THE COMET  彗星

同一天晚上。

Jenny  Would you like any more apple pie. Paula?

Paula  No, thank you.

Jenny  No, thanks. It was very nice, but I’m full.

Paula  Is it dark enoughyet, Daddy?

Jack   Yes, I think so. But we should clear the table before we go outside.

Paula  OK.

Jack   Not so fast.

Jenny  I’ll get the binoculars.

(在院子里)

Jack   Look through here. Now turn this wheel until everything is in focus.

Paula  Yes, that’s it. Wom!

Jenny  What can you see?

Paula   The moon. It looks huge!

Jack   What else can you see?

Paula  Stars. Lots of stars. Oh, is that the comet?

Jenny  Where?

Paula  There! It looks like a star, but is seems to flash red and blue.

Jack   That sounds more like a plane.

Paula  No! It’s not a plane.!

Jenny  Oh, I can see it. Three!

Jack   That’s a plane, I think, not the comet.

Paula  So where’s the comet?

Jack   It says here, ‘Look to the north’.

Jenny  North’s is that way.

Jack   ‘Find the Plogh’.

Jenny That’s the Plough:those stars that look like a frying pan. Can you see it?

Paula  Yes, there it is!

Jenny  Where?

Paula   There!

Jenny  Oh, yes.

Jack   Wom!

Paula Isn’t it great?

*full  adj.吃飽的        ook through仔細檢查        *turn this wheel轉動鏡筒        *in focus聚焦          *flash  v.閃光         *planet  n. 行星          *Plough  n. 北半七星            *frying pan平底煎鍋