愛德華躺在垃圾堆裡,直到有一隻名叫露西的狗把他挖出來,帶去給主人布爾·
愛德華跟著他們旅行了好幾年。
有一天晚上,警衛逮到他們在火車廂裡睡覺,便把愛德華踢下火車。
一個老太太撿起愛德華,把他綁在花園的杆子上趕烏鴉。
不過,有個叫布萊斯的男孩把愛德華拿下來,送給了妹妹 莎拉-露絲,莎拉-露絲病得很重。
愛德華和她一起生活,一直到她死去。
然後,布萊斯將愛德華帶到城裡,走進一家餐館點了餐。
布萊斯沒有足夠的錢付餐費,因此餐館老闊砸碎了愛德華瓷製的頭。
布萊斯把小瓷免給了一名玩偶修補師,他修好了愛德華。
愛德華就一直坐在玩偶修補師的店裡,直到有一天一個小女孩和媽媽走進店裡。
小女孩的媽媽盯著瓷兔子細瞧,後說:「愛德華?」
接著她緊抓著自己脖子上的項鍊;項鍊上的墜子就是愛德華的懷錶!
小女孩的媽媽就是阿比林,愛德華終於找到了回家的路。
dump(n.)
Levi's room looks like a dump, and it's starting to smell.
dump(v.)丟下;扔下
Clara dumped her purse and keys on the table when she got home from work.
dump(v.)+人
Did you know that Carter dumped Ellie for Katie last week?(甩掉情人)
unearth(v.)挖出;挖掘;揭露
Haley unearthed her favorite jeans from a pile of clothes in the corner of her room.
The reporter unearthed some information about the suspect from a crime she committed ten years ago.
unearthly(adj.)時間過早的
My first class is at the unearthly hour of 8 a.m. I'm barely awake by then.
An unreasonable time of day to do something.
=ungodly hour
Eat an ungodly amount of something:eating way too much. Overeating.
What are you doing up at this ungodly hour?
hobo流動勞工;遊民(早期用法;homeless)
a disrespectful way of referring to a homeless person
watchman(n.)夜間看守人;巡夜者;警備員
to catch someone+ Ving
not supposed to be doing it
Maybe as a kid you were caught sneaking candy or caught cheating on a test or something like that.
Those are things you weren't supposed to do.
hitch a ride (ph.)搭便車
Get from a place to another place for free
pole vs. stick
A pole is usually longer than a stick.
scarecrow(n.)稻草人;威嚇物;衣衫襤褸的人
The Wizard of Oz. 綠野仙蹤
diner
a special kind of restaurant.
It usually has the atmosphere of a restaurant from like the 1950s or many decades ago.
Feeling down in the dumps 心情非常惡劣
means to feel very sad or depressed.
For example, we can say John is down in the dumps because he lost his job.
Or we can say, "I feel down in the dumps because I lost my kids' photos."
=feel blue
smash(v.)粉碎;打碎,打破
peer 端詳;費力的看
peer at
Jennifer peered into the darkness to see if she could see what was making the strange noise in the woods.
peer(n.)同儕;同年齡的人
Stella goes swimming in the river with her peers on Saturday afternoons.
When children go to school, they care more about what their peers think than what their parents think.
clutch(v.)抓住;攫取
Leah clutched Brad's arm when she tripped over the branch.
clutch(n.)汽車的離合器踏板
Do you know how to drive a car with a clutch?
clutch(n.)手拿包;晚宴包
Grace carried a small clutch that contained some money and her keys to the opera.
Pay up!
That just means pay the money that you owe me.
But it's kind of a rude way of saying that.
mender(n).修理者;修補者;修改者
Um, for example, someone who fixes shoes would be called a cobbler.
mender shop
Yeah, a plumber will fix your pipes or maybe your toilet, your bathtub, your shower or things in your kitchen.
Well, if you find your way home, that means maybe you're not sure exactly how to get somewhere, but at the end. or in the end, that's where you ended up.
So you found your way home.
hairy spider毛蜘蛛
