的每一种独特人类禀赋 - 自我意识，想象力，良知和独立意志。 互利互惠也涉及相互学习，相互影响，互惠互利等方面。

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood TM
习惯五：知彼解己——同理心交流的原则

When another person speaks, we're usually "listening" at one of four levels. We may be ignoring another person, not really listening at all. We may practice pretending. "Yeah. Uh-huh. Right." We may practice selective listening, hearing only certain parts of the constant chatter of a preschool child. Or we may even practice attentive listening, paying attention and focusing energy on the words that are being said. But very few of us ever practice the fifth level, the highest form of listening, empathic listening.
“聆听”也是有层次之分。参差最低的是”听而不闻“，如同耳边风，其次是“虚实结合的故事”“嗯...是的....对对对....”略有反应，其实是心不在焉 ，第三是“选择的听”，只听自己口味的，第四是“专注的听”，每句话都进入大脑，但是否听出了真意，值得怀疑。层次最高的则是：“设身处地的聆听，”一般人很少办到。

Habit 6: Synergize
习惯六：统合综效——创造性合作的原则

Principles of Creative Cooperation
Synergy means that 1 + 1 may equal 8, 16, or even 1,600. The synergistic position of high trust produces solutions better than any originally proposed, and all parties know it. Furthermore, they genuinely enjoy the creative enterprise. A miniculture is formed to satisfy in and of itself.
协同作用意味着1 + 1可以等于8,16或甚至1600。 高度信任的协同合作比任何原始建议更好地产生解决方案，这是所有人都有目共睹的。 此外，在创造价值的过程中，他们也真的乐在其中，并且员工在这里会不但可以体验到企业文化也会实现自我价值的满足。

RENEWAL
自我提升和完善

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
习惯七：不断更新——平衡的自我更新原则

It's preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have -- you. It's renewing the four dimensions of your nature -- physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional.
“工欲善其事，必先利器。”准则的主旨就是从身体、精神心智与待人处世等四个层面增进个人本领。
"Sharpen the Saw" basically means expressing all four motivations. It means exercising all four dimensions of our nature, regularly and consistently, in wise and balanced ways.
磨练自己是指以均衡明智的方式，自发，经常，持续的从上述四个方面进行自我修炼。

今日跟读金句
When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don't, they become defensive or protective.
如果受到理遇，就愉快积极，反之则退缩逃避。

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
最重要的事情永远不应该是你凭你想象的重要的事。

Synergy means that 1 + 1 may equal 8, 16, or even 1,600.
协同作用意味着1 + 1可以等于8,16或甚至1600。

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我要请假！！！
亲爱的，你热爱你的工作吗？
在这个微凉的深秋，你一次又一次耐住了床的诱惑！成为了办公室的霸主！
可是，你有没有请假的胆量？

快来看看直爽的歪果仁们是怎样请假的吧？
比吃了老坛酸菜牛肉面还酸爽！
比喝了一壶陈酿五粮液还壮胆！

1.
…had a casserole in the oven.
……我烤箱里有一盘法式砂锅菜

2.
…had undergone cosmetic plastic surgery that needed some “tweaking.”
……我接受了整容手术，需要“稍微调整一下”。
3.
…was sitting in the bathroom when her legs and feet fell asleep. When she stood up, she fell over and broke her ankle.
……我坐在浴室里的时候，腿和脚都麻了。站起来的时候不慎摔倒，脚踝骨折了。

4.
…had been at a casino all weekend, still had money left on Monday morning, and didn’t want to break his lucky streak.
……我周末去了赌场，周一早上还剩一些钱，不想破坏自己的好运气。

5.
…woke up in a good mood and didn’t want to ruin it.
……我早上起床心情舒畅，不想毁掉好心情。

6.
…had “gotten lucky” the night before and didn’t know where he was.
……我前一天晚上有“艳遇”，现在不知道自己在哪儿。

7.
…got stuck in a blood-pressure machine at the grocery store and couldn’t get out.
……我被食品杂货店的血压计粘住了，无法离开。

8.
…had a gall stone she wanted to heal holistically.
……我发现一块胆结石，希望将它完全治愈。

9.
…caught his uniform on fire by putting it in the microwave to dry.
……我把制服放到微波炉里烘干，结果制服着火了。

10.
…accidentally got on a plane.
……我一不小心上了一架飞机。


不愧是歪果仁，解放天性做的特别赞！
你敢用这样的理由请假吗？
你见过最奇葩的请假理由是什么呢？


今日跟读金句
1
had been at a casino all weekend, still had money left on Monday morning, and didn’t want to break his lucky streak.
……我周末去了赌场，周一早上还剩一些钱，不想破坏自己的好运气。
2
...had a gall stone she wanted to heal holistically
……我发现一块胆结石，希望将它完全治愈。
3
....caught his uniform on fire by putting it in the microwave to dry.
……我把制服放到微波炉里烘干，结果制服着火了。

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Monster-sitting

今天是熊叔陪伴你的第1075天

Vocabulary
throw: v. 扔 (threw)
Don’t throw your money around.

sweep: v. 扫(swept)
It’s your turn to sweep the floor.

best: adj. 最好的
Helen is the best teacher.

