Meeting Dickon
Мary spent nearly a week working in the secret garden. Each day she found new shoots coming out of the ground. Soon, there would be flowers everywhere-thousands of them. It was an exciting game to her. When she was inside those beautiful old walls, no one knew where she was.
During that week she became more friendly with Ben, who was often digging in one of the vegetable gardens.
'What are your favourite flowers, Ben?' she asked him one day.
'Roses. I used to work for a young lady who loved roses, you see, and she had a lot in her garden. That was ten years ago. But she died. Very sad, it was.'
遇见狄肯
玛丽在秘密花园里工作了将近一个星期。每天她都发现新的嫩芽从地里冒出来。很快，到处都会开满花朵——成千上万朵。这对她来说是一个令人兴奋的游戏。当她身处那些美丽的旧围墙内时，没有人知道她在哪里。
在那一个星期里，她和本变得更加友好了，本经常在其中一个菜园里挖地。
“你最喜欢什么花，本？”一天她问他。
“玫瑰。你看，我以前是为一位喜欢玫瑰的年轻女士工作的，她的花园里种了很多玫瑰。那是十年前的事了。但她去世了。非常令人难过，真的。”
一、单词
spent /spent/ 度过（时间）；花费（spend的过去式）
nearly /ˈnɪəli/ 几乎，差不多
secret /ˈsiːkrət/ adj. 秘密的
shoots /ʃuːts/ n. 嫩芽，新枝
ground /ɡraʊnd/ n. 地面
soon /suːn/ adv. 不久，很快
everywhere /ˈevriweə(r)/ adv. 到处，各处
thousands /ˈθaʊzndz/ n. 成千上万，数千
exciting /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人兴奋的
inside /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/ prep. 在…里面
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfl/ adj. 美丽的
walls /wɔːlz/ n. 墙（wall的复数）
friendly /ˈfrendli/ adj. 友好的
digging /ˈdɪɡɪŋ/ v. 挖掘（dig的现在分词）
vegetable /ˈvedʒtəbl/ n. 蔬菜
favourite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ adj. 最喜欢的
roses /ˈrəʊzɪz/ n. 玫瑰（rose的复数）
used to /ˈjuːst tə/ （表示过去习惯）过去常常
lady /ˈleɪdi/ n. 女士
died /daɪd/ v. 死亡（die的过去式）
sad /sæd/ adj. 悲伤的，难过的
二、词组
spend time doing 花费时间做某事 She spends a lot of time reading books in the library.
她花很多时间在图书馆看书。
nearly a week 将近一周
It took me nearly a week to finish the report.
我花了将近一周才完成这份报告。
come out of 从...出来
The sun came out of the clouds.
太阳从云层后出来了。
become friendly with 和...变得友好
I quickly became friendly with my new classmates.
我很快和我的新同学变得友好了。
used to do
过去常常做(现在不做了）
My grandfather used to smoke, but he quit years ago.
我祖父过去抽烟，但几年前戒了。
a lot (of) 许多
There are a lot of people in the park today. 今天公园里有很多人。
三、 语法：Used to do
"Used to+ 动词原形" 用于表示过去经常性的习惯或状态，但现在已不再如此。它强调过去和现在的对比。
主语 + used to + 动词原形...
Ben used to work for a young lady. 本过去为一位年轻女士工作。
I used to go swimming every Sunday. 我过去每个星期天都去游泳。
