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1. 随着铃声再次响起,男孩们回来了。
2. 但这次有一群孩子和他们在一起。
3. 门外排起了长队!
4. 沉默被激动的闲聊所取代。
5. 孩子们笑着,指着新口味的糖果,从口袋里掏出一把硬币。
6. “请给我一杯泡菜汁柠檬水!”“请给我两块球嘴糖!”“请给我一份辣酱冰淇淋!”……
7. 卡莉和她的阿姨忙着接待所有的顾客,门口每分钟都有更多的人在排队。
8. 卡莉从没见过店里这么忙过!
9. 顾客们似乎对麦琪的疯狂组合糖果欲罢不能。
10. 难以置信!
11. 当他们终于把最后一位顾客送出门,并打开橱窗里闪烁的“关门”标志时,他们已经筋疲力尽,但精神异常高昂。
12. 那可能是最疯狂的一天。
13. 卡莉朝阿姨竖起大拇指,笑着说:“麦琪阿姨,你真是个天才。
14. “我知道,”阿姨咧嘴一笑,朝卡莉眨了眨眼,脸上带着惯常的孩子气的微笑。
15. 下午,医生来,他离去时,苏艾找了个借口,跑到过道上。
16. “好的希望有了五成。”
17. 医生抓住苏艾瘦小的、颤抖的手说,“只要好好护理,你会胜利。现在我得去楼下看看另一个病人。他姓贝尔曼──据我所知,也是搞艺术的。也是肺炎。他上了年纪,身体虚弱,病势来得很猛。他可没有希望了,不过今天还是要把他送进医院,让他舒服些。”
18. 那天下午,苏艾跑到床边,琼珊靠在那儿,心满意足地在织一条毫无用处的深蓝色户巾,苏艾连枕头把她一把抱住。
19. “我有些话要告诉你,小东西。”
20. 她说,“贝尔曼在医院里去世了。“
21. 他害肺炎,只病了两天。
22. 头天早上,看门人在楼下的房间里发现他痉得要命。
23. 他的鞋子和衣服都湿透了,冰凉冰凉的。
24. 他们想不出,在那种凄风苦雨的的夜里,他窨是到什么地方去了。
25. 后来,他们找到了一盏还燃着的灯笼,一把从原来地方挪动过的样子,还有几去散落的的画笔,一块调色板,上面和了绿色和黄色的颜料,末了──看看窗外,亲爱的,看看墙上最后的一片叶子。
26. 你不是觉得纳闷,它为什么在风中不飘不动吗?
27. 啊,亲爱的,那是贝尔曼的杰作──那晚最后 的一片叶子掉落时,他画在墙上的。”
参考答案:
1. With the sound of the bell again, the boys came back.
2. But this time there was a crowd of kids with them.
3. A line was forming out of the door!
4. The silence was replaced with excited chatter.
5. The kids were laughing, pointing at the new candy flavors, and pulling handful of coins from their pockets.
6. “I’ll have a pickle juice lemonade, please!’’ “Give me two pieces of Brussels spouts candies, please!’’ “The hot sauce ice cream, please!’’…
7. Carly and her aunt were occupied serving all the customers, and more lined up at the door every minute.
8. Carly had never seen the shop so busy!
9. It seemed that the customers could not get enough of Maggie’s crazy candy combinations.
10. Incredibly!
11. When they finally sent the last customer out of the door and turned on the “Closed” sign that flashed in the window, they were exhausted but in extraordinarily high spirits.
12. That might have been the craziest day, ever.
13. Giving her aunt a thumbs up, Carly said smilingly, “Aunt Maggie, you’re a genius.”
14. “I know,’’ grinned her aunt, winking at Carly with the