牛津英语故事乐园(7)


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牛津英语故事乐园（7）


　　《牛津英语故事乐园》是一套儿童英语读物。全书共分十二册，每册含 三到四个故事。所选故事生动有趣，与日常生活密切相关。图文并茂，形象 直观。一至六册的语言以对话为主，七至十二册以叙述为主。为帮助小读者 阅读，每个故事后均附有生词和词组以及句型注释、课文译文和练习答案， 每册书后还有总词汇表方便查阅。整套书编排新颖，内容丰富，色彩鲜艳， 文字优美。各册书自成一体，又有层次上的联系。



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The Lost Cat

Hello! My name is Simon. I am nine. I am going to bea detective.
I like puzzles.
　　This is Butterfly House. I live here with my family. I like Butterfly House. There are 12 flats. Our flat is number ten. It is on the fifth floor. Can you see our flat? There is a vase of flowers in the window. My mum likes flowers.
　　Yesterday evening at seven o'clock, Alice came to ouflat. Alice lives at flat number nine. She is a nurse.
'Have you seen Smokey?' asked Alice. Smokey is Alice's cat. She
is a small, fluffy grey cat. She likes people. She is friendly. She likes food, too! She is a greedy cat!
'I saw her yesterday,' I answered 'Mum gave her some chicken. But
I haven't seen her today.' Friendly greedy yesterday

'Oh dear!' said Alice.
　　'Don't be sad,' I said . 'I can help you. I'm going to be a detective!'
I opened my notebook. Detectives always have notebooks. I wrote
down the names of all our neighbours.
’Let’s ask all the neighbours’, I said. Wrote neighbours

Puzzles

1.Draw a circle round the greedy cat.
Draw a cross beside the fluffy cat. Draw a line under the friendly cat. Draw a square round the tired cat.
2. Find these words in the word square,
lost greedy Smokey notebook see
ten cat Alice
friendly fluffy flat
sad


We went to flat number one. Mr Kelly came to the door. He is
an ambulance driver.
'Have you seen Smokey?' we asked.
　　'No. Smokey usually comes here for breakfast at eight O'clock. I always give her some meat, and sometimes I give her some milk, too. But I haven't seen her today.'
We thanked Mr Kelly. I wrote everything in my notebook.

We went to flats number two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.
We didn't visit flat number nine or flat number ten!
We asked all our neighbours the same questions: 'Do you know
Smokey?" Does she visit you?' and 'Have you seen her today?' Everybody said: 'Yes, she often comes here. I usually feed her.
But I haven't seen her today.'


　　Alice and I went to flat number eleven. We heard a loud noise: 'Woof! Woof!'
Mr Lemon came to the door. There was an enormous dog behind him.
'Smokey never comes here,' said Mr Lemon.
　　At flat number 12, Miss Garden said, 'Smokey always visits me at about one o'clock. I always feed her. She likes fish. But I haven't seen her today.'
Heard enormous

Puzzles

1. Write the right words. Choose from:
never sometimes fish always meat usually
'Smokey comes here for breakfast at eight o'clock.

give her some and

I give her some

too.’'Smokey

comes here.'

'Smokey always visits me at about one o'clock. I always feed her. She likes .
2.Write the letters in the right order.
Mr Kelly is an canbulame driver. ambuicince
We asked all our geshbourin the same questions. bEvyerdoy gave the same answers.
I saw an usonrome dog behind him.


　　We went to Alice's flat. It was nine o'clock in the evening. Alice was worried. 'You've talked to everybody,' she said. 'All our neighbours know Smokey. But they haven't seen her today. She's lost! What am I going to do?'
　　
'I haven't talked to everybody,' I said. 'I haven't talked to you!'
I opened my notebook. 'I'm going to ask ou some uestions,' I said.'
worried

What do you do every morning?' I asked.
　　'I always get up at seven o'clock,' said Alice. 'I have a shower and brush my hair. I put on my uniform. I have a cup of coffee. Then
I feed Smokey. I give her a bowl of water, too.'
'What does Smokey eat?' I asked.
"I usually give her cat food. Her favourite is Happy Cat. Then
I put on my coat and go to work by bus.' Brush put on a bowl


I wrote in my notebook. Then I asked, 'What did you do this morning?'
'I got up late this morning,' said Alice. 'It was ten past seven.
I had a shower and brushed my hair very quickly I spilt coffee on my uniform. I took off the dirty uniform and ut on a clean uniform.'
Spilt took off

Puzzles
What does Alice do every day? Put the sentences in the right order. a) I put on my uniform.
b) I have a cup of coffee.
c) I have a shower and brush my hair.
d) Then I put on my coat and go to work by bus. e) I always get up at seven O'clock.
f ) Then I feed Smokey. I give her a bowl of water, too.

