在月亮下面 Under the moon 牛津书虫读物Word格式.docx

1、Shall we see Captain Seru now，before dinner？Kiah stood upHe was nearly two metres tall，with dark eyes and hairYes，come on，he saidQuickly，they went to Captain Serus roomThey waited at the doorCome in！captain Seru calledShe was a little woman with a fat faceCome in！Would you like a drink？No，thank you，

2、Kiah answeredId like you to look at these numbersKiah gave Captain Seru his bookCaptain Seru looked at the numbersSuddenly，her face changedNo，no， she saidI dont want to talkIts late and Im tiredSit down and have a drinkKiah and Rilla sat downThere was a big window in Captain Serus roomKiah looked ou

3、t of the window at the dark skyHe saw the MoonIt was cold and white in the dark skyCaptain Seru，he beganIts importantLook at those numbers carefullyThe AOL is beginning toStop！captain Seru stood up and put her hands in her pocketsShe went to the window and looked at the skyThree hundred years ago，Ea

4、rth nearly died，Rilla saidEarth stopped dying because of the AOLBut now，over Europe，the AOL is breaking upWe would like you to talk to Earth CommanderCaptain Seru did not moveDo you remember Adai？she askedShe didnt wait for an answerI was on his ship，two years agoOne evening，the satellite gave us in

5、teresting numbers about the AOLWe went back to Earth and saw Earth Commandercaptain Seru stopped speakingRilla looked at KiahAnd then？she asked Captain SeruGog was angry，very angry，captain Seru saidIn the end，he sent Adai to the Moon Adais there now，Commander of the Moon colony，under the MoonKiah wa

6、ited for a second or twoI know about Adai But we need to talk to Earth Commander againThese numbers are worseCaptain Serus face went redYou dont understandIm not going to talk to GogLast time，he sent me to a weather ship in the Antarctic！This is my first Ship for two years！And Captain Seru began dri

7、nkingKiah stood upThank you，Captain SeruCaptain Seru said nothingKiah and Rilla left the room，and walked slowly downstairsThe Ship was dark and quietIt was eight oclock and every-body was at dinnerWhat are we going to do next？Rilla askedI need to talk to Adai，Kiah saidOK，talk to AdaiBut hes far away

8、 on the Moon colony，Rilla saidLets visit Commander ZadakZadak？Commander of Australia？ Hes famous！YesHes my fathers friendHe worked with my father in Brazil ten years agoPerhaps he can help usKiah smiledGood！We return to Earth next weekI can phone Adai from Kisangani and then we can go to Australia B

9、ut now，Im hungry！Lets get some dinner2 Visit to AustraliaOn Friday，after three weeks in space，Kiah and Rilla finished work and left Ship OM-45 on a space plane to KisanganiKiah phoned Adai and Rilla phoned Commander Zadak in AustraliaThe next morning they took an aeroplane to SydneyA taxi took them

10、from the airport to Commander Zadaks office，some kilometres north of SydneyWait for us here，Kiah said to the taxi driverKiah and Rilla walked to the gateAbout ten guards stood in front of the gateAcross the road，a train waitedRilla，OM-45，Rilla saidTo see Commander Zadak at four-thirtyLet me call the

11、 Commanders office，the guard saidKiah and Rilla waitedIt was hot and Kiah began to feel thirstyThe guard came backIm sorry，he saidThe Com-mander cant see youBut I talked to the Commander yesterday，Rilla saidHe wanted to see us at four-thirtyThe Commander is leaving on the train in three minutes，the

12、guard saidCan we wait and see him here？Kiah askedNo！the guard shoutedGet out of here！Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxiWheres the driver？Look！Hes sitting under that tree，Rilla saidJust then，Commander Zadak came out of the gateHe was a very tall，big man with blue eyes and a lot of white hairTwo g

13、uards marched in front of him，and two guards marched be-hind himThey all carried gunsThere he is！Rilla criedCommander！And she began to run along the road to himCommander Zadak did not stopA guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got inSlowly，the train began to moveKiah ran to the taxi

