典范英語8-16

1、16.DoohickeytherobotChapteroneDoohickeyhadjustmovedtoanewtownwhenhespottedanotice.Itwasstuckoutsideabighouseattheendofhisstreet.‘That’sthejobfme’saidDoohickey.‘Ineedsomemepocketmoney.’Hepushedthedobell.Thenhejumped.Weeee

2、yowweeeeyowweeeeyow!Kaaabooooom!Aloudalarmsoundedinsidethehousefollowedbyaterrificexplosion.Awindowflewopenatthetopofthehouse.Acloudofthicksmokebillowedout.‘Whatdoyouwant’coughedavoicefrominsidethecloud.‘Can’tyouseethatI

3、’mbusy’Thesmokecleared.Theprofess’sfacepeereddownatDoohickey.‘Excuseme’saidDoohickey.‘Myname’sDoohickey.I’vecomeaboutthejob.’‘Whatjob’snappedtheprofess.‘Asassistant’saidDoohickey.‘Thenoticesaysyouneedone.’‘Ohabsolutely!’

4、saidtheprofessbeginningtogrin.ThenoticehadbeenupfoverayearbutDoohickeywasthefirstpersontoaskaboutit.‘Comeonup!’saidtheprofess.Hisheaddisappeared.Amomentlaterthefrontdospranghalfopen.Doohickeypeeredinside.Ahugemountainofp

5、osthadstoppedthedofromopeningproperly.Buttherewasnoonethere.Doohickeyfeltsurethatthedohadopenedfhimsohesqueezedthroughintothehallway.AbuzzersoundedinDoohickey’sear.Hewassurprisedtoseealittleairshipbobbinginthehallwaybesi

6、dehim.Tinypropellersspuntheshiparound.Doohickeysawthewds‘FOLLOWME’writteninbigredlettersonitsside.ChaptertwoHefollowedtheshipupatallwindingstaircase.Hepassedroomafterroomstuffedfullofstrangelookingmachines.Weretheythepro

7、fess’sinventionsDoohickeyknewthathewassupposedtogostraightupthestairsbuthecouldn’thelphimself.Hepoppedintooneoftheroomstotakeacloserlook.ThefirstthingDoohickeycameacrosswasacomputerscreenfixedtoahugemetalcage.Thecageseem

8、edtobestuffedfullofstraw.Doohickeypushedhishintoit.‘Ouch!’hesquealedpullingitoutagain.Atinyneedlewasstickingoutofhisthumb.Therewasalabelfixedtothecomputerscreen.‘Wellitdidn’tfindthisone’saidDoohickeycrosslyashestuckthene

9、edlebackintothestraw.Thenextmachinehadlotsofelectricfansfixedbeneathalargemetalfunnel.Therewassallovertheflo.Thelabelsaid:‘Thislookslikefun’thoughtDoohickey.Heswitchediton.Sbegantricklingoutofthefunnelthefansstartedspinn

10、ing.Thenthestrangestthinghappened.Thesdidn’tfallontotheflo.Ithungintheair.slowlyitshapeditselfintoafloatingcastle.Doohickeywalkedslowlyaroundthemachine.Hecouldn’tbelievewhathewasseeing.‘Absolutely!’saidtheprofess.‘CanIha

11、veago’askedDoohickey.Hewantedtoasktherobottobuildaspacerockettellhimnextweek’swinninglotterynumbers.‘Absolutelynot’saidtheprofess‘it’sfartoocomplicated.BesidesI’vegotbetterthingsfyoutodo.’‘Suchas’saidDoohickey.Hewasdisap

12、pointed.‘Suchasthere’saidtheprofesswritingoutalist.‘Whatmonthisitbytheway’‘August’saidDoohickey.‘Summer!Already’saidtheprofess.Helookedsurprised.‘Imustgooutpaymybills.’HehedDoohickeythelistofjobs.‘I’llbegoneftherestofthe

13、day’hesaidrushingoutofthedo.‘SothesejobsshouldbefinishedbythetimeIgetback.Ifyoucan’tfindanythingaskNewton.’‘WhosNewton’shoutedDoohickeyastheprofesssweptdownthestairs.‘Iam!’saidthedog.‘Youcantalk!’saidDoohickeystaringatth

14、edog.‘Howcleverofyoutonotice’saidNewton.‘thecat’askedDoohickeylookingattheotheranimal.‘Canthecattalktoo’‘Ofcoursenot’scoffedNewton‘it’sonlyacat!’Doohickeydidntknowwhattosaytothis.Sohelookedatthelistofjobstheprofesshadgiv

15、enhim.‘Thesejobsareallbing’saidDoohickey.‘ThenoticesaidI’dbehelpingwith“excitingexperimentsinterestinginventions.”’‘Ofcourseitdid’saidNewton‘otherwiseyouwouldnthavewantedthejob.’‘WellIdon’twantthejob’saidDoohickey.‘Idon’

16、twanttocookcleanallday.’Heteupthelistthrewitintoabin.‘I’moff!’hesaid.‘Suityourself’saidNewton.ChapterFourDoohickeywentbackdownthewindingstaircasepasttheroomsfullofinventions.Lookatallthesesillymachineshethought.Whydoesn’

17、ttheprofessinventsomethingusefulsomethingthatcoulddothehousewkThenhehadabrainwave.‘Ofcourse!’hesaid.Hesetoffupstairsagain.‘Backsosoon’saidNewton.‘Ithoughyoudidn’twantthejob.’‘Ididn’t’saidDoohickey‘butI’vehadabrainwave.’‘

18、Ohwegetlotsofthemaroundhere’saidthedogyawning.Doohickeypickedthelistoutofthebin.Hestuckitbacktogetherwithsomestickytape.‘Howdoesthatlook’heaskedshowingittoNewton.Newtonstudiedthelist.‘ItlooksOKtome’hesaid.‘Nowfthecleverb

19、it’saidDoohickey.Heclimbedontopofastoolfedthestucktogetherlistthroughtheslotintherobot’schest.‘Ohdear’saidNewtonshakinghishead‘theprofessisn’tgoingtolikethis.‘Theprofessisntgoingtofindout!’saidDoohickey.Hehitthebigbutton

20、.Therobothummedwhirredthenstraighteneditselfup.‘It’llallendintears’sighedNewton.Thelightsontherobot’sfaceflickeredonofffafewminutesthenitstompedoutoftheattic.‘Pieceofcake!’saidDoohickeygrinning.‘NowwherecanItakeanap’Ther