2023年广东省广州市中考 - 阅读理解B

Come on, Amy. You must TRY HARDER. Amy told herself silently. She was in her class’ Second-Day-of-School Game with her teammates, whom she only met yesterday. This was her first chance to make new friends, and she was nervous.
“来吧，艾米。你必须更加努力。”艾米默默告诉自己。她和队友们一起参加了班上的“学校第二天比赛”，她昨天才认识他们。这是她第一次交新朋友，她很紧张。

So far Amy hadn’t given any useful suggestions—after all, she was totally new to this town. Luckily, no one seemed to care about it. This relaxed her a lot.
到目前为止，艾米还没有提出任何有用的建议——毕竟，这个镇上她还是个新手。幸运的是，似乎没有人关心它。这让她放松了很多。

Since the Blue Team left the park, they had worked out the first two clues and had been to the post office. Now they were in front of the cinema.
自从蓝队离开公园后，他们已经找到了前两条线索，并去了邮局。现在他们在电影院前面。

Henry was reading aloud the third clue: Go to our town founder’s last resting place.
亨利正在大声朗读第三条线索：去我们镇上创始人的最后安息之地。

I know THIS ONE! Amy thought, excited.
“我知道这个”，艾米兴奋地想。

“To the cemetery” Cindy said.
辛迪说：“去墓地”。

“No, wait!” Amy said. “I’ve read about it. The founder was buried near the library.”
“不，等等！”艾米说。“我读到过这件事。创始人被埋在图书馆附近。”

“Wow. I’ve walked by every day,” Tyler said. “Never knew that!”
“哇，我每天都走过，”泰勒说。“我从来不知道！”

“Good job! That will save valuable time, ” Cindy smiled at Amy.
“干得好！这会节省宝贵的时间，”辛迪对艾米笑着说。

“We still need to hurry,” Tyler reminded, pointing to the Yellow Team coming near.
“我们还是得快点，”泰勒提醒道，指着赶上来的黄队。

“I know a shortcut!” Henry suggested. “Follow me!” No one moved.
“我知道一条捷径！”亨利建议道，“跟我来！”没有人动。

“No, seriously,” Henry said. “You know I’m always running late. I know every shortcut in town.” The others finally agreed.
“是真的，”亨利说，“你知道我总是迟到。我知道镇上的每一条捷径。”其他人终于同意了。

A few sharp turns, and they were there! This time Amy read the clue aloud: Now go to the place where the football is running around!
几个急转弯，他们到了那儿！这次艾米大声朗读了线索：现在去足球跑来跑去的地方

“The football stadium!” They called out together and started to run…
“足球场！”他们一起喊道，开始奔跑…

Now they’d got the final clue: Look where you’ve been, see where you are. Use your map wisely and you’ll be a star!
现在他们得到了最后的线索：看看你去过哪里，看看你在哪里。聪明地使用你的地图，你就会成为明星

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Looking closely at the map, everyone thought hard.
每个人都仔细看地图，认真思考。

“Aha! A star!” Cindy suddenly broke the silence. She quickly took out a pencil.
“啊哈！一颗星星！”辛迪突然打破了沉默。她很快拿出一支铅笔。

As they watched her drawing lines on the map, everyone understood.
当他们看着她在地图上划线时，每个人都明白了。

They began running back to where they started. They were closer and closer, and finally crossed the finish line-just one step behind the Red Team!
他们开始跑回出发的地方。他们越来越近了，终于越过终点线，只落后红队一步！

“So…close…” Tyler made a face, and they all laughed together.
“那么……赶上去……”泰勒做了个鬼脸，他们都笑了起来。

“Nice job, new girl,” Cindy gave Amy a high-five.
“干得好，新来的女孩，”辛迪给了艾米一个击掌。

“That was really fun,” said Henry. “I hope we’ll be on the same team soon.”
“这真的很有趣，”亨利说。“我希望我们很快就能加入同一支球队。”

“Me, too,” Amy agreed, smiling.
“我也是，”艾米微笑着表示赞同。