全文 16 句（男女对话）· 8 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
旁白1. Do you like stories /'stɔːri/ n. 故事?
旁白2. I want to tell you a true story.
旁白3. It happened /'hæpən/ v. 发生 to a friend of mine a year ago.
旁白4. While my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves /θiːf/ n. 贼 climbed into his kitchen.
旁白5. After they had entered /'entə/ v. 进入 the house, they went into the dining room.
旁白6. It was very dark /dɑːk/ adj. 黑暗的, so they turned on a torch /tɔːtʃ/ n. 手电筒.
旁白7. Suddenly, they heard a voice /vɔɪs/ n. （说话的）声音 behind them.
旁白8. 'What's up? What's up?' someone called.
旁白9. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
旁白10. George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly.
旁白11. He turned on the light, but he couldn't see anyone.
旁白12. The thieves had already gone.
旁白13. But George's parrot /'pærət/ n. 鹦鹉, Henry, was still there.
旁白14. 'What's up, George?' he called.
旁白15. 'Nothing, Henry,' George said and smiled.
旁白16. 'Go back to sleep.'
旁白1. 你喜欢听故事吗？
旁白2. 我想给你讲个真实的故事。
旁白3. 这是一年前发生在我一个朋友身上的事。
旁白4. 我的朋友乔治在床上看书时，两个小偷爬进了他的厨房。
旁白5. 他们进了屋之后，又走进餐厅。
旁白6. 屋里很黑，于是他们打开了手电筒。
旁白7. 突然，他们听到身后有个声音。
旁白8. “怎么啦？怎么啦？”有人喊道。
旁白9. 小偷扔下手电筒，飞快地逃走了。
旁白10. 乔治听到响声，迅速下了楼。
旁白11. 他打开灯，但一个人也没看见。
旁白12. 小偷们已经走了。
旁白13. 但乔治的鹦鹉亨利还在那儿。
旁白14. “怎么啦，乔治？”它叫道。
旁白15. “没什么，亨利，”乔治笑着说。
旁白16. “回去睡吧。”