典范英语7――14

微金属狗
1微到丹尼尔‟的生日，他醒来发现他的床的一大盒。

它看起来像一个狗窝。

…狗！‟丹尼尔喊道。

他想让一只狗年龄‟。

他从床上跳了起来，打开笼门。

有微。

他是闪亮的银色，黄色的眼睛闪闪发光。

这是一个真正…‟‟狗，丹尼尔说。

…‟说妈妈我知道。

…但真正的狗是在我们单位允许‟T。

看看微可以做。

妈妈转向微观‟。

…‟走，她说。

倒在地毯上微硬（僵直的，不灵活的），干（不平稳的）腿。

…‟树皮，妈妈说。

微睁开金属口。

他叫了？很难说。

这是一个柔软的小声音。

…业，业，业，业，业‟。

‟…摇尾巴，妈妈说。

微的金属尾了‟呼呼声就走一路，然后其他的。

…但我想要一个真正的狗，‟丹尼尔说。

他感到深深的失望。

…微‟比真正的狗，‟妈妈说。

他不吵闹或…‟凌乱。

他总是做他‟告诉。

去。

告诉他做什么。

在你的狗窝‟…‟，微回去，丹尼尔说。

微转身撞回他的盒子。

…什么好狗！‟说妈妈微。

…我想你‟重新完美的宠物。

但是丹尼尔却‟‟T似乎是这么认为的。

他说，由于妈妈‟…，。

然后他撕开（把……撕开）他提出的休息。

整天整夜，微等。

但丹尼尔在他的其他的礼物。

他以微一次‟。

慢慢的，在他的黑盒子，微‟的眼睛失去了光泽。

2微开始考虑下一个早晨，当丹尼尔离开学校，妈妈叫他以后，你再迟到…‟，丹尼尔。

走快！‟单独在自己的黑盒子，微听到，快速步行‟…。

他的机器人
大脑开始嗡嗡作响。

他小小的黄色的眼睛照亮光明。

他缓缓从他的狗窝。

他沿着他的肥仔（短粗的，敦实的）腿，在地毯上。

他走了出去，从打开的玻璃门，他只停下的时候，他的红鼻子撞到阳台。

…铿锵！丹尼尔的母亲对‟‟‟T见他。

她忙着准备工作。

从第七楼向下微。

他可以看到公园，有绿色的树和草。

他把人和毛茸茸的四条腿的东西到处跑。

突然，大脑开始微‟自己思考。

…那些是真正的狗，‟以为微。

他看到真正的狗追棒和球。

…那些真正的狗是玩，‟以为微。

他们闭嘴独自‟T由业主在黑盒。

他明亮的眼睛像火一样发光。

他的机器人大脑运转了。

每一个念头，它变得越来越聪明。

现在是制定计划。

…我会去那里，我决定微‟，…‟要看真正的狗。

我将学习如何像他们一样。

然后丹尼尔会跟我玩。

‟但他怎么能去公园吗？他很高，公园是一个很长的路了。

3什么是真
正的狗做微回去躲在沙发后面。

然后他看到了机会。

丹尼尔的妈妈去工作‟微溜出来（偷偷地溜出）通过门后的她。

他在墙上的一个按钮看到她的新闻。

然后她消失在滑动门。

他的机器人眼中闪过。

…是下跌的方式，‟他决定。

他起床（站起来直立后腿上，）。

他的金属鼻，他按下按钮。

丁！电梯来了。

微走了进来。

他骑着下了楼。

他在电梯里的人看着。

他们看起来很困惑，但没有人说什么。

在公园里，微探出来（偷看，窥视）从一棵树后面。

他看到狗主人喊，…来到这里！‟真正的狗没有注意。

他们跑了。

他看到狗主人喊，…安静！‟但真正的狗吠得更大声了：…拉夫！拉夫！拉夫！‟
狗也‟T做他们说的去做。

但是他们的主人似乎仍然爱他们。

他们拍拍他们的头和刮（挠，抓）他们的耳朵后面。

微思想，如果我做什么…真正的狗做的，丹尼尔会抓耳朵后面。

‟微知道他还有很多要学。

于是他跟着一只叫邋遢。

他跑到屋里疯狂，追逐自己的尾巴（追赶）。

微站在他的后腿，透过开着的窗户。

他咀嚼着地毯。

他喝到马桶里。

接着一个小女孩走过来，搂住他的脖子和他拥抱‟。

‟…你是最好的狗的世界，‟她说。

…我想成为世界上最好的狗，‟以为微，现在他知道怎么做。

4“什么事？“微回家。

他骑马走到第七楼的电梯。

‟丹尼尔妈妈下班回来，他潜入平跟在她后面。

…为什么你的箱子吗？‟‟妈妈丹尼尔说，惊讶。

…回到你的狗窝。

但是微‟跑的其他方式。

他打开金属口。

…拉夫！拉夫！拉夫！‟他咆哮着，当他听真正的狗做‟。

丹尼尔的妈妈捂住耳朵‟…，嘘！球拍！‟微咆哮更大声，…拉夫！拉夫！拉夫！‟他跑了一圈又一圈，追逐自己的尾巴，直到他只是一个模糊的银。

他跳了起来，在丹尼尔的妈妈‟。

…下来！‟她说。

但微没有注意，跳起来更。

与他的金属爪，他咬掉大位了地毯。

…停止，Micro the Metal Dog
1 Micro arrives On Daniel‟s birthday, he woke up and found a big box by his bed. It looked like akennel. …A dog!‟cried Daniel. He‟d wanted a dog for age s. He leapt out of bed and opened thekennel door. There was Micro. He was shiny and silver, with yellow flashing eyes. …That isn‟t a realdog,‟said Daniel. …I know,‟said Mum. …But real dogs aren‟t allowed in our flats. Just look whatMicro can do.‟Mum turned to Micro. …Walk,‟she said. Micro stumped across the carpet on stiff(僵直的，不灵活的), jerky(不平稳的) legs. …Bark,‟said Mum. Micro opened his metal mouth.
Was hebarking? It was hard totell. It was such a soft little sound. …Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip.‟
…Wag your tail,‟said Mum. Micro‟s metal tail made a whirring sound as it went one way, then theother. …But I wanted a real dog,‟said Daniel. He was deeply disappointed. …Micro‟s better than a realdog,‟said Mum. …He‟s not noisy or messy. He always does what he‟s told. Go on. Tell him to dosomething.‟…Go back in your kennel, Micro,‟said Daniel. Micro turned round and clunked back intohis box. …What a good dog!‟said Mum to Micro. …I think you‟re the perfect pet.‟But Daniel
