牛津英语故事乐园（10）

海的女儿 台风！
The Girl from the Sea Typhoon！
著：Helen Jacobs 著：Helen Jacobs
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牛津英语故事乐园

The Girl from the Sea


　　What is a mermaid? A mermaid is half girl and half fish. Marina was a mermaid. She lived in a castle under the sea.
　　Marina was the youngest of five sisters. All the sisters were very beautiful, but Marina was the most beautiful.
　　She had long hair and big blue eyes. She had no legs, but a beautiful green and golden fish tail. She swam beautifully like
a fish. She sang beautifully, too. Everyone loved Marina. Her best friends were the dolphins, the whales and the turtles. She played with them every day.
She laughed, sang and played, and she was very happy. Sometimes her older sisters went to the surface of the sea.
They saw the sky and the sun, the moon and the stars. Marina wanted to go, too, but she was only fifteen.
　　At last it was her sixteenth birthday. She was very excited. She swam up and up and up. When she came to the surface of the sea, she raised her beautiful head above the water. What did she see?
　　She saw the silver-green sea, the sky and the sun. Oh, she was so happy!
　　She saw a big boat and she swam closer to it. She saw a young man in the boat. He was a prince and he was very handsome. Marina fell in love with him. Then the sky became black. The waves were
very big. The Prince’s ship went up and down. The Prince fell into
the sea!

Puzzles
1. Put the right words under the pictures.
beautiful handsome excited happy a) b) c) d) 2. What/Who are they?
a) IHLOPDN b) HLEWA c) ERICPN
a a
d) RMMDEAI e) RTTUEL
a a a


Marina was very close to the boat when the Prince fell into
the sea. She swam to the Prince and held his head above the water. She swam to the beach and put her handsome Prince gently on the sand. But mermaids cannot stay on the land for long. Marina had
to go back into the water.
The Prince opened his eyes and he saw a pretty young girl on
the beach. ‘She saved me!’ he thought, but then the girl walked away.
　　Marina watched.‘I saved him but he did not see me,’ she thought. She was very sad.
　　
　　Marina thought about her Prince every day. ‘I want to be a princess, so that I can be with him!’ she thought. She was very sad.
　　She did not play with the dolphins or the whales or the turtles any more. They were very sad, too.
‘Why are you sad, Marina?’ asked her grandmother.
Marina answered, ‘Because I love a prince. But I’m a mermaid
and I cannot be with him.’
‘That’s true,’ answered her grandmother. ‘You have a tail.
You can swim under the water but you can’t walk. Your Prince has
legs. He can walk but he can’t swim under the water. Forget him!
Be happy here under the sea with your friends and family. We all
love you.’
One day Marina swam very far from her castle. She came to a
dark cave. This was the home of the Sea Witch. The Sea Witch had green hair, a big nose and red eyes. She was very ugly!

Puzzles
1. Write the right words.
was swam held were saved

a) Marina
b) Marina
c) Marina

the Prince’s head above the water.
the Prince.
very sad.

d) The dolphins, the whales and the turtles very sad, too.

e) One day Marina
2. Who is this?

very far from her castle.

G N

M TH R

How many smaller words can you find in her name?
age, get,


‘What can I do for you, little mermaid?’ asked the ugly old
witch.
‘I want to be with my Prince,’ said Marina.
‘I can help you then,’ said the witch. ‘I can give you legs
so that you can live on land.’
Marina clapped her hands. She was so happy and excited.
　　‘But you must give me something,’ said the witch. ‘I’ll take your beautiful voice, then you can’t talk or sing!’
　　Marina was already too excited. She did not say anything. The witch gave her a bottle.
‘Now drink this magic tea,’ said the witch. ‘Swim to the beach
tomorrow.’
‘How far is it to the Prince’s palace?’ asked Marina.
‘It’s about a thousand kilometres. You’ll have to sleep on the
beach. The next morning you’ll have no tail; you will have legs.’
Marina drank some of the tea. It tasted very bad.

　　The next day she swam to the east until she saw the beach. She swam for more than ten hours. She was very tired. She fell asleep and dreamed about her Prince.
She woke up early the next day. She looked down at her tail,but
it was rot there! ‘My beautiful tail has gone!’ she thought. Now she had two long white legs.
Suddenly Marina saw her Prince. He saw her, too. He looked at
the girl with the long hair and the long white legs. ‘She’s so beautiful,’ he thought.
　　‘What’s your name?’ asked the Prince. ‘Where have you come from?’
Marina tried to answer, but she had no voice.
　　The Prince took Marina’s hand and they walked to his palace. Marina’s legs and feet hurt, but she was with her handsome Prince
at last and she was very happy.

Puzzles
1. Write the right words.
2. Match the sentences with the pictures. Write the right letters in the boxes.
a) Marina asked her for help. b) Marina drank it.
c) The Prince lived here.


