【初级趣味阅读】 A Surprise from Australia

The school ends and Erica quickly puts her books in the bag and runs out of the class.

Today is a special day. Erica is very excited. She runs home and thinks about her uncle.She spoke with him on the phone a week ago. He returns from Australia, and he brings a special surprise with him!

Erica is very happy. She thinks about the surprise that he brings.

"Maybe he brings a surfboard? That is fun! I can learn howto surf!"

"Maybe he brings Australian nuts? Oh, I can eat nuts all day!"

"Or maybe he brings a kangaroo? That is not good. I don't have a place in my room for a kangaroo…"

Erica finally arrives home. Her parents are there, and her uncle is there! She is very happy to see him. They hug and she jumps up and down.

"Uncle,uncle," she calls, "what special surprise do you have for me from Australia?"

"Well,"her uncle smiles and answers, "I have for you an Australian aunt!"

THE END

【关键词】

1、  surprise (名词) 惊喜

2、  Australia（名词）澳大利亚

3、  special（形容词）特别的

4、  excited（形容词）激动的

5、  think about （动词词组）想到

6、   surfboard（名词）冲浪板

7、   nut （名词）坚果

8、   kangaroo（名词）袋鼠

9、    finally（副词）终于

10、     hug （动词）拥抱

【译文】

来自澳大利亚的惊喜

放学了，埃丽卡迅速将书本放入书包，跑出教室。

今天是个特别的日子。 埃丽卡非常兴奋。 她一边朝回家跑，一边想着叔叔。 一周前，她跟叔叔通过电话。 他从澳大利亚归来，给她带来一个特别的惊喜！

埃丽卡非常高兴。 她在想到叔叔带来的惊喜是什么。

“也许他带来了一个冲浪板？这很有趣！我可以学习如何冲浪！”

“也许他带来了澳大利亚坚果？哦，我可以整天吃坚果！”

“或许他带来一只袋鼠？这不好。我的房间里没有袋鼠的地方......”

埃丽卡终于到家了。 她父母在，叔叔也在！ 她见到叔叔很高兴。 他们先是拥抱，然后她又是蹦又是跳。

“叔叔，叔叔，”她说，“你从澳大利亚给我带来什么特别的惊喜？”

“好吧，”叔叔笑着回答道，“我给你带回来一个澳大利亚婶婶！”

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