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典范英语The luckless monster 正文
1Monsters
Doyouthinkyouknowallaboutmonsters?
You
’
veprobablyheardofthedeadlydragon.Itwasfamousforfightingknights.
I
’
msureyou
’
veheardoftheLochNessMonster.She
’
sfamousfor...beingspotted.
TheLochNessMonsterissofamousshe
’
sevengotherownnickname.TheycallherNessie,theLochNessMonster.
ShecallsmeLucklessbecauseIneverseemtohaveanyluckatall,butLucklessisn
’
tmyrealname.
MyrealnameisFlossie.
Thisiswherewelive.
It
’
sabitwild...abitwindy...abitwet,but
it’s
hometous.Iloveithere.
Butitcanbelonely.
IbelongtothesamefamilyasNessie.IliveinthesamelochasNessie.Iliveinthesamewater.Ihuntforthesame
fish.But
we’d
haveourdifferences.
Forinstance,theLochNessMonsterishugeandscary.
ButI
’
mabitonthesmallside.SometimesNessiecallsmeScaredyCat.
TheLochNessMonsterswimsswiftandsure.
ButI
’
mnotallthatkeenonwater.
Idon
’
tlikethecoldandwet.Idon
’
tlikethehighwaves.Idon
’
tlikethedeeppoolsandIHATEthewhirlpool.
Thisisthewhirlpool.
Itgoesroundandround,andwhateverisinthewhirlpoolgoesroundandroundwithit.
NessieLOVESit.
‘
Wheee!
’
sheyells.
‘
Yeeeeeeeeh!
’
sheyells,and,
‘
Comeandhaveagoifyouthinkyou
’
rebraveenough!
’
Ihadagoonce.IHATEDit.Thewaterwentupmynose,Icouldn
’
tseeanythingandIfeltdizzyandsick.
‘
You
’
rescared!
’
Nessieteased.
‘
You
’
refrightened!
’
ButIwasn
’
tfrightened.
IwasTSRRIFIED!
Nessiecalledmealandlubber,achicken.
Nessiecallsmelotsofnames:Titch!Scaredycat!Crybaby!
Totellyouthetruth,Nessieisabitofabully.ButnothingNessiecandowouldmakegetbackinthatwhirlpoolagain.
Never!
2NoonecaresaboutYOU!
YouprobablyknowthattheLochNessMonster(orNessieforshort)isgoodathiding.Wemonstershavelearnedthe
artofcamouflage.Thismeanswecanhidebychangingourcolourormakingourselveslooklikeotherthings.
IfsomeonespotsNessie,shechanges.
Peoplewhomakefilms,andpeoplewhowritefornewspapersandmagazines,arealwaystryingtostopNessie.They
wanttotakeherphoto.Theywanttomakeafilmabouther.Theywanthertobeintheirnewspapersormagazines.She
’
s
famous.She
’
sacelebrity.EveryonetriestospotNessie.
Butnobodyhasevertriedtospotme.
IWANTtobemadeafussof.ButnomatterwhatIdo,nobodynoticesmeatall.
That
’
swhyNessiecallsmetheLucklessMonster.
‘
Nooneknowsyouexist.Noonecaresifyouexist!
’
shesays.
‘
Nanananana,
’
Nessiesings.
Noonetriestotakephotosofyou!
Noonetalksaboutyou.
NoonecaresaboutYOUatall.
’
It
’
strue.Idon
’
thaveanyrealfriends.
There
’
sNessieofcourse---butsheonlytalkstomewhenshefeelslikeit.Sheonlyplayswithmewhenshefeelslike
playing.SoI
’
mlonely,andthat
’
swhyIthinkNessieisrightwhenshecallsmetheLucklessMonster.
3Howdoyoufindafriend?
Oneday,IwokeupandIsaidtomyself,
’
Enoughisenough.TodayisthedayIwillfindarealfriend,agoodfriend.
Nessiedoesn
’
tcareifshehasafriend,butIdo.
’
Iwantsomeonewhocaresforme.Iwantsomeonewhocanseetherealme.
Buthowdoyoufindafriend?
Whatexactlyisafriend?
Ithoughtaboutthisforalong,longtime.IevenaskedNessie.
‘
Whatexactlyisafriend?
’
Iasked.
‘
Afriendissomeonewhoislikeyou,justlike
you,’
shesaid.
‘
Butnoneislikeus,soweCAN
’
Thavefriends.Betterjust
tosettleforscaringpeople.
’
Thenshegavearoarthatsentmeskitteringaway.
‘
Itworksforme.
’
Shegrinned.
‘
Ilovescaringpeople!
’
ButIdidn
’
tgiveup.Iwasdeterminedtofindafriend.
IaskedalltheanimalsImet,
‘
Pleasebemyfriend.
’
Thisiswhattheysaid:TheythoughtIwastoobig,toowet,tooscarylookingandtoofishysmelling.
ThenIaskedsomechildrenandthisiswhattheysaid:
Thegrownupssaid,
‘
Don
’
tbesilly.Therearenosuchthingsasmonsters.That
’
sjustashadow.Comealong,now.
Hurryup.
’
Peoplewereeitherscaredofme--ortheydidn
’
tbelieveinme.
