常春藤生活英語(yǔ)：The Paper Bag Princess 紙袋公主

A princess named Elizabeth was going to marry a prince named Ronald. One day, a dragon flew down from the mountains and burned their whole castle down. The castle was completely destroyed and the prince was captured. Elizabeth, however, managed to survive. She wanted to go rescue Ronald, but everything was burned, including her clothes. Elizabeth had no choice but to put on the only thing that was left—a paper bag.

Princess Elizabeth went into the mountains and found the cave where the dragon lived. She knocked on the door and the dragon yelled, "Go away!" Elizabeth wouldn't leave. Instead, she asked the dragon if he could burn five forests down with one breath. The dragon laughed at her question, came out of the cave, took a deep breath, and burned the five forests easily. The princess pretended to be amazed and begged him to do it again. The dragon agreed and did what Elizabeth said. "Wow!" she screamed, "I heard you can do something else, too."

有位名叫伊麗莎白的公主即將嫁給一位叫勞納的王子。有一天，有只惡龍從山上飛下來(lái)，把他們整座城堡都燒毀了。城堡被破壞殆盡，王子也被抓走。然而，伊麗莎白還是設(shè)法存活下來(lái)。她想去拯救勞納，不過(guò)所有東西都被燒光了，包括她的衣裳，伊麗莎白不得已只好穿上僅剩的東西──紙袋。

伊麗莎白公主進(jìn)入深山里，找到了惡龍住的洞穴。她敲了敲門(mén)，惡龍大吼：『走開(kāi)!』伊麗莎白不愿離去。相反地，她問(wèn)惡龍能否一口氣燒掉五座森林。惡龍對(duì)她的問(wèn)題一笑置之，走出洞穴，深深吸了一口氣，并輕而易舉地?zé)袅宋遄帧９骷傺b很驚訝的樣子，拜托他再做一遍。惡龍答應(yīng)了，并且照伊麗莎白的話做。她大叫：『哇!我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你還有別的本事?！?/p>

Building Your Vocabulary

1.capture　vt. 俘虜;逮捕

The captain was captured by the enemies.

上尉被敵軍俘虜了。

2.rescue　vt. 援救

Help! Someone please rescue me.

救命啊!拜托來(lái)人救救我啊。

3.scream　vi. 尖叫

The fans screamed when the singer arrived.

歌手抵達(dá)時(shí)，粉絲們大聲尖叫。

Phrases for Learning

1.burn...down　　燒毀……

The troops burned the whole city down.

軍隊(duì)燒毀了整座城市。

2.manage to + 原形動(dòng)詞　　設(shè)法……

Did you manage to get that money for me?

你有設(shè)法幫我拿到那筆錢(qián)嗎?

3.pretend to + 原形動(dòng)詞　　假裝……

Alex pretended to be sad at the funeral.

艾力克斯在葬禮上假裝很悲傷的樣子。

Grammar Check

She wanted to go rescue Ronald...

(她想去拯救勞納……)

go, come 這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞，在口語(yǔ)中常采用"go/come + and + 原形動(dòng)詞"的句型，以代替"go/come + to + 原形動(dòng)詞"的用法。 而在美式口語(yǔ)用法中，go, come 兩動(dòng)詞后的 and 或 to 則常被省略。例：

I'd like to go (and) see a movie tomorrow.

(我明天想看場(chǎng)電影。)

Come (and) take a look at this photo.

(來(lái)看看這張相片吧。)