How did Nelly baby-sit the human child?

Nelly made a few phone calls on her cellphone. Rowan threw a vase at the wall.
Nelly swept up the vase, and heard the doorbell ring.
Nelly answered the door.
“Hullo, Hillooo, Hellope, Hollollolloo, Nelly,” said the monsters. “How can we help?”
Nelly took the monsters into the lounge to meet Rowan.
Rowan, again, picked up a toy car to throw at them.
“I can throw bigger things than you,” said Freeb, picking up the armchair with one hand. “But I prefer to do jigsaws.”
Rowan put the toy car down and growled.
“I can growl louder than you,” said both of Lump’s heads. “But I prefer to play with bricks.”

At 8:30, Rowan’s mum and dad returned home.
“These are for you,” said Rowan’s mum, handing Nelly a big packet of plasters and some bandages.
“I don’t need those,” said Nelly with a smile. “Did you have a lovely time?”
“We had a lovely, lovely, lovely time. We went to the library and sat in wonderful, wonderful, wonderful peace and quiet.”
“We had a lovely, lovely, lovely time, too.” said Nelly.
Nelly led them into the lounge. Paul and Caroline looked at Rowan in amazement. He was sitting on the carpet doing a jigsaw.
When Rowan saw his mum and dad, he jumped up, ran to them with a smile and gave them a big kiss and a big hug.
“Rowan!” said Caroline, “you’re not a monster anymore!”
“Nelly!” said Paul, “You’re the best monster-sitter in the world!”
Nelly smiled. “That’s me!”


Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. Paul and Caroline looked at Rowan in amazement.
in amazement惊讶的，吃惊的
Uncle Bear looked at Helen in amazement.

2. You’re not a monster anymore!
not … anymore/any more: 再也不……
Uncle doesn’t teach English anymore. He’s teaching Spanish now.
The End
完美结局

What can we learn from Nelly, the monster-sitter?

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Vocabulary
follow: v. 跟随。
Helen followed Uncle Bear to the classroom.

point: v. 指着
Helen pointed at the stars and said,“Uncle, I want a star.”

What kind of monster did Nelly meet this Saturday?


Slowly they turned and went down the hallway(走廊).
“My name is Paul,” whispered(低声说) the man.
“My name is Caroline,” groaned(呻吟，抱怨) the woman.
Nelly followed them to the doorway of the lounge, where Paul lifted his arm weakly and pointed.
“And this is Rowan.”
Nelly stepped into the lounge(休息室) and saw a little boy. He was standing on the table with a play brick in his hand.
He looked at Nelly with wild eyes, growled(咆哮) like a lion(狮子) and threw the play brick at her with a roar(咆哮).
Nelly ducked(躲避) as the play brick flew(fly, 飞) over her head and into the hallway.
“That’s not all,” groaned Paul. “He screams(尖叫), shouts(叫喊), bites(咬), kicks(踢), scratches(抓) and punches(用拳打).”
“The only thing he doesn’t do,” said Caroline, “is sleep.”
“Mmmm,” smiled Nelly. “You go and have a lovely time, I’ll be fine with Rowan.
Nelly watched Rowan’s mum and dad leave the house. Then she closed the door.
She never baby-sat a monster like Rowan before. She thought really hard.


Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. Nelly followed them to the doorway of the lounge, where Paul lifted his arm weakly and pointed.
这里的where引导的是定语从句。目前可以理解为“在这里”。不需要掌握。

2. He was standing on the table with a play brick in his hand.
这里was standing是过去进行时，表示过去某个时间正在做某事。不需要掌握。

3. The only thing he doesn’t do.
未来会学到的定语从句，he doesn’t do修饰the only thing。不需要掌握。

What do you think Nelly is going to do? Can she baby-sit Rowan?
大家给Nelly出出招，拿这个捣蛋鬼该怎么办咧？

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Vocabulary
arrive: v. 到达（后接介词）
Uncle Bear arrived at the airport.
Uncle Bear arrived at the office.

demand: n. v. 需求，要求，需要
I demand my money back!

What kind of monster did Nelly meet this Saturday?

