5 In The Spotlight

CLAUDE in the Spotlight Alex Smith

克劳德在聚光灯下Alex Smith

Behind a red front door with a big brass knocker, lives a little dog named Claude. And here he is! Claude is a small dog. Claude is a small, plump dog. Claude is a small, plump dog who wears a fancy red beret and a stylish red sweater.

在一扇有黄铜大门环的红色前门后面，住着一只名叫克劳德的小狗。 他来了！克劳德是一只小狗。 克劳德是一只又小又胖的狗。 克劳德是一只又小又胖的狗，戴着一顶别致的红色贝雷帽，穿着一件时髦的红色毛衣。

Claude's owners are Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes and his best friend is Sir Bobblysock. Sir Bobblysock is both a sock and quite bobbly. Every morning, Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes wave goodbye to Claude and set off for work. And that is when the fun begins. Where will Claude and Sir Bobblysock go today?

克劳德的主人是闪亮鞋先生和闪亮鞋太太，他最好的朋友是波布里索克爵士。 波布里索克爵士既是一只袜子，又是相当的波比。 每天早上，皮鞋先生和皮鞋太太向克劳德挥手告别，然后出发去上班。 这就是乐趣的开始。 克劳德和波布里索克爵士今天要去哪里？

One day, shortly after Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes had skedaddled out of the door, Claude leapt out of bed with a spring in his step, dislodging Sir Bobblysock's hairnet and almost knocking over his cup of tea.

一天，光鞋先生和光鞋太太匆匆出门后不久，克劳德从床上跳了起来，迈着轻快的步子，弄掉了波布里索克爵士的发网，还差点打翻了他的茶杯。

Claude should have been feeling rather sleepy because the night before he had stayed up VERY late (until about half past eight) reading a book of ghost stories. Some of the ghosts were very spooky looking. Claude was especially worried about how they floated about and didn't wear any shoes...

克劳德应该感到很困，因为前一天晚上他熬夜读了一本鬼故事书，一直读到八点半左右。 有些鬼看起来很吓人。 克劳德特别担心他们不穿鞋到处飘……

But that was last night. Now Claude was wide awake with his beret on, looking for something to do. 'I think I will go for a walk into town, he said, so he did. Sir Bobblysock decided to go too. Really his hair wanted washing, but he felt that no good would come of him lounging about all day with his head wrapped up in a towel, so the two friends set off.

但那是昨晚的事了。这时克劳德戴着贝雷帽，完全醒了过来，想找点事做。 “我想我要到城里去走走，”他说，于是他就去了。 波布利索克爵士也决定去。 他的头发确实需要洗洗了，但他觉得整天裹着毛巾在外面闲逛不会有什么好处，于是两个朋友就出发了。