'Then what did you do?' I asked.
"I opened the cupboard,' said Alice. 'I took out a tin of cat food.
I put some cat food in a bowl and gave it to Smokey. Then I put my dirty uniform in the laundry basket. I put on my coat, and I went to work.'
　　I had an idea. 'Let's look in your cupboard,' I said. 'Then let's look in your laundry basket.'
Took out a tin laundry an idea


　　We found Alice's dirty uniform in the cupboard. Then we looked in the laundry basket and we found Smokey! She was asleep. Her bowl was beside her. It was empty.
　　Smokey woke up. She jumped out of the laundry basket. She went to the cupboard. 'Miaow!' she said.
　　'Simon, you're a very good detective!' said Alice. She gave me a packet of sweets. Then she gave Smokey some Happy Cat!
　　
Found woke up

Cats
　　Cats are good pets. They are clean and quiet. They can live in towns or in the country.
　　Cats like milk, and they need water, too. They cannot eat vegetables or bread. They need meat or fish. Some people buy packets
or tins of cat food for their pets.
　　Some cats are very beautiful. This is a Persian cat. His hair is very long and fluffy.

Cats can catch rats, mice or birds. The cat usually eats them.
　　A cat lived in a shop in Scotland. Her name was Towser. Towser caught mice every night. She did not eat them.' She gave them to her family. Every morning, her family counted the mice. They wrote the numbers in a notebook. Towser cau t 23,000 mice!


　　The oldest cat in the world is 34 years old! She does not catch mice now. She sits on a cushion and looks out of the window.

Puzzles
1.This cat is hungry. What can he eat?
Draw a circle round the right answers.
a tin of cat food vegetables fish bread meat
2.Look at the notebook.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
3 mice 7 mice 10 mice 5 mice
1 rat 1 bird 3 rats 1 bird
Friday Saturday Sunday
8 mice 6 mice 4 mice
2 rats 1 rat 1 bird
a) How many mice did Towser catch this week? b) How many birds did she catch on Thursday? c) How man rats c id she catch this week?


　　Lions, tigers and leopards are cats, too. They are big cats. They are very strong. They have very sharp claws and big, sharp teeth.
　　Big cats hunt animals and eat them. They chase the animals. They catch them with their sharp claws and bite them with their sharp teeth.
Claws hunt bite


　　Lions live in Africa. They usually hunt in the day. These lions have caught a zebra.
　　
　　Tigers live in India and China. They are the biggest cats. Tigers usually hunt at night. They sleep in the day. Leopards can climb trees. This leopard is hiding in a tree. Can you see him?
Africa India China
Look at a cat in the dark. Can you see the cat's eyes? They shine
in the dark. Look at a road in the dark. Can you see the lights? They are called "cats' eyes' Percy Shaw made them in 1934. He said,
　　'I was in my car. It was very dark. There was a cat beside the road. The cat's eyes shone. I had an idea.' Now 'cats' eyes' help drivers
in the dark.
The dark shone

Puzzles
Write the right words. Choose from:
China leopards hunt Shaw lions tigers

1. Big cats

hunt animals and eat them.

2. usually hunt in the day.
3. Tigers live in India and .
4. are the biggest cats.
5. can climb trees.
6. Percy made 'fcats' eyes' in 1934.



Questions
Page 1 a) What is Simon going to be?
b) Simon's flat is on the




floor.

Page 2 a) Alice is a teacher / an ambulance driver/ a nurse. b) Is Smokey fluffy?
c) Does Smokey like food?
Page 3 a) Detectives always have cars/ hats/ notebooks. b) Who lives at flat number two?
Page 5 a) Is Mr Kelly a nurse?
b) Mr Kelly always gives Smokey
　Page 6 a) Why didn't Simon and Alice visit flat number nine or flat number ten? Who lives there?
b) Everybody said, 'Yes, she comes here. I feed her.'
Page 7 a) There was an enormous rabbit/ horse/ dog behind Mr Lemon.
b) Smokey always visits Mr Lemon/ Miss Garden/ Mr Kelly
at about one o'clock.
Page 9 a) What time was it?
b) Was Alice happy?
What time does Alice get up?
Alice puts on her cat/ cup of coffee/ uniform.