　　The Prince gave Marina beautiful dresses and jewellery. They were happy together. She danced for her Prince. Her legs hurt very much when she danced! They walked together around the palace. Her feet hurt, too. But she always smiled.
One day the Prince said to Marina, ‘You’re my best friend. Let
me tell you something. A young girl saved my life last year. I love
her. I want to marry her but I have to find her first.’ Marina was sad. Her Prince did not love her. She went for a walk on the beach. She looked at the sea. Suddenly she saw her sisters. They waved
to Marina.
‘Come back to us,’ they cried. ‘We want you to come home!’
Marina wanted to speak to her sisters but she had no voice.
She wanted to see her family, her sisters and her grandmother. Sometimes she wanted to play with her friends (the dolphins, the whales and the turtles), but she wanted to be with her Prince.
One day the Prince said to her, ‘Some days you are sad. Why?’
Marina thought, ‘I’m sad because you don’t love me.’ Then one
day a new servant girl came to the palace. She looked like Marina.
The Prince looked at her with surprise.
‘I saw her on the beach. She’s the girl. She saved my life!’
he
thought.

He told Marina. Marina smiled sadly ‘What can I do? I saved
him but I have no voice to tell him,’ thought Marina. ‘He loves
her. He will marry her. We’re friends but he doesn’t love me.’

1. Put in the missing letters and find the word.
The word is .
2. Put in the right words.
they I she he we you
Marina and the Prince were happy

a)

danced for her Prince. One day b)

told Marina, ‘c)

love a young girl.’

Marina saw her sisters in the sea. d) said, ‘e)

want f)

to come home!’



Was Marina sad? Yes, of course.
　　She wanted to go home. She wanted to be in her castle under the sea with her family and friends. They loved her.
　　She walked to the beach. She looked to the west, to the silver green sea.
Suddenly she saw her friend, the dolphin. There was a bottle
in his mouth. Some magic tea was in the bottle. Marina took the
bottle. There was a note on it. ‘Drink this, little sister. Come back to us.’
Marina drank the tea at once’ Then she fell asleep on the beach. Marina woke up the next morning. She had no legs! Once again
she had her beautiful green and golden fish tail.
　　She thanked the dolphin because she had her voice again. Marina was happy to be a mermaid again. Now she just wanted to go home.
She looked once more at the Prince’s palace. ‘Goodbye, my Prince!’
she said.
Then she swam with the dolphin back to her home under the sea.

Puzzles
1. Find these words in the word square.
prince sad happy once home saw thank tea dolphin magic swam voice love come drink castle family
2. Arrange the pictures below in the right order.

The sea

　　The sea is a dark place. The sea can be beautiful but it can also be dangerous. It can be shallow but it can also be deep. The deepest part is more than 11,000 metres deep!
　　When the weather is bad, the waves get bigger and bigger. Sailors are afraid of bad weather. Sometimes ships sink and go to the bottom of the sea. Sometimes ships disappear when the weather
is good and no one sees them again.
　　The Bermuda Triangle, near North America, is one of the most dangerous places in the world. More than 50 ships and 20 aeroplanes have disappeared there. No one knows why.

Mermaids
　　Are there mermaids in the sea? Do you know? There are many stories about mermaids.
　　In stories a mermaid looks like a girl above the waist and a fish below the waist. Mermaids are always beautiful. They always have long golden hair and a beautiful golden tail. They are very musical and they love to sing.
　　Mermaids are usually friendly They like to play with people, but they cannot stay on the land for too long. Without water they will die.
　　Mermaids can also be dangerous. Many sailors think that they have seen them. Some sailors think that it is a bad sign to see
a mermaid in the sea. Sometimes ships go towards mermaids, to get closer to their beautiful singing.
　　Mermaids always sit on rocks. When the ships go too close to the rocks, the ships break on the rocks and the sailors fall into the sea.
In the harbour of Copenhagen in Denmark, in Europe, there is
a statue of the Little Mermaid sitting on a rock. Many tourists like to go and see the statue when they visit Copenhagen.

Puzzles

1. Match the two parts of these sentences.

2. Find the missing words. Write them in the boxes below. a) Mermaids always sit on
b) When the weather is bad, the waves get
c) The sea can be deep or

d) The sea is a

place.

e) A mermaid looks like a girl above the


Whales
　　Whales live in the sea but they are not fish. They are mammals. This means that they have warm blood. The babies grow inside their mother. The mothers feed the babies with their own milk.
　　Whales have skin. They do not have scales like a fish. They need air, too. From time to time they must go to the surface of the sea to get air.
　　Whales have small eyes so they cannot see very well. We cannot see their ears but they can hear very well.
Whales can swim very fast. They move their tails up and down
to swim. They are usually gentle animals. They are also very clever. Most whales eat fish and squid. Killer whales are dangerous. They kill seals, porpoises and penguins, and sometimes they kill other whales, too.
　　Blue whales are the biggest animals in the world. The biggest blue whales are over 25 metres long and weigh over 100 tonnes (1 tonne = 1,000 kilograms). They live for over 100 years.