Just before nine o’clock, the monsters arrived home with a napkin full of mints(薄荷).
“These are for you, Nelly. We went out for a meal and we had a lovely time.”
“So did we, didn’t we, girls!” said Nelly.
Blotch and Bog gave Nelly a monster hug and Nelly waved goodbye.
The next day, Nelly had her own phone plugged into her bedroom.
All the monsters in the neighborhood heard about Nelly. Nelly the monster-sitter was very much in demand.
On Monday, she sang songs to Curdle, the baby monster at Number 16.
On Tuesday, she played hide-and-seek with Gunk, the slimy little monster at Number 7.
And of course, Nelly had fun monster-sitting on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
“I like being a monster-sitter,” thought Nelly, happily.
It was Saturday evening. Nelly’s phone rang again.
“Could you please, please, please monster-sit for us this evening? We’d so, so, so like to go out and have some fun. We’re at Number 28.” croaked the voice.
Nelly pressed the doorbell of Number 28. “There are so many monsters around here!” she smiled.
The door handle turned and the door opened slowly. Two bloodshot eyes peered round the door at Nelly.
“Are you Nelly the monster-sitter?” said the voice.
“That’s me! Can I come in?” smiled Nelly.
The door opened. These two monsters had two arms, two legs, and one head each, just like Nelly’s mum and dad.
They didn’t look like monsters at all.

Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. Nelly had her own phone plugged into her bedroom.
have sth done，使某人做某事，使某事被完成
2. Nelly the monster-sitter was very much in demand.
very much in demand: 需求量大
English courses for beginners are very much in demand.
3. Nelly had fun monster-sitting on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
have fun doing sth…做某事获得快乐，做某事很开心
Uncle Bear has fun teaching English.

What’s gonna happen with Nelly and the human child?
照看了许久怪兽宝宝，这次来照看人类小孩儿，
又会发生什么样的故事？

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Vocabulary
return: v. 返回，归还
Uncle Bear returned home late last night.
both: adj. 两个的，两者的，两者都
Uncle Bear remembers both your names.
slightly: adv. 轻微地
They are twins! But Bear is slightly different from Bad.

What kind of monster did Nelly meet this time?

The two monsters left Nelly with Lump and went to have some fun.
“Be back by 8:30,” said Nelly.
At 8:15, the two monsters returned with a big stick of pink candy floss(棉花糖) in their hands.
“This is for you,” said Lump’s mum. “We’ve been to the fair. We’ve had a super time.”
“I’ve had a super time too,” said Nelly, kissing Lump on both foreheads(额头，前额).
The next evening, Nelly’s phone rang again.
“Hello,” said Nelly.
“Hellope,” said a sucking, thwucking voice.
“Can you monster-sit for us, too, please?” said the monster from Number 93.
“I’d love to!” said Nelly. “I’ll be round at 7:15.”
At 7:15 Nelly knocked on the door of Number 93. The door opened and a purple, rubbery(橡胶似的，有弹性的) head poked out.
“Are you Nelly the monster-sitter?” asked the monster with a sucker thwuck.
“That’s me!” said Nelly. “Can I come in?”
The purple, rubbery monster opened the door and Nelly went inside to meet her purple, thwuckery husband.

They had thwuckery, sucker twins.
“How can you tell the difference?” asked Nelly.
“Blotch has a tiny, orange birth mark(胎记) behind her fourth ear,” said the monster mum lovingly. “And if you look closely, Bog’s fourth eye is slightly greener.”
“I’ll remember that!” said Nelly. “You go and have fun. Be back by nine o’clock.”

Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. I’d love to.
用于表达自己愿意做某事。I would love to的缩写。通常用来回答Would you/Can you …之类的问题。
- Can you help me, Uncle?
- Oh, I’d love to, but I’m very busy right now.
2. How can you tell the difference?
tell the difference: 辨别出不同之处；说出不同之处
- How can you tell the difference between Uncle Bear and Uncle Bad?
- I guess Uncle Bear is not bad.

Seems like there are so many monsters living in the shadow!
What do you think is going to happen to Nelly?
Do you think Nelly will be a good baby-sitter?
你觉得Nelly如果照看人类的小孩儿会怎么样？
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Vocabulary
peep: v. 窥视
Uncle Bear peeped through the window.
nervously: adv. 紧张地
Uncle Bear said to Helen nervously, “I’m going to have dinner. Do you want to come with me?”
step: v. 迈步
Uncle Bear opened the door, and stepped inside.
chuckle: v. 咯咯地笑

What kind of monster did Nelly meet this time?

“Hillooo,” said a growly(低吼地), snarly(咆哮地) voice. “Are you Nelly, the monster-sitter?”
“That’s me!” said Nelly. “Where do you live?”
“Number 76,” said the monster.
“I’ll be around at 6:30,” said Nelly.
At 6:30, Nelly rang the doorbell of Number 76.
The door opened slowly and two large, spiky(钉子一般的) heads peeped nervously round the door.
“Hello,” said Nelly. “I’m Nelly the monster-sitter. Can I come in?”
Green, scaly(有鳞的) fingers pulled the door open and Nelly stepped inside.
“I like your two heads,” said Nelly with a smile.

