介绍:
Chapter Three
Who Stole the Tarts?
In the garden, Alice saw the King and Queen of Hearts.
There were many little birds and animals, as well as a pack of cards. The Knave of Hearts was standing in chains before them.
And the White Rabbit was standing near the King.
The White Rabbit had a trumpet in one hand and a paper in the other.
In the middle of the room,there was a large dish of tarts.
“Hmm, they look so yummy. I’m hungry,”said Alice.
Alice looked around the room.
“Ah-ha! This must be a courtroom!
Maybe the Knave of Hearts stole the tarts,”she said.
The King wore a white wig with his crown on top.
“He is the judge,and the twelve birds and animals are the jury,”said Alice.
The jury was writing on the note pad.
Alice looked over the shoulders and said,
“Why are they writing their names?”
“So they won’t forget them,”said an animal next to Alice.
“How foolish they are!”Alice said.
Suddenly,the White Rabbit cried,“Quiet, please!”
“Read the paper!”the King said.
The White Rabbit blew his trumpet three times,and read from the paper:
The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts,
all on a summer day;
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole those tarts,
and took them quite away.
“Cut off his head!”cried the Queen.
“Not yet, not yet! We have to call people into the room and ask them questions,”
the White Rabbit said in a hurry.
“All right then,”said the King.
The Rabbit blew his trumpet three times and cried out,
“The Hatter!”
Then the Hatter came in with a teacup and some bread-and-butter.
“Take off your hat,”said the King.
“It’s not mine,”said the Hatter.
“Stolen!Write that down,”the King said to the jury.
“No,no! I keep hats to sell. I’m a hatter,”
the Hatter explained. He looked very afraid.
“Don’t be afraid, or I’ll cut off your head,”said the King.
The Hatter bit a large piece of his teacup instead of the bread.
He was saying something, but nobody could understand a word of it.
Finally, the King said,“You can go.”
The Hatter left the room in a hurry.
Alice did not feel very well.
“What’s wrong with me?” she said to herself.
Oh! She was getting bigger again.
“Oh, my! You’re growing bigger,”said the Dormouse.
He was sitting next to her.
“I can’t do anything,”said Alice.
“You can’t get bigger here,”said the Dormouse.
“Yes,I can!”said Alice.
But Alice wasn’t worried at all.
The Dormouse was already asleep.
“Call the next person!”shouted the King.
The White Rabbit looked at his paper,
and read the next name,“Alice!”
Alice was very surprised and jumped up.
steal /stiːl/ 偷
（过去式 stole /stəʊl/ ）
tart /tɑːt / 馅饼
king /kɪŋ/ 国王
queen /kwiːn/ 王后
trum‧pet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/ 喇叭
court‧room /ˈkɔːtruːm/ 法庭
judge /dʒʌdʒ/ 法官
ju‧ry /ˈdʒʊəri/ 陪审团
per‧son /ˈpɜːsən / 人
take off /teɪk ɒf / 脱掉
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