Dolphins
　　Most dolphins are small whales. They live in the sea or in big rivers and they eat fish. Dolphins are mammals, so they have to come to the surface of the sea to get air. They are good swimmers. They often jump out of the water and they like to play. They are very friendly animals and also very clever.
1. Put the right words on the pictures.
the skin an eye the tail a baby whale
2. True or false?
a) Whales are fish.
b) Dolphins are mammals.
c )Dolphins are dangerous.
d) Baby whales drink milk.
e) Whales and dolphins are clever.
f) Killer whales are the biggest animals in the world.



Turtles
　　Turtles are reptiles. They have cold blood. This means if they are in a cold place, they are cold; if they are in a hot place, they are hot. Turtles like to live in warm water.
　　Baby turtles come from eggs. The mothers lay the eggs on the beach. Some turtles lay up to 200 eggs every time.
Turtles have a big flat shell on their backs. The shell has
two holes. The hole at the front is for’ the turtle’s head and front

legs. The hole at the back is for its tail and back legs.
　　Turtles swim very fast in the water, but they walk very slowly on the land.
The biggest turtle is the leather back. Some are as big as 2.5
metres long and weigh over 500 kilograms! Some live up to 50 years!

Questions
Page 1 a) What is a mermaid?
b) Who was the youngest sister?
　　　　c) Who were her best friends? Page 2 True or false?
a) Marina was happy.
b) Marina did not want to go to the surface of the sea.
c) Marina swam up to the surface of the sea on her sixteenth birthday.
Page 3 a) What did Marina see when she raised her head above the water?
b) Who was on the boat?

Page 5 a) The Prince

into the sea.

b) Marina the Prince’s head above the
water.

c) The Prince opened his eyes and
Page 6 a) What did Marina want to be?
b) Who asked her a question?
Page 7 a) Where did Marina go one day?
b) Who did Marina see?

a girl.

Page 9 a) The witch give / gave / given Marina a bottle.
b) Marina had to give the witch herhair / tail voice.
Page 10 a) How far was it to the Prince’s palace?
b) How long did Marina swim for?
Page 11 a) Did the Prince like Marina?
　　　　b) Did it hurt when Marina walked? Page 13 a) What did the Prince give Marina?
b) What did Marina do for the Prince?
　　　　c) Did the Prince want to marry Marina? Page 14 a) Where did Marina go?
b) Who did Marina see?
Page 15 a) Who came to the palace one day?
b) Who liked the girl?
　　　　c) Did the girl save the Prince? Page 17 a) Marina wanted to be in her
b) The gave her a bottle.
　　　　c) There was some in the bottle. Page 18 a) Did Marina get back her voice?
b) She swam back to her home under / in / above the sea.

c) Will Marina see the Prince again?
Page 20 a) How deep is the deepest part of the sea?
b) Where is one of the most dangerous places in the world?
Page 21 a) Mermaids love sing / sung / to sing.
b) Mermaids are usually dangerous / friendly.
Page 22 True or false?
a) Mermaids usually sit on rocks.
b) Some sailors think that it is a good sign to see a mermaid.
c) The rocks break on the ships.

Page 24 a) Whales have
b) Whales have

blood.
not scales like fish.

c) Whales can

very well.

Page 25 a) Why do whales move their tails up and down?
　　　　b) What are the biggest animals in the world? Page 26 a) Where do dolphins live?
b) What do dolphins eat?
　　　　c) Why do dolphins come to the surface of the sea? Page 28 a) Turtles are mammals / reptiles.
b) Turtles have warm / cold blood.
c) Mother turtles lay the baby turtles / eggs on the beach.
Page 29 True or false?
a) Turtles have four legs and a tail.
b) Turtles are faster on the land than in the water.