“Really?” said the monster. “We thought(think) you might be frightened.”
“Two heads are better than one, my mum always says,” smiled Nelly.
The green, scaly, two-headed monster took Nelly inside to meet his yellow, scaly, two-headed daughter.
“Her name is Lump,” said the green, scaly monster. “She loves building with play bricks.”
“I’ll see what we can build together, then!” chuckled Nelly.

Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. We thought(think) you might be frightened.
We think … might … 我们觉得…可能…
I think Uncle Bear might be a little fat.
I think Helen might be a little young.
2. Two heads are better than one
be better than … 比…更好。
Uncle Bear is better than Uncle Bad.
Two is better than one.
3. She loves building with play bricks
…love doing …
Uncle Bear loves teaching English.
Helen loves eating salad.

What’s gonna happen next?
Is Nelly going to meet more monsters?
What kinds of monsters will they be?
大家可以畅想一下Nelly后面会遇到的各种怪兽以及他们的特点。
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Vocabulary
proudly: adv. 骄傲地
“I can speak English very well,” Helen said proudly.
look for: 找，寻找
Uncle Bear is looking for some beef.
popcorn: n. 爆米花
wave: v. 挥手示意
It’s not over. Don’t wave goodbye.

Listen to the story. Did the monster parents have a good time? What about Nelly?

Freeb was doing a jigsaw(拼图) on the carpet.
“She’s very hairy, isn’t she?” said(say) Nelly.
“Thank you,” said Blob proudly.
“We think she has her dad’s eye, too.”
Nelly sat down with Freeb and began(begin) looking for some edge pieces.
“OK.” said Nelly. “You go and have some fun. Please be back by 9:30.”
The two monsters left(leave) Nelly with Freeb and came back at nine o’clock with a big tub(桶) of popcorn in their paws.

“This is for you, Nelly,” said Grit.
“The film was really good,” smiled Blob, “We had a lovely time.”
“So have I,” said Nelly, kissing Freeb on the forehead.
“If you want to go out again, just ring me,” said Nelly, waving goodbye.
The next evening, the phone rang(ring) again.
“Hello,” said Nelly.

Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. Nelly sat down with Freeb and began(begin) looking for some edge pieces.
begin doing something: 开始做某事(begin-began)
Uncle Bear began learning English at the age of 12.
2. The two monsters left(leave) Nelly with Freeb and came back at nine o’clock with
leave … with …: 把…留给…，
Helen left the house with Uncle Bear.
3. So have I.
倒装句，表示我也是。简单点可以说Me, too.
4. If you want to go out again, just ring me…
If …, just …: 如果…，就…
If you want to learn English, just call Uncle Bear.

What’s going to happen next?
接下来会发生什么？
Who called Nelly?
谁又给Nelly打电话了呢？
Continue the story!
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Vocabulary
of course: 当然
frightened: adj. 害怕的，受惊的
It’s midnight. Uncle Bear is alone. And he feels frightened.

Listen to the story. Where does the monster live?

“Of course I can,” says Nelly. “Where do you live?”
“Number 42,” says the monster.
“I’ll be there in an hour,” says Nelly.
At 7 o’clock, Nelly knocks on the door of Number 42.
The door opens with a creak(咯吱声) and a big red eye looks out.
“Are you Nelly, the monster-sitter?” asks the deep, scary voice.
“That’s me!” says Nelly. “Can I come in?”
“Aren’t you frightened?” asks the monster, “I’m pretty scary to look at.”
“My dad says it doesn’t matter how people look on the outside,” says Nelly. “It’s the way they are on the inside that counts.”
“My name is Grit,” said the monster. “And this is my wife, Blob.” Nelly looks down the hallway. A blue, shaggy(蓬松的) monster with green, dangly(摇摆的) earrings is coming.
“Nice to meet you,” says Nelly, shaking Blob’s hand.
“Come and meet our daughter, Freeb,” says Grit, leading Nelly into the bedroom.

Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

Key sentences:
(见到能识别即可，无需掌握)
1. I’ll be there in an hour.
I’ll = I will，表示一般将来时态
- I’ll be in Beijing next week.

2. Aren’t you frightened?
难道你不害怕么？用be动词或助动词的否定形式开头提问，增强语气，带有感情色彩。
Aren’t you watching your weight now?

3. …it doesn’t matter how people look on the outside…
It doesn’t matter… ……不重要，……无所谓
It doesn’t matter how much money you have.

What’s going to happen next? 接下来会发生什么？
Is it some kind of a joke? 是谁在开什么玩笑么？
What’s the baby monster like? 怪兽宝宝会什么样？会咬人么？
Continue the story!
请你来猜猜故事下面会发生什么吧！