Alice got up early / late / quickly this morning.

b) Alice put on/ took off the dirty uniform and put on/
took off a clean uniform. Page 13 True or false?
a) Alice said, 'I opened the door.'
b) Simon said, 'Let's look in your bag.'
Page 14 a) Where did they find Alice's dirty unifor b) Where did they find Smokey?
Page 15 a) Can cats live in the country?
b) Do cats like milk?
c) Can cats eat vegetables?
Where did Towser live?
Did Towser eat the mice?
The fattest/ smallest/ oldest cat in the world is 34
years old!
b) Does she catch mice now? Page 19 True or false?
a) Lions, tigers and leopards are big cats. b) They have small, sharp teeth.
Page 20 a) Lions usually sleep/ work/ hunt in the day.
b) Tigers usually hunt every Monday/
at night/ in the day.
Page 21 a) Percy Shaw made 'cats' eyes' in 1912 1934/1995.
b) There was a cat on / under / beside the road.


Page 4 练习
·答案
1．画个圆圈把馋嘴的猫圈起来。 在毛茸茸的猫旁画个叉。 在友好的猫下画根线。 画个方框把疲倦的猫框起来。

2. 在字母方块中找出这些单词，把它们圈起来。
lost greedy Smokey notebook see
ten cat Alice
friendly grey fluffy flat

sad

Page 8 练习
·答案
1.从下面这些单词中选出正确的单词填入空格内。
'Smokey usually comes here for breakfast at eight o'clock. I
always give her some meat, and sometimes I give her some milk, too.'
'Smokey never comes here.'
'Smokey always visits me at about one o'clock. I always feed

her.


She likes fish.'
2. 按正确的顺序排列字母写出单词。
ambulance neighbour Everybody enormous



Page 12 练习
·答案 爱丽丝每天做些什么？按正确的顺序排列这些句子。 e）， c）， a）， b），f)， d）

Page 18 练习
·答案
1.这只猫饿了。它能吃些什么呢？画个圆圈，圈出正确的答案。
2.请看笔记本。
a) 43. b) One.
c) Seven.
Page 22
·答案 从下面这些单词中选出正确的单词填入空格内。
1. Big cats hunt animals and eat them.
2. Lions usually hunt in the day.
3. Tigers live in India and China.
4. Tigers are the biggest cats.
5. Leopards can climb trees.
6. Percy Shaw made 'cats' eyes' in 1934.
Pages 23-24 问题

·答案
Page 1 a) A detective.
b) Simon’s flat is on the fifth floor.
Page 2 a) Alice is a nurse.
b) Yes. c) Yes.
Page 3 a) Detectives always have notebooks.

b) Mr and Mrs Page.
Page 5 a) No, he is an ambulance driver.
b) Mr Kelly always gives Smokey some meat.
Page 6 a) Alice and Simon.
b) Everybody said, 'Yes, she often comes here. I usually
feed her.'
Page 7 a) There was an enormous dog behind Mr Lemon.
b) Smokey always visits Miss Garden at about one o'clock. Page 9 a) Nine o'clock.
b) No, she was worried. Page 10 a) At seven o'clock.
b) Alice puts on her uniform.
Page 11 a) Alice got up late this morning.
b) Alice took off the dirty uniform and put on a clean
uniform.


False.
False.
In the cupboard.
In the laundry basket.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
In Scotland.
No.
The oldest cat in the world is 34 years old!
No.
True.
False.
Lions usually hunt in the day.
Tigers usually hunt at night.
Percy Shaw made 'cats' eyes' in 1934.
There was a cat beside the road.

The Biggest Dad

Hello. I am Linda. I am nine years old. I am one metre 30
centimetres tall. This is my sister, Sandy. She is older than me. She
is eleven. Sandy is taller than me, too.
Our brother, Michael, is the oldest. He is 13. Michael is the tallest, too. He is one metre 75 centimetres tall. Our Mum's name is Sally. She is taller than Sandy and me. But she is not as tall as Michael.