Page 4 练习
· 答案
1．在图下填上正确的单词。
a）handsome c）excited
b）happy d）beautiful


Page 8 练习
· 答案
1．选择正确的单词填入空格内。
b）saved e）swam
a）held d）were
c）was
2．这是谁？
G R A N D M O T H E R
你能从她的名字中找出多少更小的单词？
age, get, an, and, ant, am, another, at, do, dog, dot, dream,
dear, end, go, got, great, gather, gone, her, hear, he,
hen, hand, hat, mother, mean, more, mango, no, not, near,
name, other, ran, rod, rode, rang, tea, to, the, them, then,

than, tame


Page 12 练习
· 答案
1．写出正确的单词。
2.把句子和图片搭配起来，在方格里写出正确的字母。

Page l6 练习
· 答案
1．填入所缺的字母并找出单词。 The word is dress．
2．选择正确的单词填入空格内。
a）She d）They
b）he e）We
c）I f）you


Page19 练习
· 答案
1．在字母方块中找出左边这些单词，把它们圈起来。
prince sad happy once home saw thank tea dolphin magic swam voice love come drink castle family
2．按正确的顺序排列下面的图画。

Page 23 练习
· 答案
1．把句子的前后两部分用线连起来。
2．找到所缺的单词，把它们填入下面的方格里。


Page 27
· 答案
1．把正确的单词填在图画上。
2．是“对”还是“错”？

a）False d）True
b）True e）True
c）False f）False


· 答案
Page 1 a) A mermaid is half girl and half fish. b) Marina.
　　　　　c) The dolphins, the whales and the turtles. Page 2 a) True.
b) False. c) True.
Page 3 a) The silver-green sea, the sky and the sun. b) A prince.
Page 5 a) The Prince fell into the sea.
b) Marina held the Prince’s head above the water.
c) The Prince opened his eyes and saw a girl.
Page 6 a) A princess.
b) Her grandmother
Page 7 a) A dark cave.
b) The Sea Witch.
Page 9 a) The witch gave Marina a bottle.
b) Marina had to give the witch her voice.
Page 10 a) About a thousand kilometres. b) More than ten hours.
Page 11 a) Yes. b) Yes.
Page 13 a) Beautiful dresses and jewellery. b) She danced for him.
c) No.
Page 14 a) She went to the beach. b) She saw her sisters.
Page 15 a) A new servant girl. b) The Prince.
c) No.
Page 17 a) Marina wanted to be in her castle.
b) The dolphin gave her a bottle.
c) There was some magic tea in the bottle. Page 18 a) Yes.
b) She swam back to her home under the sea. c) No.
Page 20 a) It is more than 11,000 metres deep. b) The Bermuda Triangle.
Page 21 a) Mermaids love to sing.
b) Mermaids are usually friendly.
Page 22 a) True. b) False.

c) False.
Page 24 a) Whales have warm blood.
b) Whales have skin, not scales like fish. c) Whales can hear very well.
Page 25 a) To swim.
b) Blue whales.
Page 26 a) In the sea or in big rivers. b) They eat fish.
c) To get air.
Page 28 a) Turtles are reptiles.
b) Turtles have cold blood.
　　　　　c) Mother turtles lay eggs on the beach. Page 29 a) True.
b) False.

Typhoon!

　　Thomas Chan woke up early. He looked out of the window. It was sunny! He thought, ‘It’s not raining. I can go outside and play.’
He was excited because today was Saturday. There was no school!
Thomas liked school, but he liked Saturdays more.
　　Thomas lived in Hong Kong. He was ten years old. He lived with his mother, father and grandmother. Thomas also had a pet parrot. Her name was Polly, and she was very noisy
‘Good morning, Thomas!’ shouted Polly.
‘Good morning, Polly!’ said Thomas.
‘Goodbye, Thomas,’ said Mrs Chan.
‘Have a nice day!’ said Mr Chan.
Thomas’s parents worked in a bank in the city. They went to
work early.
‘Goodbye, Mum. Goodbye, Dad. See you later!’ said Thomas.
‘Oh, please buy some rice, Thomas,’ said Mrs Chan. ‘Grandma
will give you some money’
‘Okay, Mum,’ said Thomas.
After his parents went to work, Thomas got dressed quickly.
He wanted to go and see his best friend, Peter. Peter lived in the
flat below Thomas’s flat.
Grandma was already in the kitchen. She liked to make breakfast
for the family.
　　First Thomas gave Polly her breakfast. Then they started to eat their breakfast. Thomas turned on the radio. A voice said,
‘Here’s the news about the typhoon. Typhoon Tess is 150 kilometres
south of Hong Kong. It’s coming north at 50 kilometres per hour.
The typhoon signal number 8 is now up, so people should not go
outside.’
‘Why is the typhoon called Tess?’ asked Thomas.
‘Typhoons always have names,’ answered Grandma.
‘Sometimes they have boys’ names and sometimes they have
girls’ names.’

Puzzles
1. Who are they? Write the right names.
HOMSAT MADGRAN SHTOMXS PENARTS LOPLY

a)
c)

b)
d)

2. Circle the mistakes. Write the right words. a) Peter woke up early. Thomas
b) Thomas had a pet dog.
c) Mr and Mrs Chan worked in a school.
d) Grandma liked to make lunch for the family.
e) The typhoon was 150 kilometres west of Hong Kong.