14、and jumped inThen he drove the taxi fast down the roadThe taxi driver saw him and ran after himThe train began to move fasterSuddenly，Kiah drove the taxi off the roadHe drove in front of the train and stoppedThe train came nearerAnd then the train stopped， very near the taxi，and some guards jumped o

15、ffKiah opened the door and got out of the taxiPut up your hands！the guards shoutedTwo of the guards began to hit KiahStop that！someone shoutedBring him over here！It was Commander ZadakKiah stood in front of the CommanderJust then，Rilla ar-rivedOh，its you！commander Zadak saidHe did not smileRilla，you

16、r fathers going to be angryWe want to talk to you，Commander，Rilla saidIts very importantVery wellIm listeningKiah began to talkTwo years ago，Adai told you about the holes in the AOLNow theyre worseThe AOL is break-ing up over EuropePlease look at these numbers and this satellite pictureHe gave his b

17、ook to Commander Zadak and the Commander looked at the numbersIts important，Commander，Kiah saidIn ten years Earth is going to dieYou stopped my train because of this？commander Zadak askedTwo years ago Adai talked to me about the AOLThen he talked to Earth Commander，and what happened？Where is Adai no

18、w？Is the Moon colony helping the AOL？We know about Adai，Commander，Rilla saidBut someone needs to talk to Earth Commander againIm going to talk to Gog about rain，I can tell you thatEarth needs rain：there was no rain last winterHalf of Australia has no water and my trees here are dyingWithout rain，man

19、y people are going to dieIs Gog going to understand that？I dont know！Commander Zadak began to walk back to his trainMove that taxi！he called to his guardsSome guards moved the taxi back to the road and then they jumped on to the train againThe train began to moveOK，the taxi driver shoutedWhat are yo

20、u going to do next？Drive my taxi into the river？Kiah smiledHe took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driverThe taxi driver looked at the moneyOK，OK，he saidWhere now？Back to the airport？Kiah took Rillas hand，Yes，he saidLets get back to KisanganiWe can phone Adai again tomorrow3 Earth

21、 CommanderThe next day in Kisangani，Kiah and Rilla waited quietly in an office in Gogs houseSuddenly， Commander Zadak came into the office and gave some letters to the man behind the tableHe saw the two young people and stopped in front of themYou again！he saidWhat are you doing here？Kiah stood upGo

22、od morning，CommanderWere here because we want to see Earth CommanderI saw Earth Commander some minutes ago and talked to him about rain，Zadak said quietlyBut he didnt listenYour captain，Seru，was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOLBut Gog doesnt want to hear abo

23、ut our planetHes always talking about MarsIn the end，hes going to destroy EarthPlease help us！Rilla criedCome and see Gog with us！NoZadak looked at Kiah and then at Rilla with his blue eyesIm not talking to Gog againAnd youGog isnt going to listen to youBe carefuland good luck！Commander Zadak opened

24、 the door and left the officeRilla looked at KiahEarth Commander is a difficult manI dont understand himEveryone is afraid of him，Kiah saidAnd Commander Zadak isnt going to help usKiah and Rilla waitedThey waited and waitedAt nearly twelve oclock，a guard came into the officeCome！he saidKiah and Rill

25、a went with the guardThe house was big and old，with big windows and many doorsThe guard went downstairs and opened one of the doorsThere was nobody in the roomWait here，the guard said，and leftKiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the t

26、ablesThere were no windows in this roomSuddenly，the door opened and a tall，fat woman came inHer name was Bel，and she was Gogs wifeShe had a lot of long red hair and she wore an expensive blue dressBel liked expensive thingsShe carried a catThe cat was black and white：half its face was black and half

27、 was white；half its body was black and half was whiteWhy are you here？ Why do you want to see Earth Commander？she askedRilla stood upHow do you do？she saidWe want to talk to Earth Commander about the AOLWe have new numhers from the satelliteBels face was redThe AOL！Earth Commander knows about the AOL，and he is the best manExcuse me，Kiah said quietlyWe want to help Earth CommanderBel began to laughHelp？You？the cat jumped down and walked across the roomHow can you help？Why cant you understand？ ListenEarth Commander is working on the spaceship for MarsIts difficult and expensive workthe ca