Dad's name is David. He is very big and strong. He is one metre
92 centimetres tall. He has long, strong arms and big shoulders. He
is the biggest person in our family, and I am the smallest.
　　This is Tom. He came to our school in September. He is the shortest boy in our class. Usually Tom and I are friends. But sometimes we argue!
argue

On Friday, Tom came to our house. We played with Tom's toy cars.
I picked up a yellow car.' Can I play with this one?' I asked.'
No, you can't,' said Tom. 'That's my best car.' He took the yellow car and put it in his bag.
I was very angry. 'You always play with my toys!' I shouted. Picked up took

Puzzles
Draw a circle round the tallest girl. Draw a square round the shortest boy. Draw a line under the oldest girl.
Write a cross beside the naughtiest boy

I opened my toy cupboard. I took out my red car.
　‘My car's better than your car,' I said.‘It's bigger and faster than your car. My Dad bought the car. My Dad's big and clever.'
‘My Dad's bigger than your Dad!' said Tom.
‘That's not true!' I shouted. faster


We had a fight. Mum heard the noise. She came into the room.
‘Stop fighting!' she shouted.
‘Tom was naughty!' I said.
‘No, I wasn't. Linda was naughty,' said Tom.
‘You're both naughty!' said Mum. 'Say "sorry".'
‘Sorry, Tom,' I said.
‘Sorry, Linda,' said Tom.
‘Now, come and eat your dinner,' said Mum. heard

We had a nice dinner.
‘My Mum's a good cook,' I said. 'It was my birthday on the first
of February, and Mum made a super cake.'
　‘My birthday's on the second of December,' said Tom. I looked at the calendar. 'Tomorrow's the second of December!' I said.
　　
Puzzles
Who said these things?
a) ‘My car's b) ‘My Dad's c) ‘Stop better than bigger than fighting!' your car.' your Dad!'
d) ‘Tom was naughty!'
e) ‘Now, come and eat your dinner.’
f) ‘My Mum's a good cook.’
g) 'My birthday's on the second of December.’


　‘Yes, tomorrow's my birthday!' said Tom. 'Come to my birthday party! We're going to play games. Mum's going to make a birthday cake. It's going to have ten candles. My friends are going to sing “Happy Birthday” and I'm going to blow out the candles.'
‘Is your Dad going to be at the party?' I asked.
‘Yes,' said Tom. Blow out


　　On Saturday I went to Tom's birthday party. Lots of my friends were there. We played games. We had a race. It was an egg and spoon race. Tony won the race. He was the fastest. My egg fell off my spoon, and
my friends laughed.
Tom's Dad was not there. 'Tom's short. His Dad's short, too,' I
thought.
A race an egg and spoon race fell off thought


　　We had tea at five o'clock. We put on paper hats. We ate sandwiches, chicken, sausages, crisps and cakes.
There was a big birthday cake. It had ten candles. Tom's Mum lit
the candles, and we sang "Happy Birthday'. Then Tom blew out the candles, and his Mum cut the cake.
Put on lit blew out

Look at the picture. Write the right answers. Choose from:
On the table. Tom and Linda. On the television. The cat. Under the chair.
a) Where are the sausages?
b) Where are the sandwiches?
c) Who is eating the chicken?
d) Where are the candles?
e) Who is fighting?
‘Where's your Dad?' I asked Tom.
　‘He's at the hospital,' said Tom. 'He's a doctor. He's always very busy. But he's going to come home at six O'clock. You're going to see
　　
him. You're going to say, “He's enormous!”
　　I laughed. Tom was the smallest boy at the party. ‘My Dad’s bigger than your Dad’, I said.
A hospital enormous


　　My Dad came to the party. Tony's Dad came, too. My Dad was bigger than Tony's Dad.
'My Dad's the biggest!' I said.
Then at six o'clock the door opened, and an enormous man came in.
He was as tall as a tree. He picked Tom up, and said,
'Hello, son!'
It was Tom's Dad.
'He's enormous!' I said. 'He's a giant!' Tom laughed.
'My Dad's the biggest!' he said.

Puzzles
Put the sentences in the right order. a) 'He's enormous!' I said.
b) 'Where's your Dad?' I asked Tom.
c) My Dad was bigger than Tony's Dad. d) It was Tom's Dad.
e) Then at six o'clock the door opened, and an enormous man came

in.


f) 'You're going to say, "He's enormous!"' said Tom.