‘A typhoon! How exciting!’ thought Thomas. He looked out of
the window. The sky was grey He could see big clouds over the city.
He could see big waves in the harbour, too. The boats bobbed up and down. Thomas wanted to see Peter and tell him the exciting news.
‘Grandma, can I go and see Peter now?’ he asked.
‘Yes, Thomas. But you must not go outside,’ answered Grandma.
‘But Mum asked me to buy some rice...,’ said Thomas.
‘No,’ said Grandma.‘You must not go outside in a typhoon. It’s
very dangerous.’
‘Please help me before you go and see Peter,’ said Grandma.
‘We must bring the plants and the washing inside, because the
typhoon will be here soon.’
Thomas went onto the balcony and carried the plants inside.
Grandma carried the washing. They closed the doors and windows.
‘Goodbye, Grandma! See you later,’ said Thomas.
‘See you later!’ shouted Polly.
Thomas ran out of the flat. He did not see the open window in
his bedroom, so he did not close it. But Polly saw it!
Thomas went to Peter’s flat. Peter was already awake, too.
‘Have you heard the news?’ asked Thomas.
‘No,’ said Peter. ‘What"s happened?’
‘A typhoon is coming to Hong Kong!’ said Thomas. ‘It’s called
Typhoon Tess!’
‘How far is it from Hong Kong?’ asked Peter. ‘When will it be
here?’
‘Well, it’s nine o’clock now,’ said Thomas. ‘The typhoon’s
about 150 kilometres south of Hong Kong. It’s coming north at
50 kilometres per hour, so..."
‘What time will it be here?’ asked Peter. (Do you know?)



Puzzles
1. Write the right words.
a) ‘How exciting!’ Thomas



(think)

b) Thomas (carry)

the plants inside.

c) Thomas (run)
d) Thomas (go)

out of the flat.
to Peter’s flat.

e) ‘Have you (hear)

the news?’ asked Thomas.

2. Look at the pictures. Write the right words.

‘It’ll be here at twelve o’clock!’ said Thomas.
The boys stood beside the window in the sitting-room. ‘Look
at the sea now!’ said Thomas. ‘The waves are bigger than they were
before. They’re very high!’
‘Look at that man in the street,’ said Peter. ‘The wind has

blown his hat off! He’s chasing it!’ The boys laughed loudly. ‘I
have to go and buy some rice. Come with me, Peter!’ said Thomas.
‘It’s dangerous to go outside in a typhoon,’ said Peter.
‘Let’s go after the typhoon’s gone.’
‘The typhoon isn’t here yet,’ said Thomas. ‘Come on, Peter!
I’ll go and get some money.’
The boys went back to Thomas’s flat. They heard a noise.
‘Someone’s crying!’ said Peter. It was Grandma.
‘Grandma, why are you crying?’ asked Thomas.
‘Polly has gone!’ said Grandma. ‘The window in your bedroom
was open. The wind is very strong and it’s dark and stormy outside.
Polly was frightened. She flew out of the window. She’s lost!’
‘Don’t worry, Grandma,’ said Thomas. ‘We’ll go outside and
find her.’
‘But you mustn’t go outside...’ said Grandma.
‘We’ll be careful,’ said Thomas. ‘We must find Polly!’
‘Come back soon!’ said Grandma.
The boys went outside. They tried to walk along the street,
but the wind was too strong.
‘It’ll blow us away!’ shouted Thomas. Suddenly they saw a policewoman.
　　‘Why are you here?’ asked the policewoman. ‘You shouldn’t be outside. The typhoon signal number 8 is up!’
　　‘Because we’re looking for my pet parrot,’ said Thomas. ‘Her name’s Polly. She flew outside because she was frightened.’
‘Perhaps Polly will come home later,’ said the policewoman.
‘Don’t worry - parrots are clever! Now go home, and don’t come
outside again until the typhoon’s gone.’
The boys went back to Peter’s flat. They were worried.

Puzzles
1. Write the right words in the spaces.
frightened clever stormy outside dangerous

a) ‘It’s
Peter.

to go outside in a typhoon,’ said

b) ‘It’s dark and

outside,’ said Grandma.

c) Polly flew outside because she was .

d) ‘You shouldn’t be

!’ said the policewoman.

e) The policewoman said, ‘Parrots are
2. Write the right words. What is the word on the left?

