Barney, the Policeman

Meet Barney Binns. He is a policeman. Look at his uniform and his big shoes. Barney lives in Peel. Peel is a very quite town near the sea. Barney rides a motor cycle and smiles a lot.

Barney reads a lot of books. He is a very clever policeman. He reads mystery books about detectives. In the stories, the detectives always catch the thieves. Barney wants to be a detective in a mystery book! Barney lives at the police station with his cat, Fuzz. They live in Green Street. There is a tree in Green Street. Can you see the nest on the branch? A magpie called Megsy lived there. Megsy was naughty. She stole shiny things. In her nest were jewels, coins and watches.

People in Peel were angry. 'Why don't you catch the thief?' they asked Barney. 'I don't know who it is!' said Barney. 'It's a mystery,' he said to Fuzz. 'I will be a good detective. I will catch the thief!'

One day last month, Megsy stole a gold coin. She flew up to her nest in the tree. She wanted to put the coin in her nest with all her shiny things. Mrs Dimmer walked along Green Street. She walked under the tree. Suddenly Megsy dropped the coin. It fell on Mrs Dimmer's head. Mrs Dimmer felt her head. 'Where am I?' she said. She looked in her mirror. 'Who am I?' she said. 'Oh dear, I can't remember!' Mrs Dimmer forgot her name. She forgot where she lived. Mrs Dimmer walked into the police station. She looked worried.

Fuzz chased mice. Barney put down his mystery book.

’Hello,' he said, 'Can I help you?' ''

'Hello,' said Mrs Dimmer.

'Something fell on my head!'

'I will write some notes in my notebook,' Barney said.

'What's your name?' Mrs Dimmer frowned.

'Where do you live?' asked Barney

She frowned again.

'Do you have any children?' asked Barney.

'I'm sorry,' said Mrs Dimmer. 'I don't know. I can't remember!'

Barney was excited. 'There is a mystery, Fuzz!' he said.

'The woman has lost her memory. She needs a good detective. I can help her!'

Barney looked at Mrs Dimmer. She was about thirty-five years old, and she was tall. She had light brown hair and brown eyes. Barney wrote these things in his notebook. Then he wrote, 'She is wearing a gold wedding ring on the third finger of her left hand.' 'We don't know this woman's name,' said Barney to Fuzz. 'I will write "Mrs X"!' He looked at Mrs Dimmer. 'Mrs X,' he said, 'please tell me what happened.'

Mrs Dimmer scratched her head. 'I walked along a street. It was Green Street.. I walked under a tree. Then something fell on my head! I can't remember what it was. Now I have a bump on my head. Look and see how big it is!'

Barney looked at the bump on Mrs Dimmer's head. He frowned. Fuzz jumped up and looked at it, too. They are worried. 'That's a big bump, Mrs X' said Barney 'Shall I call an ambulance?'

'No, don't call an ambulance,' said Mrs Dimmer. 'My head hurts, but I don't need to go to the hospital.' Sit down then, Mrs X, and I will ask you some questions,' said Barney

Mrs Dimmer sat down. 'What did you do yesterday?' asked Barney.

'I don't know,' said Mrs Dimmer sadly. I can remember!'

'Why did you come to the police station?' Barney said.

'I came because I don't know who I am. I can't remember,' said Mrs Dimmer..

'Oh dear, I'm going to cry.' Barney put his arm around Mrs Dimmer.

'Don't cry,' he said. 'Do you know who I am?' asked Mrs Dimmer

'No,' said Barney. 'But I'm a detective. I will help you. I will find out who you are.’

‘Thank you,' said Mrs Dimmer. She smiled. Fuzz heard a loud noise. Barney listened.

'Someone is crying,' he said. A little boy came into the police station. 'Why are you crying?' asked Barney.

'I've lost my mum!' said the little boy.

'Don't cry!' said Barney. 'I'm a detective. I will find her!'

'You have already found her!' said the little boy. 'Look there she is!'

The boy ran to Mrs Dimmer and hugged her. Mrs Dimmer was surprised.

'Who are you?' she asked. The boy sat on her lap.

'I'm Tim! I'm your son!' he said. Suddenly Mrs Dimmer remembered.

'I know who you are!' she said. 'You're Tim! You're my little boy.' She hugged him. 'And my name is Mrs Dimmer. I remember now.' Barney was happy. He wrote 'Mrs Dimmer' in his notebook.

'I live at twenty-five station road,' Mrs Dimmer said happily, and Barney wrote it down. 'Do you remember what happened now. Mrs Dimmer?' he asked.

'I was in Green Street. I walked under a tree. Something fell on my head...' said Mrs Dimmer slowly. 'Then I looked up and saw.. a magpie!'

Barney, Mrs Dimmer, Tim and Fuzz went to the tree in Green Street. Fuzz found a gold coin under a stone. Barney looked at the gold coin. Then he looked up and saw Megsy's nest. 'Aha!' he said. 'Now I know what happened!'

Fly flew flown

Barney climbed the tree. Megsy flew out of her nest. Barney looked in the nest and found the jewels, gold coins and watches. 'Look,' said Barney. 'The magpie stole these things. Magpies like shiny things. Then the magpie dropped a gold coin, and it fell on your head, Mrs Dimmer.'

'You're very clever!' said Mrs Dimmer. 'You have found the thief! I will tell my husband. He's the Chief of Police in Peel.' The Chief of Police was happy.

