Amy and the Red Box

Mrs Morton was a teach at Oakland Primary School. Amy was in her class. Amy did not like school. She never listened to her teacher. She did not like homework.

One day Amy was naughty. She hid behind her chair in class 'sit on your chair, Amy,' said Mrs Morton. 'You are a naughty girl. You never listen to me. You never do your homework. You must do your homework or you will not learn.'

That night Amy did not do her homework. She went to bed early. She had a long dream. In her dream she went to a park. There was a fair in the park. There were lots of people, there were lots of lights and there was a lot of noise. There was a big tent. There was a sign outside the tent. It said: Marvo, the Clever man. Amy looked at the sign and went in.

Marvo looked at Amy. 'Hello, what's your name?' he said. 'Amy' said Amy, Marvo went behind a curtain. Marvo came back and said, 'sit down, Amy.' Then he said, 'You are nine years old and you go to Oakland Primary School. Your mother's name is Alison. She looks like you, but her hair is black. Amy was amazed. 'Today you hid behind a chair at school. Tomorrow there will be a fire at your school, said Marvo.

'How do you know these things?' asked Amy.

'I can't tell you,' said Marvo. 'I won't tell you.'

The next day at school the fire bell rang. All the children ran into the playground. There was a fire in a classroom. They saw smoke and flames.

'Marvo was right,' thought Amy. he said: Tomorrow there will be a fire at your school. Amy went to talk to her friend, David. 'Shall we go to the fair tonight?' she asked.

'Why?' asked David.

Amy told David about Marvo. She said: 'He knows everything. I want to look behind the curtain in his tent. Will you came with me?'

That night, David and Amy went to the fair. They hid behind Marvo's tent.

At ten o'clock everybody went home. 'can we go inside the tent now? Is it empty?' asked David.

'Yes,' said Amy, but we must be careful. Amy walked quietly into the tent and David followed her. It was dark so Amy used her torch. They went behind the curtain and saw a big red box. There was a door in the box. The door was open. so they both went inside the box. They saw three buttons on the wall inside the box. David pressed the top one. After a minute, he become a little baby. Amy was amazed! She stared at the baby, but then he became a boy, then a man. After two more minutes he was an old man.

'What shall I do?' shouted Amy. David had white hair and a long beard. Amy was frightened. She pressed another button. The big red box started to spin.

The box stopped. David and Amy were dizzy. David was a boy again. They opened the door and went outside. There was no tent or fair. There were no people, but there were fields and big mountains.

'Where are we?' asked Amy 'Is this dream?'

'Look,' shouted David. 'What are those enormous animals?'

'They are dinosaurs,' said Amy. 'The red box has changed the date. We have gone to the past. There are no dinosaurs in our time!' Amy thought, 'Mrs Morton talked about dinosaurs at school but I didn't listen. I didn't do my homework.' Now Amy wanted to know about dinosaurs. She looked at their size and shape. Amy saw a small dinosaur. It went behind a rock. Amy and David followed it. There was an enormous dinosaur behind the rock. It roared.

David and Amy were frightened. 'Help! help!' they screamed. David and Amy ran to the red box and closed the door. 'I don't like the dinosaurs, ' said David. 'let's press a different button.' The box spun again. It stopped and David and Amy got out. They saw a spaceship. An astronaut was beside the spaceship. The astronaut was a woman. She took off her helmet.

A badge on her uniform said 'Amy' She was Amy!

'Is that me?' said Amy. 'Will I be an astronaut? Will I fly in space?'

'You can go to the moon!' said David. Then the astronaut put on her helmet and went into the spaceship.

'Can we go home now?' said David. They walked into the box and pressed a button. The box spun again. When they got out of the box, they were in the fair again. They were behind the curtain in Marvo's tent. Everywhere was quite and empty.

'Let's go home,' said Amy. She looked at her watch. 'We have seen dinosaurs and astronauts. we left at ten o'clock, and it is still ten o'clock!' said Amy.

They walked to the gate, 'See you at school tomorrow.' said David. Suddenly Amy woke up. She was still in her bed. It was seven o'clock in the morning. After breakfast she went to school. Amy told Mrs Morton, 'last night I had a nice dream. I went to a fair and went in a red box. I went to the past and saw dinosaurs.'

'You're a naughty girl,' Mrs Morton said. 'There are no dinosaurs now.'

'but I saw them,' said Amy. 'And David saw them,too.' Then we went to the future ans saw a spaceship.'