Peter turned on the radio.
　　‘Here’s the news,’ said a voice. ‘Typhoon Tess is getting closer. The weather is already very bad in Hong Kong. There’ll be
a lot of rain. The wind is very, very strong. It blew a small

aeroplane off the runway ten minutes ago. The aeroplane is now in the water. There are ten passengers on the aeroplane. There are now two fire-engines and four ambulances at the airport. The firemen are trying to rescue the passengers ...’
‘We can see the airport from my window!’ shouted Peter.
The boys ran to the window and looked out. ‘Look!’ shouted
Peter. ‘There are some helicopters, too. They’re going to rescue
the passengers from the aeroplane!’
Two helicopters flew past the window. They were very noisy The
boys could see the airport. They saw an aeroplane in the sea near the runway.
‘Look!’ said Thomas. ‘The helicopters are flying over the
aeroplane. A man is climbing out of one of the helicopters. He has
a rope tied around him.’
A girl stood on the wing of the aeroplane. She held up her arms.
The man tried to reach her.
　　‘Can he reach her?’ said Peter. ‘Yes, he can!’ The man picked the girl up. Two men in the helicopter pulled the man and the girl into the helicopter.
　　‘He has rescued her!’ said Thomas. Now two more men climbed out of the helicopters. They also had ropes tied around them. They rescued all the passengers from the aeroplane.

Puzzles
1．Find the words in the word square.
Held aerioplane News
Tess Voice runway Peter Said Weather Rescue
Helicopter


2. What is going to happen next? Tick the box(es). Turn the pages and you will find the answer.
a) Thomas is going to buy some rice. □
b) Thomas’s parents are going to find Polly. □
c) Thomas is going to find Polly in his flat. □
d) Thomas is going to find Polly in Peter’s flat. □

The helicopters flew past Peter’s window again.
‘Perhaps they’re taking the passengers to hospital,’ said

Peter.
The telephone rang. Peter answered the telephone.
　　‘It’s your grandma,’ said Peter to Thomas.‘Your mum’s phoned. Your mum and dad are coming home.’
‘Good! I must go home now, Peter,’ said Thomas. ‘But where’s
Polly? The typhoon’s coming, and she’s outside!’
‘Oh, she’ll come home,’ said Peter. ‘She’s a clever bird.’
‘A clever bird!’ said a voice behind him. It was Polly!
‘Look!’ said Thomas. ‘The window in the kitchen is open! Polly
flew into your flat through the window! She Is a clever bird!’
Thomas went home with Polly. Soon Thomas’s parents came home.
Thomas told them about Polly and about the aeroplane.
‘Let’s listen to the radio,’ said Mr Chan.
Thomas turned on the radio. A voice said, ‘Today the wind blew
an aeroplane into the sea at the airport. Helicopters rescued ten
passengers from the aeroplane and took them to hospital. The passengers were frightened, but they were not hurt. Typhoon Tess
is now going west. It may come back so people should not go
outside.’
‘I’m hungry,’ said Thomas. Then he remembered. ‘Oh dear! I
didn’t buy the rice!’
‘Don’t worry,’ said Mrs Chan. ‘I’ve bought some.’
That night the wind was very noisy, but Thomas did not hear
it. He was fast asleep! The next morning, he looked out of his window.
It was sunny, and there was no wind, but the streets were full of rubbish. Some trees lay across the pavements.
‘The typhoon’s gone,’ said Thomas to Polly, ‘but don’t fly
outside again! Be a good bird!’
‘A good bird!’ shouted Polly.



Puzzles
1. Write the right words.
up behind to past
a) The helicopters flew





Peter’s window again.

b) ‘Come,

to my flat, Peter.’

c) ‘A clever bird!’ said a voice

him.

d) ‘The helicopters rescued ten passengers from the

aeroplane and took them

hospital.’

2. Put the sentences in the right order. Write the letters in
the boxes.
a) Soon Mr and Mrs Chan came home.
b) The streets were full of rubbish.
c) The next morning Thomas looked out of his window.
d) Polly flew into Peter’s flat.
e) They listened to the radio again.
f) Thomas went home with Polly.

g) That night the wind was very noisy.
h) Thomas told Polly not to fly outside again.
i) Thomas told Mr and Mrs Chan about Polly and about the aeroplane.

Typhoons
A typhoon is a very strong storm. The wind can blow at 250
kilometres per hour or more. Sometimes there is a lot of rain, too.
　　Typhoons start over a warm sea. The winds become stronger and stronger. They turn round and round.
A typhoon can be about 400 kilometres wide! In the middle of
the typhoon there is an ‘eye’. The winds are fastest and strongest around this eye.
After a typhoon there is a lot of damage. The winds can pull
up trees or lift up cars and boats and throw them a long way. The winds can also destroy houses.
　　There is usually a lot of rain after a typhoon. Sometimes the rain covers the roads, and people cannot go outside. A lot of rain can be very dangerous because there may also be landslides.
　　Today we can see typhoons before they come. Satellites above the earth take photographs of them. Then weather forecasters tell people about the typhoons. They also give each typhoon a name.
In Hong Kong, a typhoon signal number 8 tells people,‘A typhoon
is near.’ Children should not go to school, and shops and offices
are closed. People should not go outside.

