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    第十冊 課文英譯

                                                                  gued.                                                                    From then on, Mr. Wang served the community          To see if it is as high as the stairway heading to
                Lesson 1 : Not Acting                                  After a while, the white bird got tired. He ex-                 every day and was never bored again.                   heaven.
                                                                  haustedly said: “Get out! Hurry and get out!” The                                                                           Visiting the National Palace Museum,
                    One night, when dad and I crossed an intersec-  black bird still didn’t yield. He said, “No! Yi Ya!                Lesson 4 : The Sunset in Manila Bay                    isn’t such scene incomparable?
                tion during a trip to visit a friend, we saw a small red   No!” while beating his wings.
                vehicle stopping by the quiet street.                  At last, the white bird burnt out all his energy                    Dad took me to the Manila Bay for vacation on      If I knew how to fly an airplane,
                    I asked my dad: “Why did the car stop in the   and fell onto the ground with a thud. The black bird                Sunday. We saw a lot of high coconut palms, lined        I must travel tens of millions of miles around
                middle of the road? Did the car break down?”      was happy. He tried to fly down, but he was exhaust-                 up neatly as soon as we reached Roxas Boulevard.       the world,
                    Dad said: “No it did not; the car is waiting for   ed too and fell onto the ground with a thud.                    When the night wind blew towards us, the coconut       and put all the beautiful scenery inside my eyes.
                the green light.”                                      Their wings were hurt badly and can no longer                   palms swayed as if they were greeting us, saying:
                    In the meantime, the light turned green and the   fly.                                                             “Welcome, my friends.”                            Lesson 6 : A Letter for My Elder Brother
                car slowly accelerated and left.                       The monk saw the scene and shook his head.                          Standing on Roxas Boulevard, it grants the
                    I said: “The guy in the car is acting weird. There   “The sky is so big. You can fly left, right, up and           panoramic view of the ocean. Before the sunset, we   Dear elder brother,
                were neither policemen nor cars on the street and he   down. Why couldn’t the birds yield?”                            sailed out with a rubber boat. There were a lot of     How are you lately? It has been a few months
                still stopped to wait. Why is he acting this way?”                                                                     ships in the bay. A lot of sailors warmly waved at us.  since you went to study in Canada. We really miss
                    Dad listened and said: “Red means stop and    Lesson 3 : Who Swept the Floor?                                          We sailed around the bay then sailed out of the   you especially mom.  She often looked through the
                green means go. These are the traffic rules. No matter                                                                 bay to rest quietly on the ocean.                 photos that you mailed us, the photos of you ski-
                if there is any policeman around, we have to follow    There is a person called Mr. Wang in Taiwan.                        Meanwhile, the sun turned red like a giant fire-  ing and playing snow fight; so dad told me to write
                the rules. This is the spirit of a democratic society. If   He is old and had retired and lives with his son.          ball and rested on the horizon between the sky and   a letter to you and ask if you can come back during
                we only follow the rules when we see policemen, it   People said that he is very fortunate, but he doesn’t             the water. The beautiful faint light illuminated and   Christmas break.
                would be hysteric”.                               like his lifestyle because he doesn’t know what to do                turned the Manila Bay into golden color.               Last time, you sent us a piece of maple leaf
                    I agreed upon listening. Dad is right. If every-  every day to kill time.                                              A white sea gull flew by and dived into the wa-  along with the  letter. I brought the leaf to school and
                one follows the rules like the person in the red car,   One morning right after a typhoon struck, he                   ter in front of us.  It caught a fish and returned to the   showed it to my classmates. One classmate said that
                we are always safe to cross the road when the light is   opened the door of the house and saw leaves and               sky. We were amazed by this rare scene.           he once lived in Canada when he was young, and
                on green. We would not have to worry.             branches all over the floor. Mr. Wang thought in his                     Suddenly, someone yelled: “Look, the sun dis-  during fall, a mountain full of maple leaves turned
                    If everyone follows the rules, no matter if the   mind: “My son will be going to work soon and these               appeared!” It was till then we noticed that the sun   red and glowed like fire from the reflection of the
                policeman is nearby or not, no one will violate the   branches and leaves all over the doorway will block              dived into the sea.                               sunlight. It was very beautiful. That is why tourists
                law. Isn’t this perfect?                          his way. I shall sweep the floor!”                                       Ah! Manila is such a beautiful place that people   like to visit Canada during fall. I really want to visit
                                                                       Mr. Wang then took a broom and swept the                        will hardly forget.                               Canada when I heard the story.
                Lesson 2 : Why Should I Yield You?                doorway. When he finished sweeping his doorway,                                                                             Is such scenery true in Canada during fall? Can
                                                                  he saw that the doorways of his next neighbors were                  Lesson 5 : If I Could Fly an Airplane             you mail me some photos of Canadian scenery? If
                    There is a temple deep in the mountain, where   also covered by branches and leaves; so he went over                                                                 you decide to come back before Christmas, can you
                an old monk lived inside. There is a tree in front of   to his neighbors’ houses and swept their doorways as               If I could fly an airplane,                   bring some maple leaves back for me? I want to stick
                the temple. A white bird and a black bird sit on top of   well.                                                            I must fly everywhere for my tours.           them on my sketchbook and make them into cards
                the tree. Two birds often flew around in the sky joy-  He finished the whole alley not long after he                       First to Africa for an elephant ride,         for my friends. Best wishes on your studies, happi-
                fully.                                            started sweeping his neighbors’ houses.                                  then climb the mysterious Egyptian Pyramids.  ness and health.
                    One day, the white bird flapped his wings to fly   In the morning when his neighbors woke up                                                                                                         Younger brother,
                up to the tree tip from the roof of the temple. Mean-  for school, work or grocery-shopping, they saw that                 Observing the Mongolian grasslands,                                                   Nian-zu
                while, the black bird also beated his wings, trying to   their doorway is clean, as if it has been swept. They             to see its boundless vastness.
                get down to the temple.                           were very thankful and asked: “Who swept the door-                       Observing the Great Wall of China,            Lesson 7 : Worms That Produce Silk
                    Two birds crossed in the air. The white bird   ways?” Someone else said: “He is such a nice per-                       to see if it reaches out thousands of miles.
                yelled: “Move out! Move out! Don’t block my path.”   son. We must thank him.” Another said: “We should                                                                        Mom bought a piece of new clothing. The new
                The black bird was irritated. He beated his wings and   all sweep the floor of the alley from now on.”                     If I could fly an airplane,                   clothing was shiny, light and soft.
                said: “No! No! Why don’t you move out of my way?       Mr. Wang did not say a word. He wiped the                           I must fly to Taiwan for a tour.                   I asked mom: “Is this clothes made out of Lin-
                You just wouldn’t move out of the way!”           sweat from his head and felt the happiness inside him                      First, observing the sunrise in Alishan National   en?” Mom shook her head saying: “No. It is made
                    The white bird did not yield the black bird and   that he could not describe. In his mind, he figured out              Park,                                         from silk.” I didn’t know what silk is, so dad gave
                the black bird did not yield the white bird. The two   that serving the community is very enjoyable.                       then go to the glorious Sun Moon Lake,        me a book about breeding silkworms. I could not
                birds beated their wings in air, held position and ar-                                                                     then observing the Taipei 101.                believe after I read the book because silk came out

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