動物故事

Introduction 故事簡介 9

Notes on the Authors 作者簡介 10

The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling

大象的孩子 拉迪亞德．吉卜林

Part One The Elephant's Child wants some answers 15

喜歡尋根問底的孩子

Part two The great, grey, green Limpopo River 19灰綠色的林波波河

Part three The Elephant's Child and the crocodile 24

小鱷魚拉長象鼻

Elephants 大象 30

Internet project 34

Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler

豬就是豬 帕克．巴特勒

Part One The correct price for pigs 37

豬的準確運價

Part two Letters about pigs 42

投訴信

Part three Pigs will never be pigs again 48

豬不再是豬

Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki

帕克泰德夫人的老虎 薩基

Part One Mrs Packletide shoots a tiger 60

帕克泰德夫人打死一隻老虎

Part two Triumph and disaster 66

勝利和災難

Tigers the world's largest cats 71

老虎——世界上最大的貓

Internet project 74

The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain

白象失竊案 馬克．吐溫

Part One A royal present 77

國王的禮物被偷

Part two Inspector Blunt gives his orders 84

警官下令捉拿罪犯

Part three The end of the case 90

破案

The Shameful Behaviour of a Fox Terrier

狐犬的可恥行徑

from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

選自《三人同船》 傑羅姆．K．傑羅姆

Part One The Haymarket Stores 101

商店狗戰

Part two Montmorency 107

怕貓的狗

ACTIVITIES 12, 14, 18, 22, 28, 34, 36, 40, 46, 54, 58, 64,69, 74, 76, 81, 89,
95, 100, 106, 110

APPENDICES

Exit Test 111

升級測試

Tapescripts 113

聽力練習錄音文本

Key to the Activities and Exit Test 117

練習和測試答案