背诵为王 第 二 册 第 69 课

Lesson69 The Spending Safari¹
Drake was excited because he and his family finally decided² to go to ParkSafari， a wild animal park a few hours from his house． Drake's parentsagreed to pay the admission price as long as he would pay for the extraslike rides， food， and souvenirs with money he had saved from his allowance．While he enjoyed many games in the park， he couldn't help spending hissavings on the things he liked． Drake bought lots of souvenirs because hewanted things that would help him remember that cool day． He bought a t-shirt， a poster， a stuffed Cheetah³， and a water bottle． He even bought ahuge stack of postcards， even though his mother explained that they hadtaken lots of photos． After he paid for everything， he had less than $5．00 left， and he had had over $50．00 at the start of the day!
A few weeks later Drake had a lot of great memories of Park Safari． Heliked his mom's photos a lot more than the postcards he bought because theywere more personal． As for the souvenirs that he wanted so badly? Most werejust taking up space in his room， and he wasn't able to remember why hewanted them so much． The worst part was， he was at the mall the other dayand saw an awesome⁴ skateboard with a tiger painted on it． It cost $40．00，but since he spent all his money on little things at Park Safari， hecouldn't afford it．

safari  旅行，狩猎
admission 允许进入
extra 额外的人或物
souvenir  纪念品
allowance  津贴，补助
stack  堆，叠
skateboard 滑板

开销巨大的旅行
德雷克感到非常激动，因为他们全家终于决定去野生动物园旅行了。这座野生公园，离他家有几小时的路程。德雷克的父母答应支付门票的钱，只要德雷克支付其他例如骑马、食物、纪念品的费用，这些费用要从德雷克的积蓄中出。
公园里，德雷克玩了许多有趣的游戏，他情不自禁地把他的积蓄花在了他喜欢的东西上。德雷克买了许多纪念品，因为他觉得这些东西可以帮他回忆起这高兴的一天。他买了T恤衫、海报、一只填充的印度豹和一个水瓶。尽管母亲说他们已经拍了许多照片，他还是买了一大堆明信片。当他买好了所有东西后，他只剩下不到五美元，而早上一开始时他有五十多美元。
几星期后，德雷克仍保有许多关于野生动物园的美好回忆。比起明信片，他更喜欢母亲的照片，因为它们更加个性化。至于那些他非常想要的纪念品呢？大部分只是占据了他房间的空间，他已经记不起来为什么那时这么想要它们了。最糟糕的是，一天他去商场看到了一块很棒的滑板，板上画着一只老虎。滑板要四十美元，但是因为他把所有的钱都花在野生动物园里那些小东西上了，他买不起滑板了。

1 safari   

n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队

参考例句：

• When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
• They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 cheetah   

n.(动物)猎豹

参考例句：

• The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。
• The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.