Amelia Bedelia

Have you ever gotten into trouble by doing exactly what you were told? Well, in the story we are going to read today, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish, we'll see how things turn out for Amelia Bedelia. I'll read aloud and you follow along in your copy of the book. We'll start on the page with the picture of Amelia Bedelia standing in front of the house. Are you ready? Let's begin.

你有没有过明明完全照吩咐做事，反而惹了麻烦的经历呀？ 嘿嘿，在咱们今天要读的故事里， 就是佩吉·帕里什写的《阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚》哦， 咱们来看看阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚遇上了啥趣事吧。 我会大声朗读，你们对照着自己手里的书跟着看哦。 咱们从有阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚站在房子前面的那页开始。 准备好了吗？咱们开始啦。

Oh, Amelia Bedelia, your first day of work, and I can't be here. But I made a list for you. You do just what the list says, said Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Rogers got into the car with Mr. Rogers. They drove away.

哎呀，阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚，你头一天上班，我还没法留在这儿。 不过我给你列了个清单哦。 你就严格照着清单上写的做哦，罗杰斯太太说道。 罗杰斯太太和罗杰斯先生上了车，开车走了。

My, what nice folks! I'm going to like working here, said Amelia Bedelia.

天呐，这两口子人真好！我肯定会喜欢在这儿工作的，阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚说道。

Amelia Bedelia went inside. Such a grand house! These must be rich folks. But I must get to work. Here I stand just looking and me with a whole list of things to do. Amelia Bedelia stood there a minute longer. I think I'll make a

阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚走进了屋子。这房子可真气派呀！这家人肯定很有钱。可我 得赶紧干活啦。我咋站在这儿东看西看，还有一整页清单的 事要做呢。阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚又多站了一分钟。我想我先做个

So Amelia Bedelia went into the kitchen. She put a little of this and a pinch of that into a bowl. She mixed and she rolled.

于是阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚走进了厨房。 她往碗里加了点这个，又捏了点那个放进去。 她搅一搅，再揉一揉。

Soon her pie was ready to go into the oven. There! said Amelia Bedelia. That's dumb!

很快她的派就做好，可以放进烤箱啦。 搞定！阿米莉亚·贝迪莉亚说道。 太好啦！