Giants



Robert Pershing Wadlow lived in the United States. He was two
metres 72 centimetres tall. He died in 1940. He was 22 years old.
　　The tallest woman in the world lived in China. Her name was Zeng Jinlian. She was two metres 47 centimetres tall. She died in 1982. She was 18 years old.
The United States died


　　This was the biggest dinosaur in the world. It was 30 metres long and 16 metres 50 centimetres tall. Don't be afraid - this dinosaur died
150 million years ago!
　　This is a blue whale. It is the biggest animal in the world now. Some blue whales are 33 metres long.
A blue whale


The biggest tree in the world is a giant redwood tree in the United States. It is called General Sherman. It is 83 metres 30 centimetres tall. It is between two and three thousand years old. Its trunk is very

big.


The tallest tree in the world is also in the United States. It

is called Harry Cole. It is 113 metres tall. Its trunk is thinner than
General Sherman's trunk.
A giant redwood tree a trunk


　　Do you like hamburgers? In 1985 a cook in South Africa made the biggest hamburger in the world. It was 7 metres 10 centimetres wide. Fifteen thousand people ate the hamburger.
　　The tallest birthday cake in the world was 23 metres 68 centimetres tall. Mrs Milasari made it in 1989.
South Africa Britain

One of the tallest office buildings in the world is the Sears Tower
in Chicago, in the United States. It is 475 metres 60 centimetres high.
It has 16 thousand windows. Every day 16,700 people go to work inside it!
An office building Chicago

The longest car in the world is 21 metres 93 centimetres long.
It has 18 wheels. It has a swimming pool and a bar. It has a television, telephones and seats for 20 people.
The longest boat in the world is called the Norway. It is 315
metres 66 centimetres long. You can play football on the deck of the
Norway!
A bar a deck
Puzzles
Find these words in the word square. million blue whale cake Chicago deck dinosaur tall big tower wheel
Questions
Page 41 a) Is Linda as tall as Sandy?
b) Is Sally as tall as Michael?
c) Is Michael older than Sandy?
Page 42 a) Dad is very big and fat / strong / old.
　　　　b) Tom is the shortest / fattest / tallest boy in our class. Page 43 True or false?
a) Linda picked up a blue car. b) Tom said, 'No, you can't.'
Who said 'My car's better than your car/?
Who said 'My Dad's bigger than your Dad'?
Who had a fight?
Who came into the room?
When is Linda's birthday?

b) When is Tom's birthday?
Page 49 a) Who is going to make a birthday cake?
　　　　b) How many candles is it going to have? Page5O a) Who won the egg and spoon race?
b) Whose egg fell off her spoon?
c) Who was not there?
Page 51 a) We ate / put on / blew out paper hats.
b) Tom ate / put on / blew out the candles.
Page 53 a) Tom's Dad is a teacher / fireman / doctor.
b) Tom was the smallest boy at the party / school /
supermarket.
Page 54 a) Was Tony's Dad bigger than Linda's Dad?
b) Whose Dad was the biggest?
Page 55 a) Where did Robert Pershing Wadlow live?
　　　　b) Was Zeng Jinlian as tall as Robert Pershing Wadlow? Page 56 a) How tall was the dinosaur?
b) What is the biggest animal in the world now?
　　Page57 a) Is General Sherman's trunk thinner than Harry Cole's trunk?
b) Is Harry Cole taller than General Sherman?
Page 59 a) How many people ate the hamburger?
　　　　b) How tall was the tallest birthday cake in the world? Page 60 a) Where is Chicago?
b) How many people work in the Sears Tower?
Page 61 a) The longestboat / car / train in the world is 21 metres
93 centimetres long.
b) The Norway is a very Long boat / car / train .

Page 44 练习
·答案 画个圆圈圈出最高的女孩。 画个方框框出最矮的男孩。 在年龄最大的女孩下画条线。 在最调皮的男孩帝画个叉。

Page 48 练习
·答案 谁说了这些话？
a) 'My car's b) 'My Dad's C) 'Stop better than bigger than fighting!' your car.' your Dad!'
d) ‘Tom was naughty!’
e) ‘Now, come and eat your dinner.’
f) ‘My Mum's a good cook.’

g) ‘My birthday's on the second of December.’

Page 52 练习
·答案 看图画，并从下面这些词组中选出正确的答案。 a) Under the chair.
b) On the television. c) The cat.
d) On the table. e) Tom and Linda.