Mrs Morton smiled and said, 'You mustn't tell stories, Amy. Let's look at our books. '

Mrs Morton said, 'write a story tonight. The first sentence is : I am twenty and I am..'

Amy put her hand up. 'please, Mrs Morton, I will be an astronaut,' she said.

'You must do your work at school to become an astronaut,' Mrs Morton said. 'You must do your homework,too.'

Amy thought, 'Yes, I will work hard at school. I want to be an astronaut and fly into space. I will do my homework,too.'

at Oakland Primary School. 情调在什么位置，不是在里面。用at+地方

in class. 意思 在课堂上；上课中

In her dream. 在她的梦里，in+抽象概念名词

fair 集市

tent n. 帐篷；

sign n. 指示牌，标志；

It said: Marvo the Clever man. said=say= 上面写着..

went in. 走了进去，in作副词

amazed=surprised.

the fire bell rang. fire bell 火警警铃， rang=ring 发出钟声，响起铃声,作不及物动词

flame n. 火焰，火舌；

Amy told David about Marvo. Tell sb about sth/sb 固定搭配，告诉某人某事

He knows everything. everything 不定代词作宾语

to look behind the curtain in his tent. 动词不定式短语作宾语

we must be careful. 情态动词在主系表中必要跟be原形+表语

After a minute, After+一段时间，用于过去式时态句子

stared = stare v. 凝视，注视

After two more minutes, more 前面跟数词 后面跟复数，强调又..，再过两分钟

frightened = very afraid， 非常害怕。

to spin. 动词不定式短语作宾语，自旋，旋转

enormous adj. 巨大的，极大的；

dinosaur n. 恐龙；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

to the past. 过去

in our time 在我们的时代里

to know about dinosaurs.了解恐龙。 know about动词短语，了解..

roared 咆哮

got out 离开，出去

astronaut n. 宇航员，太空人

helmet n. 头盔，安全帽；

Astronauts

Astronauts fly into space in spaceships.

Yuri Gagarin from Russia went into space first in 1961.

He went round the Earth in 108 minutes His spaceship was Vostok 1.

In 1969, two American astronauts went to the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Lots of people saw him on television. They were very excited.

Today astronauts fly into space in a space shuttle. Astronauts can go outside their space shuttles but they must wear a spacesuit with shoe, gloves and a helmet. The spacesuit is very heavy. There are tubes inside the spacesuit. There is water in the tubes to keep the astronaut cool. There is no air in space, so astronauts carry packs on their backs. There is air in these backpacks. Astronauts use this air to breathe. Astronauts do not need to carry backpacks or wear spacesuit in the space shuttle, because it has air inside.

A space shuttle can fly into space many times. Two rockets lift the shuttle high into space. Then the rockets fall into the sea and a ship picks them up. The shuttle files in space. Then it returns to the Earth. It lands like an areoplane.

Someone has lived in space for 365 days.

In 1986 a space shuttle exploded. It was The Challenger. Lots of people saw it on television. It went up from The Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in the United States at 11: 38 A.M. After 73 seconds people saw flames. Seven astronauts died. One of the astronauts was a teacher! Now, astronauts can live in space stations.

A space station goes round the Earth. An astronaut from Russia lived in a space station for 365 days, between December 1987 and December 1988. There is food, water and air in space stations, but everything floats. The food must be sticky, so the astronauts can eat it with a spoon. Drinks are in tins with a straw. The astronauts must tie themselves **into a sleeping bag to sleep. ** Astronauts work in space stations to find out more about the Earth and stars. They can also make medicines in space to help people on the Earth.

in spaceships. in+交通工具，乘坐..

He went round the Earth in 108 minutes in+一段时间，出现在过去时态，表示花了多长时间。

first man to walk on the moon. 动词不定式短语一般不修饰人，如果表人的名词有 the first就可以。

shuttle n. 航天飞机（space shuttle 的简称）；

tube 管，管子

carry packs on their backs. carry sth on one's back. 强调背着..东西

many times. 很多次，作状语

lift v. 提起，举起，空运；

return 不及物动词=回去=go back， 及物动词=还东西

It lands like an areoplane. v. 着陆，降落； like an areoplane. 作状语

went up 上升；

sticky adj. 黏性的，涂有黏性物质的；

tin 罐，罐头盒、straw 吸管

tie 系，扎，捆\绑；