马克的小说Mark's Novel

New words

• 小说xiǎoshuō — novel
• 作家zuòjiā — writer (家 = -ist: 画家, 科学家)
• 少年shàonián — boy, teenager
• 青年qīngnián — young people, youth
• 高中gāozhōng — senior high school

The story

马克：大卫，小雨，你们看！我的小说出来了！David, Xiaoyu, look! My novel is out!

小雨：哇！《一只猫的一生》！这本小说是你写的？Wow! "The Life of a Cat"! You wrote this novel?

马克：是我写的。我现在是作家了。I did. I'm a writer now.

大卫：是什么时候写的？我怎么不知道？When did you write it? How come I didn't know?

马克：是去年写的。每个星期六，在你们家写的。Last year. Every Saturday, at your place.

安娜：他写了五百页！我一边吃，一边等他。He wrote five hundred pages! I ate while I waited for him.

小雨：这本小说讲的是什么？What's the novel about?

马克：一个少年和他的大胖猫。少年个子很高，是从美国来的……A boy and his big fat cat. The boy is very tall, and he came from America...

Opening the lesson…