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SPORTS DAY运动会

Have you ever been to Nonsenseland?

In Nonsenseland, the grass is blue and the trees are red. And all the cars have square wheels.

Why?

Easy! So they don't roll away when they are parked on a hill.

I know, what nonsense!

你去过荒唐王国吗？

在荒唐王国，草是蓝的，树是红的。所有的汽车轮子都是方的。

为什么呢？

很简单！这样车停在山上时就不会滑下来了。

我明白了，真荒唐！

And in Nonsenseland they hold a sports day every summer.

Nothing silly about that I hear you say.

Well, you'll just have to wait and see.

在荒唐王国，每年夏天都要举办一场运动会。

听你所说，这事儿没什么荒唐的呀。

好吧，那你就等着瞧吧。

This year, the preparations for the sports day started two weeks before the event and, it being Nonsenseland,things happened somewhat differently to how you would have expected.

今年，运动会的准备工作两个星期前就开始了。因为这里是荒唐王国，事情跟你们预期的多多少少有点儿不一样。

Little Miss Scatterbrain got the sports field ready.

Mr Dizzy marked out the track for the races.

糊涂小姐把运动场准备好了。

晕先生画出了跑道。

Key points

nonsense荒唐 silly愚蠢的

preparation准备 expect 期望

scatterbrain糊涂虫；健忘的人

dizzy头晕的

And Mr Nonsense got the finishing line ready.A very silly-looking finishing line!

荒谬先生准备好了终点线。

这终点线看上去真荒唐啊！

The day of the Nonsenseland

Sports Day dawned to a great deal of excitement.

All the Mr Men were there,and no one was more excited than Mr Rush who was at the sports day for the very first time.

荒唐王国运动会终于开始了，大家都很兴奋。所有的人都来了，最激动的要数匆忙先生了，他可是第一次参加荒唐王国的运动会。

He couldn't wait for the last event of the day. The 100 metre sprint①sprint 短跑，冲刺，赛跑。.

But for the first time in his life he did wait.

他等不及要参加最后一个比赛项目。100 米赛跑。

这还是他这辈子第一次耐下心来等待呢。

There were lots of other events to watch first.

However, as each one came and went, Mr Rush became more and more confused.

先要观看许多其他的比赛项目。

然而，随着一个个比赛开始又结束，匆忙先生越来越摸不着头脑了。

The high jump had become the low jump and was won by Mr Small.

And the long jump was the short jump.Won by Little Miss Tiny.

跳高变成了跳矮，获胜的是小小先生。

跳远变成了跳近，袖珍小姐得了第一。

Throwing the hammer became throwing the jelly.

Won by Mr Strong, whose jelly went a bit further than he intended it to!

掷链球变成了扔果冻。

强壮先生获胜，他的果冻飞得比预期的还要远一点儿！

Key points

event比赛项目 confused 迷惑的

tiny极小的 throw 扔；投掷

jelly 果冻 further 更远

TO BE CONTINUED

未完待续