didn‟tseem to think so. He said, …Thanks, Mum.‟Then h e ripped open(把…撕开) the rest of his presents.All day and all night, Micro waited. But Daniel played with his other presents. He didn‟t take Micro outonce. Slowly, inside his dark box, Micro‟s eyes lost their brightness. 2 Micro starts thinking Nextmorning, as Daniel left for school, Mum called after him, …You‟re late, Daniel. WALK FAST!‟Alone inhis dark box, Micro heard, …WALK FAST‟. His robot
brain started whirring. His little yellow eyes lit up as bright as ever. He came trundling out of his kennel.He raced along on his stumpy(短粗的，敦实的) legs, across the carpet. He went out through the openglass doors and he only stopped when his red nose hitthe balcony. …CLANG!‟Daniel‟s mum didn‟tsee him. She was too busy getting ready for work. Micro looked down from the seventh floor. He couldsee the park, with green trees and grass. He saw people and furry things with four legs running about.Suddenly, Micro‟s brain started thinking for itself. …Those are real dogs,‟thought Micro. He saw thereal dogs running after sticks and balls. …Those real dogs are playing,‟thought Micro. They weren‟tshut up and left alone by their owners in dark boxes. His bright eyes glowed like fire. His robot brainwhirred again. With every thought, it got more and more clever. Now it was making plan s. …I will godown there,‟decided Micro, …and I‟ll watch the real dogs. I will learn how to be like them. ThenDaniel will play with me.‟But how could he get to the park? He was high up and the park was a longway down. 3 What real dogs do Micro went back and hid behind the sofa. Then he saw his chance.Daniel‟s mum went to work and Micro sneaked out(偷偷地溜出) through the door after her. He sawher press a button in the wall. Then she vanished through some sliding doors. His robot eyes flashed.…That is the way down,‟he decided. He got up(站起来，直立) on his back legs. With his
metal nose,he pressed the same button. DING! The lift came. Micro walked in. He rode down to the ground floor.The people in the lift with him stared. They looked puzzled, but no one said anything. In the park,Micro peeked out(偷看，窥视) from behind a tree. He saw the dog owners shout, …Come here!‟Thereal dogs took no notice. Theyran off. He saw the dog owners shout, …Be quiet!‟But the real dogsbarked even louder: …RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!‟
The dogs didn‟t do w hat they were told to do. But their owners still seemed to love them. They pattedtheir heads and scratched(挠，抓) them behind the ears. Micro thought, …If I do what real dogs do,Daniel might scratch behind my ears.‟Micro knew he still had a lot to learn. So he followed a dogcalled Scruffy. Scruffy ran into his house like a mad thing, chasing(追赶) his own tail. Micro stood onhis back legs and peeked through an open window. Scruffy chewed the carpet. He drank from thetoilet bowl. Then a little girl came in and p ut her arms round Scruffy‟s neck and hugged him. …You‟rethe best dog in the world,‟she said. …I want to be the best dogin the world,‟thought Micro, and nowhe knew how to do it. 4 …What‟s the matter with you?‟ Micro went back home. He rode up to theseventh floor in the lift. Daniel‟s mum came back from work and he sneaked into the flat behind her.…Why are you out of your box?‟said Daniel‟s mum, surprised. …Get back into your kennel.