Puzzles
1. Match the two parts of the sentences.
2. What does the weather forecaster say? Look at the pictures







Flying Machines
Over 200 years ago there were no aeroplanes, but people wanted
to fly and they made the first flying machine. It was a hot-air balloon! It had a basket to carry one passenger.
　　About 100 years later, people made the first airship. It looked like a sausage. It carried more passengers than hot-air balloons.
The world’s longest airship was 245 metres long and it carried
36 passengers. It had cabins for passengers to sleep in, a
dining-room, a reading room, a writing room and a lounge with a piano!
Wilbur and Orville Wright were two brothers from the United
States. They flew the first aeroplane in 1903. It was made of wood.

It only flew 36 metres and it did not fly very fast.
　　Today, aeroplanes are made of metal. They can fly thousands of kilometres, and they fly very fast.
　　A bird uses its wings and its tail to fly An aeroplane has wings and a tail, too, but it needs engines to make it fly.
　　Pilots fly aeroplanes. They sit in the cockpit of the aeroplane. They can make the aeroplane fly higher or lower. They can also make
it fly faster or more slowly. It is a difficult job. Pilots have to go to flying school for many years.
A helicopter can fly forwards, upwards, downwards or sideways.
　　It has a rotor on top. The engine turns the rotor round very fast. This lifts the helicopter up into the air. Helicopters can
go up and down in a small place. They do not need a runway. They can land on a small island, in a busy city or on a mountain. We can use helicopters to rescue people.

Puzzles
1. Read the sentences. Write the right letters in the boxes. a) It was 245 metres long.
b) It carried only one passenger.
c) Wilbur and Orville Wright made it in 1903. d) It does not need a runway.
e) They have to go to flying school for many years.
□ A helicopter.
□ The first aeroplane.
□ The first hot-air balloon.
□ Pilots.
□ The longest airship in the world.
2. The helicopter must rescue these people. Where are they?
Write the right words. a) On a .
b) On a small . c) In the .

Questions
Page 55 a) Why was Thomas Chan excited?
b) Where did Thomas live?
c) Thomas had a pet cat / dog / parrot.
Page 56 a) Where did Thomas’s parents work?
b) Who did Thomas want to see?
　　　　c) Where did Thomas’s friend live? Page 57 True or false?
a) Polly turned on the radio.
b) Typhoon Tess was south of Hong Kong. c) Typhoons never have names.

Page 59 a) Thomas could see big

in the harbour.


typhoon.’

b) Grandma said I’You must not go

in a

Page 60 a) Thomas carried / carries / carrying the plants
inside.
b) Thomas saw / seeing / did not see the open window.
Page 61 a) Did Peter know about the typhoon?
　　　　b) What time was it? Page 63 True or false?
a) The boys stood beside the window. b) There was a woman in the street. c) Peter did not want to go outside.

Page 64 a)

flew out of the window.

b) Thomas said, ‘Don’t
Page 65 a) What was too strong?
b) Who did the boys see?
c) Where did the boys go?

Grandma.’

Page 67 a) Peter turned off / up / on the radio.
b) The wind blew an aeroplane / a helicopter a man
off the runway.
c) There were two/ four/ ten ambulances at the airport.

Page 68

True or false?
a) The boys could see the airport. b) The helicopters were very quiet.

Page 69 a) Could the man reach the girl?
b) Did the men rescue all the passengers?
Page 71 a) Thomas’s mother / grandmother / father phoned
Peter.
　　　　b) Polly flew into Thomas’s / Peter’s flat. Page 72 a) What did Thomas tell his parents?
b) Were the passengers hurt?
Page 73 a) Who bought some rice?
b) The next morning it was sunny / windy / rainy.
c) The streets were full of people / rubbish
parrots.
Page 75 a) Where do typhoons start?
b) How wide can a typhoon be?
　　　　c) What is in the middle of a typhoon? Page 76 True or false?
a) Before a typhoon there is a lot of damage. b) The winds can lift up cars.
c) After a typhoon there may be landslides.
　　Page 77 a) above the earth take photographs of typhoons.
b) Who gives each typhoon a name?

Page 79 a) When did people make the first flying machine?
b) What did the first airship look like?
c) How many passengers did the world’s longest airship carry?
The first aeroplane did not fly very often / fast slowly.
Today, aeroplanes are made of paper/ wood/ metal.
) Does an aeroplane need engines?
Where do pilots sit?
) How many wings does a helicopter have?
Do helicopters need a runway?