Page 55 练习
·答案 按正确的顺序排列这些句子 b),f),c),e),d),a)

Page 62 练习
·答案 在字母方块中找出这些单词，把它们圈起来。 million
blue
whale cake Chicago deck dinosaur tall
big
tower wheel
Pages 63—64 问题
·答案
No.
No.
Yes.
Dad is very big and strong.
Tom is the shortest boy in our class.
False.
True.
Linda.
Tom.
Linda and Tom.
Mum.
On the first of February.

b) On the second of December.
Tom's Mum.
Ten.
Tony.
Linda's.
Tom's Dad.
We put on paper hats.
Tom blew out the candles.
Tom's Dad is a doctor.
Tom was the smallest boy at the party.
No.
Tom's.
In the United States.
No.
16 metres 50 centimetres.
The blue whale.
No.
Yes.
Fifteen thousand people.
23 metres 68 centimetres.
In the United States.
16,700 people.
　　Page 61 a) The longest car in the world is 21 metres 93 centimetres long.
b) The Norway is a very long boat.

The Garden Fairy


　　It was a hot afternoon and Wendy looked out of the classroom window. Then the teacher said the word 'prize'. Wendy sat up and listened. '
Each student is going to grow a pumpkin. There is going to be a
prize for the biggest pumpkin,' said the teacher.
Wendy was happy. 'I'm going to win!' she thought. 'I'm going to grow the biggest pumpkin!'
a prize sat up a pumpkin thought


　‘You can grow the pumpkins in your gardens,' said the teacher. 'You have four months.' The teacher gave each student ten pumpkin seeds.
　　'Oh no!' thought Wendy. 'I haven't got a garden.' Wendy's family lived in a small flat. It had no garden.
Lucy laughed at Wendy. 'Ha ha! You haven't got a garden!' she said.
'You're too poor. You can't grow a pumpkin.' Wendy was angry and sad.
Seeds laughed at


Then Wendy thought, 'I can grow my pumpkin in a pot.' After school
she went to the shops. She bought a big pot. She went home by bus, and put the pot on the balcony. Now she was not sad or an ry. She was happy.
A pot a balcony

Puzzles
　　1. A pumpkin is a vegetable. Do you know the names of these vegetables? Put the letters in the right order and write the right names.
a) oatpot potcito
b) arotcr
c) ensab
d) bagecba
e) norc
2. How many little words can you find in the word VEGETABLES? You can make words like: table, eat, bee ...










Wendy planted the seeds in the pot. She watered the seeds every
night. A pumpkin plant grew. Wendy was very happy. She bought some more seeds and grew some flowers, too. Soon her balcony was very beautiful.
A Garden Fairy saw Wendy's flowers. She flew down and sat on a
flower. '
What a beautiful arden! I like it here,' she said. Watered grew flew


　　The children's pumpkins grew and grew. The children measured the pumpkins every week.
John said, ‘My pumpkin is 20 centimetres high!'
　　Tina said, 'My pumpkin is 30 centimetres wide! My pumpkin is bigger than John's pumpkin.'
　‘But my pumpkin is the biggest,' said Wendy. 'It's 40 centimetres high and 60 centimetres wide. I'm going to win the prize!'
measured


　‘Bring your pumpkins to school on Friday,' said the teacher. 'We are going to weigh them.'
The children were all very excited. Weigh excited

Puzzles
1. Measuring.
a) How high is this plant?
It is 50 centimetres high. b) How wide is this table?
It
c) How tall is this girl?
She
d) How long is her hair?
It
2. Weighing.
a) This pumpkin weighs 1 kilogramme. b) This pumpkin weighs
c) This pumpkin weighs
d) This


Wendy was not excited. She was sad. Her pumpkin was not very big.
On Thursday evening the Garden Fairy came to the balcony 'Why are you crying, Wendy?' she asked.
‘I'm crying because I'm not going to win the prize tomorrow,' said
Wendy 'I said my pumpkin was the biggest. But that isn't true. It isn't big enough!'
‘Don't cry,' said the Garden Fairy 'I can help you.'
crying

‘Look, the pumpkin is growing!' said the Garden Fairy Wendy looked.
The pumpkin grew very quickly”It's as big as an orange!' said Wendy.
'Now it's as big as a football ... Now it's as big as a watermelon! Oh,thank you, Garden Fairy!'
Wendy went to school by bus on Friday. She carried her pumpkin.
It was very heavy!
A watermelon carried


