典范英语817DoughnutDilemma原文翻译.docx

PAGE PAGE 1 Chapter1 8-17 Doughnut Dilemma 炸面圈的两难处境 Written by Margaret and illustrated by Scoular Anderson Danny MacDonald lived for football. He played it, watched it, talked and dreamed about it. It was his best lesson at school and his favourite game at break. At home lie kicked a football around the garden, and at the park he got together with his friends for a kickabout. You want to know if he was any good at football? He wasnt brilliant, but he wasn t bad. Sometimes he was on the school under-twelves team, and sometimes he wast.n When he was, he pretended he was playing for Lowgate United. Danny had the Lowgate home strip and the away strip. He also had the scarf, the pyjamas, the duvet cover, the notebook, the socks, and four walls full of posters . His favourite poster, on his bedroom door, was a shot of Keith Connolly belting in a winner Keith Connolly was Lowgate csa ptain and their star striker. When he joined them, they shot into the Premier League. He could make stunning goals out of nothing. He could whack a ball into the net with his left foot from inside his own half. Chapter 2 One day in January, after school, Danny hurried through his homework. He wanted to watch T. VKeith Connolly was doing an interview on the local news programme. Danny hoped that the television wouldnt go fuzzy or lose the sound when Keith Connolly was talking. It was an old set, and it did things like that. It buzzed and flickered a bit, but at last Keith Connollys smiling face appeared on the screen. ‘What I really like abou pt laying for Lowgate, he saidi,s the‘ fans. They re the best. They always turn out for us. It s fantastic running on to the pitch to all that cheering and ch.anting Danny wished he could be in that crowd at Jam Street, the Lowgate ground, but the price of a single ticket was way above anything he could afford. There was no chance of the whole family going, or even just Danny and Gareth, his little brother. ‘You won again on Saturd,ay said the report