Page 58 练习
· 答案
1．他们是谁？写出正确的名字。
a）Thomas c）Thomas's parents
b）Grandma d）Polly
2．圈出错误，并写出正确的单词。
a）Thomas d）breakfast
b）parrot e）south
c）bank


Page 62 练习
· 答案
1．写出正确的单词。 a）thought d）went b）carried e） heard c）ran
2．看图画，写出正确的单词。

Page 66 练习
· 答案
1．选择正确的单词填入空格内。 a）dangerous d）outside b）stormy e） clever c）frightened
2．写出正确的单词。左边的单词是什么？

Page 70 练习
· 答案
1．在字母方块中找出左边这些单词，把它们圈起来。
Held aeroplane news
Tess
Vioce

Runway Peter Said Weather Rescue
helicopter
　　2．下面将发生什么？在方格里打“√”。翻过几页，你会找到答案 的。
（学生可以选择任何答案。）

Page 74 练习
· 答案
1．选择正确的单词填入空格内。
a）past c）behind b）up d）to
2．按正确的顺序排列句子，并把字母写在方格里。

Page 78 练习
· 答案
1．把句子的前后两部分用线连起来。









2．天气预报员怎么说？看图并写出正确的单词。
a）rainy c）sunny
b）windy d）stormy


Page 83 练习
· 答案
1. 读这些句子，并在方格里填入正确的字母。
□ A helicopter.
□ The first aeroplane.
□ The first hot-air balloon.
□ Pilots.
□ The longest iirship in the world.
2. 直升飞机必须救出这些人。他们在哪儿？写出正确的单词。
a) mountain
b) island
c) sea


Pages 84 - 86 问题
Page 55 a) Because today was Saturday. b) In Hong Kong.

c) Thomas had a pet parrot.
Page 56 a) In a bank.
b) He wanted to see Peter.
c) In the flat below Thomas’s flat. Page 57 a) False.
b) True. c) False.
Page 59 a) Thomas could see big waves in the harbour.
b) Grandma said, ‘You must not go outside in a
typhoon.’
Page 60 a) Thomas carried the plants inside.
b) Thomas did not see the open window. Page 61 a) No, he did not.
b) It was nine o’clock.
Page 63 a) True.
b) False. c) True.
Page 64 a) Polly flew out of the window.
b) Thomas said, ‘don’t worry, Grandma.’
Page 65 a) The wind.
b) A policewoman.
c) Back to Peter’s flat.
Page 67 a) Peter turned on the radio.
b) The wind blew an aeroplane off the runway.
c) There were four ambulances at the airport. Page 68 a) True.
b) False.
Page 69 a) Yes, he could. b) Yes, they did.
Page 71 a) Thomas’s grandmother phoned Peter.
b) Polly flew into Peter’s flat.
Page 72 a) About Polly and about the aeroplane. b) No, they were not.
Page 73 a) Mrs Chan bought some.
b) The next morning it was sunny.
c) The streets were full of rubbish.
Page 75 a) Over a warm sea.
b) About 400 kilometres wide.
c) An ‘eye’. Page 76 a) False.
b) True. c) True.
Page 77 a) Stellites above the earth take photographs of typhoons.
b) Weather forecasters. Page 79 a) Over 200 years ago.

b) A sausage.
c) It carried 36 passengers.
Page 80 a) The first aeroplane did not fly very fast.
b) Today, aeroplanes are made of metal.
Page 81 a) Yes, it does.
b) They sit in the cockpit of an aeroplane. Page 82 a) Helicopters do not have wings.
b) No, they do not.

The Elephant Rock


　　Luke lived in a big house in a small village. Luke rode all round the village on his bicycle. His friend, Mark, had a bicycle, too. One afternoon they rode round the village and stopped to have
a drink. Luke saw a poster on the wall. The poster said: Mr Wonder’s
Elephants.
‘I want to go and see the elephants,’ said Luke. ‘I’ve never seen an elephant.’
　　‘I want to go, too!’ said Mark. ‘I saw some elephants about two years ago and they were very clever. It will be good. Shall
we go this evening?’
Luke cycled home. ‘Can I go to see Mr Wonder’s Elephants,
please?’ he asked his mother.
‘No,’ she said. ‘You can’t go because it’s wrong to have
animals in a show.’
Luke was very sad.‘Mum, I ’ve never seen an elephant,’ he said.
‘Please can I go, Mum? Mark’s going this evening!’
Luke’s mother sat down to think. ‘Okay, you can go,’ she said.
‘I don’t like it but I ’ll have to come, too.’ Luke was very excited.
The show was in a big tent outside the village. It was near
Luke’s house, and it took about five minutes to walk there. So Luke and his mother walked.
　　There was a queue outside the tent. All the people from the village were in the queue. There was a rock beside the tent. Luke pointed. ‘Look, Mum,’ he shouted. ‘That rock looks like an elephant.’ It was true. The rock had big ears, a trunk and four legs.
　　Luke and Mark played on the rock. Luke thought,‘The elephant’s face is sad. Will Mr Wonder’s elephants be sad?’