世纪英语 拓展阅读教程I 第四版 答案 1tuo1_unit8.ppt

UNIT 8 Interesting Festival Contents Section 1 平安之夜奇迹般邂逅圣诞老人, 使人惊喜交加, 但意想不 到的变故,却让人领悟了圣诞老人的真谛? A Curious Incident of a Santa in the Night Time By Katharine Wang On the night of Christmas Eve, I realized that I hadn’t left milk and cookies out for Santa to eat. I could just hear him now: “Next house, This naughty girl didn’t even leave me a midnight !” 主题阅读 He would shout and fly away angrily. From then on, I would be on the blacklist — a certain list that I imagined, which only held the names of the very, very, very bad. So I woke up my parents and got them to bake cookies. I cried in agony as I found that there were no chocolate chips or baking soda left. No... they turned out to be flat clumps of dough. 主题阅读 We set the chunks and soymilk out in the open. Slightly satisfied, I went to bed, forcing myself to sleep for the time being. Clang and clatter. I jolted from the bed. “Santa!” I quietly climbed out of bed and made my way to our small living room. I with every of the floor. And there he was... in all his . 主题阅读 It seemed like the Christmas lights in the tree with a ring around his figure. He was his head and . His stomach was joyfully big; beard was white like snow. His belt buckle glinted and red suit looked like a little flame. I could hardly make out his face. He his large bag and the . And he grabbed present after present, placing each gently beneath the , plastic tree. 主题阅读 With each present, I felt my heartstring playing with ecstasy. Finishing, he made his way to the chunks and soymilk, sniffing one gently. I just knew he wouldn’t like it! I felt my heart pounding my stomach churning, and eyes stinging with tears. I knew it. He was going to take all those beautiful presents away. Just then, the bathroom and