'Barney Binns has found the thief, and he has found my wife!' he said. 'He's a very good detective.' Now Barney is a sergeant. He is happy and he catches lots of thieves. Fuzz is happy, too. He catches lots of mice. Megsy Magpie flew to a town near Peel. She is building a new nest. 'I will steal some gold coins!' she thinks. She is a naughty magpie!

Peel 堡塔，堡寨

motor cycle n. 摩托车，机动脚踏车

smiles a lot.很多微笑 a lot=much 副词作状语，

to be a detective in a mystery book! to be结构的动词不定式短语作宾语

nest n. 窝，巢，穴；branch n. 树枝，分枝；

magpie n. 鹊，喜鹊；called Megsy 过去分词短语作后置定语，叫做..

shiny adj. 光滑发亮的，有光泽的

In her nest were jewels, coins and watches. 倒装句，原句是 Jewels, coins and watches were in her nest.

People in Peel were angry. 复数+后置定语，没有冠词，属于泛指.

who it is 宾语从句，

mystery n. 神秘的事物；不可理解之事；奥秘

flew up 向上飞，

to put the coin in her nest with all her shiny things. with ..做伴随状语，整个动词不定式短语作宾语

Megsy dropped the coin. drop sth 把..东西弄掉下来，强调没抓稳掉下来

looked in her mirror. look in mirror 照镜子。

. She forgot where she lived. 宾语从句的复合句

walked into the police station. walk + into 走进去..地方

She looked worried. look是特殊系动词，worried 形容词

chased 追捕

put down 动词短语，及物，放下..

Something fell on my head! 不定代词，something 作主语

frowned v. 皱眉

was about thirty-five years old. about修饰数字，years old 表示多少岁

scratched v. 挠（痒处）

bump n. 肿块；隆起，凸块；

jumped up. 跳起来；

Sit down 坐下；扎营

Look there she is!' 倒装句， 原句 there is she.

wrote it down. 把它写下来

sergeant 中士；

Magpies

These are magpies. They have black and white feathers and a long tail. This is a magpie's nest. Magpies build their nests in the fork of a tree or in the branches. They use mud, grass and twigs to make this shape. Can you see the eggs? Look at all the magpies. They are very noisy, so some people don't like them! A long time ago, when people saw magpies, they counted them. They thought, 'One magpie means I will be sad. Two magpies mean I will be happy. Three magpies mean I will get married. For magpies mean my first child will be a boy. Five magpies mean I will have some silver. Six magpies mean I will have some gold. Seven magpies mean I will have a secret.' People said this rhyme about magpies. Can you remember it? 'One for sorrow, Two for joy, There for a wedding, For for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Severn for a secret, Never to be told.'

mud, grass and twigs 泥，草和树枝

rhyme n. 押韵短诗，（押韵的）儿歌；

Stories about Birds

People tell lots of stories about birds. Lots of big, black birds live near the Tower of London in England. They are called ravens. People tell an old story. It says, 'One day the ravens will all fly away. Then the Tower of London will fall down!' There is a story about a goose. A king found the goose. It laid golden eggs. The king was very happy and very rich. The goose laid one golden egg every day. But one day the king said, 'One egg every day is not enough. I want all the gold now!' He killed the goose because he wanted the gold. But now there was no gold. The king was too greedy! Some people are afraid of birds. A man called Alfred Hitchcock made a film called The Birds. In the film, lots of birds were angry. They pecked people and killed them. They pecked children in their school playground. People ran into their houses and closed the doors and windows. Some birds flew down the chimneys. But this is not a true story. Birds are usually afraid of people!

A long time ago, when a mother and father had a baby, people said, 'A stock gave the baby to them.' A stock has a long legs and a very big beak. Some cards for new babies have a picture of a stork. Some people teach birds to catch small animals. The birds are called falcons. The teachers are called falconers. The falconer teaches the bird to chase a piece of meat on a string. Then the falcon learns to chase mice and rats. The falconer must wear a glove, because the bird's claws are sharp!

They are called ravens. 被动语态，ravens 主语补足语，乌鸦

will all fly away. 全部飞走，all做同位语， fly away：飞走；飞行；起飞

fall down； 跌倒；失败；倒塌

laid 下（蛋），产（卵）,golden adj. 金制的；金色的；

pecked v. 啄，啄食；

down the chimneys 顺着烟囱，介词短语

stork n. [鸟]鹳

beak n. 鸟嘴，喙；

Some cards for new babies have a picture of a stork. for作定语 给..的，

falcons n. [鸟]猎鹰； falconers

falconers n. 以鹰狩猎者；放鹰者；饲养和训练猎鹰的人

claws n. （动物的）爪，爪子；

Memory

In the story, Mrs Dimmer lost her memory. Do you have a good memory? Sometimes a rhyme can help you to remember. This rhyme will help you to remember how many days there are in a month. 30 days have September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31. But February has 28 days clear, and 29 in each leap year. There is a leap year every four years. A leap year has 366 days. It has one more day than other years. Here is a good game, It helps you to remember things. Look at these pages for a minute. Then close the book. How many things can you remember? Write them down. There are 14 things. How many did you remember? Play the game again. Can you remember more things now?

to remember how many days there are in a month. 含有宾语从句的动词不定式短语

in each leap year. 在每个闰年。

every four years. 每四年，every +复数表示 每隔..年

one more day 再多一天