　　The children looked at Wendy's pumpkin. It was bigger than all their pumpkins.
　‘I'm going to win the prize!' said Wendy. ‘My pumpkin is the biggest!'
Wendy looked at John's pumpkin. 'Oh, yours is very small, John!'
she said. She looked at Tina's pumpkin. ‘Oh, yours is smaller, Tina!'
she laughed.
The Garden Fairy was there. She looked at Wendy and she was angry.
Puzzles
Put the words in the box in the sentences below. big bigger biggest

small smaller smallest
a) The carrot is big.
b) The potato is .
c) The pumpkin is the . d) The apple is small.
e) The lemon is .
f) The cherry is the . Wendy's pumpkin grew and grew.
‘It's growing bigger and bigger!' said Lucy.
　‘We're going to weigh all the pumpkins at three O'clock,' said the teacher.
Wendy's pumpkin was now ENORMOUS. It was bigger than Wendy. Suddenly there was a big BANG!
‘Look!' said John. ‘Wendy 's pumpkin has exploded!'
enormous exploded

Wendy was very sad.
‘You laughed and said your pumpkin was the biggest,'
said the Garden Fairy. 'That wasn't very nice!'
‘I'm sorry,' said Wendy to Tina and John.
　‘That's alright,' said Tina. 'Don't cry, Wendy. Come to my house after school. We can play in the garden.'
After school, Wendy went to Tina's house. The Garden Fairy went,
too. They all played in the garden.

Pumpkins

This is a pumpkin. It is round and ithas a hard skin. Pumpkins can
be different colours. They are usually orange, but sometimes they are yellow, white, green or brown.
Pumpkins usually weigh between four and eight kilogrammes.
Sometimes pumpkins can be very big. The biggest pumpkin in the world weighed 342 kilogrammes!
skin

Farmer Greenhand grows pumpkins.
　　He plants the seeds in a greenhouse in the spring. In the greenhouse the ground is dark and warm and wet. Farmer Greenhand waits for three weeks. The seeds grow into little plants. The plants have roots under the ground. They have leaves above the ground.
　　Farmer Greenhand takes the plants to his field. He puts them in the ground. He plants them in little hills.
He waters the pumpkin plants. A greenhouse hills


The plants grow bigger and bigger. The leaves are heart-shaped.
Now yellow flowers grow on the plants. The flowers are bell-shaped.
　　The flowers grow into little pumpkins. The pumpkin plants need water and sunlight. The pumpkins grow very quickly.
　　In the autumn the pumpkins are big enough. Farmer Greenhand picks them. Farmer Greenhand sells the pumpkins at the market.
Heart-shaped bell-shaped sunlight

Puzzles
1. This is a pumpkin plant. Write the right names.
Choose from:
leaf flower pumpkin roots
2. How does Farmer Greenhand grow pumpkins?
Put the sentences in the right order. The first sentence is
right.
a) He plants the seeds in a greenhouse in the spring.
b) He puts them in the ground and waters them.
c) In the autumn the pumpkins are big enough and Farmer Greenhand picks them.
d) The seeds grow into little plants.
e) The pumpkins grow very quickly.
f) The flowers grow into little pumpkins.
g) The plants grow bigger and bigger. Now yellow flowers grow on the plants.


　　The evening of 31st October is Hallowe'en. People say, 'Ghosts come out at Hallowe'en!' People do not want ghosts in their houses, so they make a jack-o'-lantern and put it in front of the window.
This is how people make a jack-o'-lantern. They buy a pumpkin and
cut the top off.
They cut a big hole in the middle of the pumpkin. They cut a face in the side of the pumpkin.
They put a candle inside, and light it. Ghosts a jack-o’-lantern light


　　Some vegetables grow very quickly You can grow mustard and cress in three weeks!
1. Put some soft, wet paper on a plate.
2. Put some mustard and cress seeds on the paper.
3. Water the seeds every day.
4. Wait for three days.
What can you see? Little mustard and

　cress plants are growing on the paper! Mustard and cress

5. Put the plate in front 6. Water the plants every
of the window. The day. The plants need plants need sunlight. water.
7. Wait for three weeks.
8. Now you can pick the mustard and cress plants. You can eat them!

Puzzles
Find these words in the word square.
grow plants seeds pot
flower pumpkin water leaves farmer autumn spring

Questions
Page 81 a) Then the teacher said the word ‘pumpkin’/ ‘prize'/
‘student’.
b) Wendy is / was / were happy.
Page 82 a) How many pumpkin seeds did the teacher give each student?
　　　　b) Who laughed at Wendy? Page 83 True or false?
a) Wendy bought a small pot.
b) Wendy went home by bus.

