Lesson 51
第51課
Mother knows best
母親最清楚了
Yesterday Gretel went on an excursion with the Clarks.
昨天格萊托和克拉克一家去郊游.
Mother was driving so that she could get some practice
母親開車,這樣她就可以練習(xí)一下,
and father was sitting beside her.
父親坐在她旁邊.
He wasn't always very helpful!
他不是總能幫忙的!
"We must get on to the A3" he said.
他說:"我們得上A3公路,
"That's the road which will take us to the south coast."
這條路直通南部海岸."
Neither mother nor father knew the way to the A3
母親和父親都不知道A3公路怎么走,
so they had to stop to ask a policemen.
所以他們只好停下來問警察.
"Excuse me,"mother said."Could you please tell me the way to the A3?"
"勞駕,"母親說,"您能告訴我怎么去A3公路嗎?
"Yes,madam." the officer said.
"好的,夫人."擎察說,
"Take the first turning on your right
"在您右邊的第一個路口拐彎,
and continue along the road till you come to a cinema.
然后沿著那條路一直開到一家電影院,
Turn left at the cinema and go straight on.
再向左拐一直開,
This will bring you to the A3."
這樣您就到A3路了."
"Thank you,officer." mother said.
"謝謝您,警察,"母親說.
Mother drove on,but she didn't turn right.
母親繼續(xù)往前開,但沒向右拐.
"We're going in the wrong direction." father cried.
"我們方向錯了,"父親喊了起來,
"Why didn't you turn right?
"你為什么不向右拐呢?
If you had turned right back there,we would have come to the A3."
如果你剛才向右拐,我們早就到A3公路了."
"Oh,be quiet,Jim." mother said.
"安靜些,吉姆,"母親說,
"That policeman made a mistake.
"那個警察搞錯了.
If I had turned right back there,
要是我剛才在那兒向右拐
I would have been in serious trouble.It was a one-way street!"
那就麻煩了,那是條單行道."