‟ButMicro ran the other way. He opened his metal mouth. …Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!‟he roared, as he‟d heard thereal dogs do. Daniel‟s mum covered her ears, …Shhh! What a racket!‟Micro barked even louder,…RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!‟He rushed round in a circle, chasing his tail, until he was just a silver blur. Hejumped up at Daniel‟s mum. …Get down!‟she said. But Micro took no notice and jumped up evenmore. With his metal jaws, he chomped great bitsout of the carpet. …Stop that, now!‟yelled Daniel‟smum. …What‟s the matter with you? You‟re supposed to be a good dog!‟Micro rushed into thebathroom. He stuck(伸出) his head down the toilet, just as he‟d seen Scruffy do. Then he pulled hishead out and shook water all over the place. It was the last straw. …I‟m not putting up with this!‟saidDaniel‟s mum. …The stupid machine has gone mad!‟She grabbed Micro. She took him out of the flatand threw him down the rubbish
chute. …Daniel never played with it anyway,‟she thought. …He won‟t even miss it.‟Dented andbattered, Micro lay in the dark basement with the rubbish bags. …What did I do wrong?‟he thoughtsadly. …I was only doing
what real dogs do.‟But, instead of being loved, he‟d been thrown out with the rubbish. 5 --- Where isMicro? Mum was right. When Daniel came home from school, he didn‟t even notice that Micro wasmissing. But he did notice the chewed carpet. …Who did that?‟he said. Mum said, …That dog! When Icame home it went crazy! It was barking and chasing around in circles. It even stuck its head down
thetoilet.‟Mum went on, ...I said, “Stop it!” but it took no notice! Just as if it had a mind of its own!‟...Really?‟said Daniel. ...A mind of its own?‟For the first time, he was interested in Micro. He said,...Where is he?‟Mum looked a bit uncomfortable. (I)
threw him down the rubbish chute,‟she said.…What!‟yelled Daniel. …You threw my dog down the rubbish chute! How coul d you? He was mybirthday present!‟Daniel rushed for the door. …Where are you going?‟said Mum. …To the basement.To find Micro!‟Mum felt really bad now. She called out after Daniel, …I didn‟t think you wanted him!‟In the basement, Daniel saw a glint of silve r among the rubbish bags. …Micro!‟he cried. Micro‟s eyeslit up. He jumped up and tried to lick(舔一舔) Daniel‟s face with his metal tongue. Daniel picked himup in his arms and carried him outside. …Stay here,‟he said to Micro. But Micro was already racingtowards the park. He‟d seen Scruffy! With joyful barks, Micro ran to Scruffy on his stumpy, metal legs.His tail was wagging, even though no one had told it to. Daniel watched, amazed. Micro and Scruffyraced around together. They dug holes. They chased seagulls. They were having the time of theirlives. Daniel threw a stick. …Fetch, Micro!‟he cried. Of course, Micro ran the other way. He fetchedback an empty pizza box, and dropped it at Daniel‟s feet. Daniel grinned,
…You silly dog.‟Then Daniel patted Micro‟s hea d. He scratched him behind his shiny, silver ears. …Ialways wanted a dog,‟he said. …and now I‟ve got one.‟He put his arms around Micro‟s metal neck.…I‟ve got the best dog in the world.‟。