轉發物件 | 初中水平英語學習者
說明
本系列初級英語複述故事共55篇，每篇約150單詞，由1000中心詞寫成，適合初中
水平
英語學習者進行聽說讀寫訓練。可以根據自己的實際情況選擇下列使用方法：
1）聽+說：聽二三遍錄音，然後口頭複述故事，或者口頭回答問題；
2）聽+寫：聽二三遍錄音，然後憑記憶儘量複述短文，或者書面回答問題，寫完後，對照原文檢查；
3）讀+寫：讀短文，然後憑記憶儘量複述短文，或者書面回答問題，寫完後，對照原文檢查。
文後提供複述提示，複述時可以參考，注意其中動詞用正確的形式。也可以根據後面的參考譯文進行復述。
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Mr and Mrs Brown lived in a small house near London with their child。 Sometimes Mr Brown came back from work very late， when his wife and the child were asleep， and then he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly。
But one night when he was coming home late， he lost his key， so when he reached his house， he rang the bell。 Nothing happened。 He rang it again。 Again nothing happened- nobody moved inside the house。 Mr Brown knocked at the bedroom window， he spoke to his wife， he shouted， but she did not wake up。 At last he stopped and thought for a few seconds。 Then he began to speak like a small child。 ‘Mother！’ he said， ‘I want to go to the lavatory！’ He spoke quite quietly but at once Mrs Brown woke up。 Then he spoke to her， and she opened the door for him。
Questions
Where did Mr and Mrs Brown live？
How many children did they have？
What happened sometimes？
What were his wife and child doing when this happened？
What did Mr Brown do then？
How did he come in？
What happened one night？
When did this happen？
What did Mr Brown do when he reached his house？
What happened？
What did Mr Brown do then？
What happened this time？
What did Mr Brown do then？
What did his wife do？
What did Mr Brown do then？
How did Mr Brown wake his wife？
What did he do then？
What did she do？
複述提示
Mr and Mrs Brown / small house / London / child // Sometimes / back / late / asleep / front door / key / very quietly//
night / late / lose / reach / ring // nothing // again // again nothing / nobody / inside // bedroom window / speak / shout / not wake up // stop / think / a few // begin / small child // ‘Mother！’ / say / lavatory // quite quietly / at once / wake up / speak / open //
參考譯文
布朗夫婦和他們的孩子住在倫敦附近的一座小房子裡。有時候布朗先生下班回家非常晚，他的妻子和孩子都睡著了，然後他用鑰匙開啟房子的前門，悄悄地進來。
但是一天夜裡，他很晚回家的時候把鑰匙丟了，因此當他到家的時候，就按了門鈴。沒有任何動靜。他又按了一次。又沒有動靜，房子裡面沒有人走動。布朗先生敲臥室的窗戶，他跟妻子說話，他喊叫，但是她沒有醒來。最後他停下來，想了幾秒鐘。然後他開始像小孩子一樣說話。“媽媽！”他說，“我想上廁所！”他說話聲音很輕，但是布朗夫人立刻就醒了。然後他和她說話，她給他開了門。
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