Wendy planted the s

in a pot.

A G

F saw Wendy's flowers.


/ year.

The children measured the pumpkins every day / week

b) Tina's pumpkin is 30 centimetres high tall/ wide.

Page 87 a) When are the children going to weigh their pumpkins?
b) Were the children sad?
Page 89 a) Who came to the balcony on Thursday evening?
b) Is Wendy's pumpkin the biggest?
Page 90 a) The pumpkin grow / grew / growing very quickly.
b) Wendy went to school by bus / car bicycle on Friday.



Page 91 a) Wendy's pumpkin was b
children's pumpkins.

than all the other

b) Wendy said, 'My pumpkin is the b !’
Page 93 True or false?
　　　　　　a) The students are going to weigh all the pumpkins at three o'clock.
b) Wendy was bigger than her pumpkin.

Page 94 a) Who said 'I'm sorry' to Tina and John?
　　　　b) Where did Wendy go after school? Page 95 a) Pumpkins are usually o .
　　　　b) The biggest pumpkin in the world weighed . Page 96 True or false?
a) Farmer Greenhand plants the seeds in the greenhouse in

the autumn.


b) The plants have roots above the ground.

Page 97 a) The pumpkin plants need and .
b) True or false? In the spring the pumpkins are big
enough.
Page 99 a) When is Hallowe'en? It is on the evening of .
　　　　　　b) Where do people put their jack-o'-lantern? They put it in front of the .
Page 100 a) Put some soft'. wet paper on a table / cup / plate.
b) Water the seeds every week / day / month.
Page 101 a) Put the plate in front of the table / television /
window.
b) Can you eat the mustard and cress plants?

Page 84
·答案
　　1.南瓜是一种蔬菜。你知道这些蔬菜的名字吗？按正确的顺序排列字 母，写出正确的名称。
a) potato d) cabbage b) carrot e) corn c) beans 　　2.你能从 VEGETABLES 一词中找出多少年小单词？你可以拼出这样的单 词来，如：table, eat ,bee?
　　几个例子：age, as, at, ate, bag, be, gate, gave, late, leave, leg, let?（加上复数形式）

·答案
1.量尺寸。
b) It is 1 metre wide.
c) She is 122 centimetres tall.
d) It is 60 centimetres long.
2.称重量。
b) This pumpkin weighs 2 kilo2rammes.
c) This pumpkin weighs 5 kilogrammes.
d) This pumpkin weiahs 7 kilogrammes.


Page 92
·答案

把方框内的词填进下面的句子里。
b) The potato is bigger.
c) The pumpkin is the biggest.
e) The lemon is smaller.
f) The cherry is the smallest.


Page 98 练习
·答案
1.这是一棵南瓜秧。选择正确的单词填入空格内。
leaf flower pumpkin roots
　　2.农夫格林汉德是如何种南瓜的？按正确的顺序排列这些句子。第一句 是对的。
a),d), b),g),f), e), c)

Page 102 练习
·答案 在字母方块中找出这些单词，把它们圈起来。 grow
plants
seeds pot flower pumpkin water leaves farmer autumn spring

Pages 103 - 104 问题
·答案
Then the teacher said the word ‘prize'.
Wendy was happy.
Ten.
Lucy.
False.
True.
Wendy planted the seeds in a pot.
A Garden Fairy saw Wendy's flowers.
The children measured the pumpkins every week.
Tina's pumpkin is 30 centimetres wide.
On Friday.
No, they were excited.
The Garden Fairy.

b) No.
Page 90 a) The pumpkin grew very quickly.
b) Wendy went to school by bus on Friday.
Page 91 a) Wendy's pumpkin was b igger than all the other children's
pumpkins.
b) Wendy said, 'My pumpkin is the biggest!'







to Tina's house.
are usually orange.
b) The biggest pumpkin in the world weighed 342
kilogrammes.
Page 96 a) False. b) False.
Page 97 a) The pumpkin plants need water and sunlight.
b) False.
Page 99 a) It is on the evening of 31 st October.
b) They put it in front of the window.
Page 100 a) Put some soft, wet paper on a plate. b) Water the seeds every day.
Page 101 a) Put the plate in front of the window.
b) Yes.

牛津英语故事乐园(7)


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