Itwashopeless.SoIsulked.I
’
mverygoodatsulking.Icandoitforages.
Istayedperfectlystill,crossedmyarms,droopedmybottomlipandgotreadyforaHUGEsulk.Iwasjustgettinginto
it,whenIheardanoise.
Agroupofchildrenweregoinguptoalittlegirl.Theyweresayingthingsthatsoundedveryfamiliartome.
Thegirlwascryingandshewaswearingglasses--butnotforlong.
Theotherchildrentookherglassesandstartedtopassthemtoeachother.
Eachtimeshetiredtograbthembacktheythrewthem
tosomeoneelse.They
werethrowingfasterandfasterand
harderandharderuntil-
SPLASH!Thegasseslandedinthewater.
Theywerelightandplasticlandedinthewater.
Theywerelightandplastic.Sotheybobbedaboutonthesurface.Thentheydriftedinlittlecircles.
Thegirlcried,
‘
Oh!No!
’
Someofthechildrensaid,
‘
Haha!
’
Somesaid,
‘
Oh,no!Sorry.
’
Thenallofthechildrenwentaway,exceptforthegirl,whostoodpeeringatherglassesinthewater.
Firstshetriedreachingforthem,buttheyweretoofarout.
Thenshetriedtohookthemwithabranch,butthatdidn
’
twork.Theglassesdriftedfurtherandfurtherout.
Thenthegirltookadeepbreath,andwadedinafterthem.Theyweregoingtowardsthewhirlpool.
That
’
swhensheshouldhavegivenup--butonshewentand...Youcanguesswhathappenednext.
‘
Aaahh!
’
screamedthegirlassheslippedandherheadwentunderthewater.
‘
AAAGH!
’
Shecriedoutagain,anddownshewentforthesecondtime.
Well,Ihadnochoice.Amonster
’
sgottodowhatamonster
’
sgottodo!
Igrabbedherandkeptherheadoutofthewater.
Thenoffwewent.
Firstweswirled,thenwewhirled.
Thenweswooshedandwewhooshed.
Funnilyenough,afterawhile......wealmoststartedtoenjoyit.
Atlastwelandedinasoggyheap.
Wewereoutofbreathbutsafeandsoundandthegirlwasstillholdingontoherglasses.
Sheputherglassesonandpeeredatme.Itmusthavebeenthefirsttimeshehadseenmeclearlyandshelooedalittle
surprised.
‘
IknowIlookalittlebit...different,
’
Iapologized.
‘
That
’
swhatpeoplesayaboutme!
’
shesaid,
‘
TheythinkI
’
mdifferent!
’
‘
Isthatwhythosechildrenwerecallingyounames?
’
Iasked.
Shenodded.
‘
Igetcalledsomeofthosesamenames,
’
Isaid,sadly.
‘
MyreanameisFlossie,
’
Itoldher.
‘
MyrealnameisFran,
’
shesaid.Thenshesmiledalittleandsaid,
‘
Weshouldbefriends!Willyoubemyfriend?
’
‘
ButI
’
mtoobig!I
’
mtoowet!I
’
mtooweedy,
’
Isaid.
‘
I
’
mdifferent,too.
’
‘
We
’
rebothdifferent,
’
Fransaid.
‘
So,inaway...we
’
reboththesame!
’
Shewenton,
‘
Ilikeyou.You
’
rekindandyou
’
refriendly.That
’
swhatmakesafriendforme.
’
Sowedecidedtobefriends.
4Canyouseeme?
Justthen,theotherchildrencamerushinguptFran.
Quickasquick,Imademyselflooklikeaveryhandsometree.Well,Idon
’
twantthemscreamingandrunningawayor
callingmenames,doI?
Theotherchildrenranuptomynewfriend.
SometimeIcanhidemyselfjusttoowell.ButIdon
’
tmind.
Now,FranandIoftenplaytogether.Weswim.Weplaytigandhideandseekandskippingandfootball.Ihelpher--and
shehelpsme.
Yes,she
’
staughtmetolookatthingsdifferently.
Franhaslotsoffriendsnowbutshe
’
sstillmyfriendtoo.
I
’
moftenaround.Butnoteveryonecanspotme.
Ittakesarealfriendtoseeme.
Canyou?
Nessie是什么意思
Nessie
[英][ˈnesi]
n.
<口>（英国苏格兰北部的）尼斯湖水怪;
Nessie
[女子名]内希Agnes的昵称;
形近词：JessieTessieNessim
双语例句
1
Wehaveseenmuch'smile'likeMonnaLisa's,suchasNessieorBermudaTriangleandsoon.Theiraimisonlytomakeagoodbusiness.
我们看过很多像蒙娜丽莎这样的“微笑”，比如尼斯湖水怪或者百慕大等等。
2
Nessieenthusiastsbelievethecreatureisaplesiosaur-anaquaticreptilethatappearedatthestartoftheJurassicperiodandiswidelybelievedtobeextinct.
尼斯湖水怪迷认为，这种动物应该是一种蛇颈龙。蛇颈龙是一种水生爬行动物，生活在侏罗纪初期，很多人认为它们早已灭绝。
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