初中英语简短小故事阅读:The Loose Button

　　编者按： 阅读是运用语言文字来获取信息,认识世界,发展思维,并获得审美体验的活动。以下是一篇适合初中阅读的英语故事短文，一起来阅读一下吧!

　　The Loose Button

　　(松掉的扣子)

　　George wore a pair of blue shorts around the house.

　　乔治在家里穿着一条蓝色的短裤。

　　They were old, faded, and ugly, but they were comfortable.

　　它们旧了、褪色了，还丑，但是它们穿起来很舒服。

　　And when you are at home, you want to be comfortable.

　　你在家的时候，想感到舒适。

　　It wouldn't be called "Home, Sweet Home" if you didn't feel comfortable there.

　　如果你在那里感觉不舒服，就不会被称为“家，甜蜜的家”。

　　But when he put on his blue shorts one morning, the button was just hanging on by a thread.

　　但是当他在一个早上脱下他的蓝色短裤时，纽扣仅被一根线挂着。

　　That single button was the only thing that held his shorts up.

　　那唯一的纽扣是支撑他短裤不掉的唯一东西。

　　George could do two things.

　　乔治可以做两件事。

　　He could wait until the button fell off.

　　他可以等到纽扣掉下来。

　　When that happened, it would probably roll under the sofa and be lost forever.

　　当这一切发生时，它可能会滚到沙发下面，永远消失。

　　Or, he could sew the button on securely before it fell off.

　　或者，他可以在纽扣掉下来之前把它牢牢地缝上。

　　He found his sewing kit.

　　他找到了针线包。

　　He threaded the needle and tied a knot at the end of the thread.

　　他穿上针线并在线的末端打了个结。

　　Then he started the needle through the cloth.

　　然后他开始用针穿过布。

　　He directed it through one of the holes in the button.

　　他把针穿过纽扣上的一个洞。

　　Then he reversed direction.

　　然后他从反方向穿过去。

　　He put the needle back through a different hole, and then through the cloth again.

　　他把针穿过另一个洞，然后又穿过布。

　　He repeated this motion through all four button holes until the button was tight.

　　他重复这一运动穿过所有四个按钮孔，直到纽扣紧了。

　　Then he tied a bunch of knots in the last bit of thread and snipped off the excess thread.

　　随后他在最后一点线上打了一个结，剪掉多余的线头。

　　He put on the shorts and buttoned the button.

　　他穿上短裤，扣上扣子。

　　It was strong.

　　它结实了。

　　Good for another ten years, he smiled to himself.

　　再坚持十年没问题，他对自己笑了笑。

　　重点知识讲解

　　【相关句型辨识】

　　本文中出现了很多动词的不规则过去式，大家都认得出是哪些动词原形的过去式吗?

　　比如：

　　wear -wore, am/is-was ,can-could, put-put,find-found等等。

　　看似没有规律，但其实可以在无规律中有规律可循

　　知识讲解老师：Linda

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