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英语小说阅读 George's Marvellous Medicine 王琴 3. George Begins to Make the Medicine (2) He would go first to the bathroom. There are always lots of funny things in a bathroom. So upstairs he went, carrying the enormous two- handled saucepan before him. In the bathroom, he gazed longingly at the famous and dreaded medicine cupboard. But he didn't go near it. It was the only thing in the entire house he was forbidden to touch. He had made solemn promises to his parents about this and he wasn't going to break them. There were things in there, they had told him, that could actually kill a person, and although he was out to give Grandma a pretty fiery mouthful, he didn't really want a dead body on his hands. George put the saucepan on the floor and went to work. Number one was a bottle labelled GOLDEN GLOSS HAIR SHAMPO0. He emptied it into the pan. 'That ought to wash her tummy nice and clean,' he said. He took a full tube of TOOTHPASTE and squeezed out the whole lot of it in one long worm. Maybe that will brighten up those horrid brown teeth of hers,' he said. There was an aerosol can of SUPERFOAM SHAVING SOAP belonging to his father. George loved playing with aerosols. He pressed the button and kept his finger on it until there was nothing left. A wonderful mountain of white foam built up in the giant saucepan. With his fingers, he scooped out the contents of a jar of VITAMIN ENRICHED FACE CREAM. 他决定先去浴室。浴室里总是有很多有趣的东西。于是，他拿着那个巨大的双耳平底锅上了楼。 在浴室里，他久久地盯着那扇著名而又令人畏惧的药柜。但他没有靠近它。那是整个房子里唯一一件他不被允许碰的东西。他曾经严肃地向父母保证过，他不想违背承诺。他们告诉他，那里面有些东西真的可以置人于死地。尽管他想给奶奶来点厉害的味道，但他真的不想手上沾上一条人命。乔治把平底锅放在地上，开始动手。 第一个是一瓶标有“金色光泽洗发香波”的瓶子。他把瓶子里的东西都倒进了锅里。“这应该能把她肚子洗得干干净净。”他说。 他拿了一整管牙膏，把整管牙膏像一条长虫一样挤了进去。“也许这能让她那讨厌的棕色牙齿亮起来。”他说。 还有一罐属于他父亲的超级泡沫剃须皂喷雾。乔治喜欢玩喷雾。他按下按钮，一直按住，直到里面什么东西都没有了。一大团白色泡沫在巨大的平底锅里堆积起来。 他用手指舀出一罐富含维生素的面霜。 New words: .1. longingly：ad.渴望地 2. forbid：v. 禁 3. solemn promises：严肃的承诺 4, fiery mouthful：辛辣的一口（这里形容强烈的味道） 5. labelled： a.标有标签的 6. gloss：n.光泽 7. tube：n.管子（这里指牙膏管） 8. toothpaste：n.牙膏 9. worm：n.虫子（这里形容挤出的牙膏形状） 10. aerosol can：喷雾罐 11 super foam：超级泡沫 12 scooped out：舀出 13. vitamin enriched face cream：富含维生素的面霜 Questions: 1.Where did George decide to go first in search of ingredients for his medicine? 2. What did George find in the bathroom that he was not allowed to touch? 3. What was the reason George didn't go near the medicine cupboard? 4. What was the first item George added to his saucepan from the bathroom? 5. Why did George add toothpaste to the saucepan? 6. What did George do with the aerosol can of SUPERFOAM SHAVING SOAP? 7. What was the last thing George took from the bathroom to add to his mixture? Key to questions: 1. George decided to go to the bathroom first. 2. George found the medicine cupboard in the bathroom, which he was not allowed to touch. 3.George didn't go near the medicine cupboard because it was the only thing in the entire house he was forbidden to touch, and he had made solemn promises to his parents about it. 4. The first item George added to his saucepan was a bottle labelled GOLDEN GLOSS HAIR SHAMPOO. 5. George added toothpaste to the saucepan because he thought it might brighten up Grandma's horrid brown teeth. 6. George pressed the button on the aerosol can of SUPERFOAM SHAVING SOAP and kept his finger on it until there was nothing left, creating a mountain of white foam in the saucepan. 7. The last thing George took from the bathroom to add to his mixture was a jar of VITAMIN ENRICHED FACE CREAM, which he scooped out with his fingers.
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