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1、典范英语2up打印版，打印前请将版面分页设置为“2up”，即可在一张A4纸上打印两页。The Masked Cleaning Ladies of OmThere was a problem at the castle. “I give up,” said Mrs Binns, The royal cleaner, “theres too much work here for one person.” Mrs Binns gave Queen Norah the keys to the castle and left.Queen Norah told the rest of the royal
2、family. “what are we going to do?” asked the Princess Jane. “For a start ,you cannot have your friends round here any more . said Queen North. “why not?” asked Princess Jane. “Because they make too much mess.” “perhaps we can all try to keep the castle tidy,” said King Harry. “Im sure that Captain J
3、ones and Captain Smith will help. I can even do a bit of washing myself.” “what!” shouted Queen Norah. “people will say that King Harry does his own cleaning! Never!” “we can put up an advert for a cleaner,” said Princess Jane. “Good idea,” said Queen Norah. “Write an advert at once.” Princess Jane
4、wrote a notice. She pinned it to the castle door. The days went by and nobody came to ask about the cleaning job. The castle became dirtier and dirtier. There were no more clean clothes and no more clean plates. One morning Queen Norah heard singing coming from the kitchen. She popped her head round
5、 the door. She saw a shocking sight. King Harry was at the sink doing the dishes. Captain Smith was mopping the floor. Captain Jones was washing the royal shirts. “stop this at once, ” cried Queen Norah. “these are not jobs for a king and his captains. You should be out fighting dragons. ”“weve neve
6、r seen any dragons, dear,” said the King. “you have never even looked for them,” said Queen Norah.Queen Norah was so upset that she made up her mind to go on a royal tour that minute. and you three: dont even think about doing the cleaning, she added, you will go on a quest while Im away.a quest? sa
7、id King Harry, he went pale, a quest for dragons? you can look for them, too. Said Queen Norah. but the main job is to find a new cleaner. what about me? asked Princess Jane.You can stay at home and dont let any burglars in or your friends.Queen Norah sent for her royal cases and bags and began her
8、royal tour.King Harry, Captain Jones and Captain Smith set off on their quest for a cleaner. They looked very unhappy.Princess Jane waved them goodbye. its not fair. Sniffed Princess Jane. everyones off on quests and tours, and I am stuck on my own in this smelly old castle.Princess Jane stuck out h
9、er lip and had a good suck.She had just finished her suck when there was a knock on the castle door.Princess Jane opened the door. There stood three figures in masks. we are the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om said one. we were sent by your father, King Harry, said another.that was quick. Said Princess
10、 Jane, where is my father?chasing dragons. Said the third masked figure.why are you masked ? asked Princess Janewe have to protect ourselves from the dust. Said one, can we start? All day the Masked Cleaning Ladies scrubbed, dusted, washed and polished. By evening, the castle sparkled. now that the
11、castle is clean you can take off your masks. Said Princess Jane.oh, no said one, we cant do that.why not? demanded Princess Janeer,er, said another, if we take off our masks we wont be the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om.Princess Jane began to think very hard. Burglars often wore masks. Queen Norah had
12、 told her not to let burglars into the castle.The next day, Princess Jane set out to find out who the Masked Cleaning Ladies really were.The first Masked Cleaning Lady was in the kitchen, stuffing a pile of dirty shirts into the washing machine.Hm, she said, shall I wash this tablecloth on hotor ver
13、y hot ?Princess Jane came up behind her. She grabbed the tablecloth and pulled. It over the cleaning Ladys head.help! mumbled the cleaning lady, where am i?The second Masked Cleaning Lady was scrubbing the dungeon floors.Excuse me, said Princess Jane, standing outside one of the cells. but, its very
14、 dirty in here.I swept it only five minutes ago. Said the second cleaning lady. let me have a look. She walked into the cell. Princess Jane closed the door and turned the key.The third cleaning lady was making a terrific noise with the vacuum cleaner. She did not see Princess Jane creeping up behind
15、 her. Princess Jane grabbed the vacuum. She pointed the nozzle at the cleaning lady.one false move. Shouted Princess Jane, and Ill suck you into the vacuum, now, take off your mask.Slowly the cleaning lady took off her mask. Father! cried Princess Jane.The other two cleaning ladies turned out to be
16、Captain Smith and Captain Jones.I think that you had better explain. Said Princess Jane.well, said king Harry, we set off on our quest. When we reached the woods, we saw a dragon.We think we saw a dragon, said Captain Jones. at least, we heard sth moving in the woods and it sounded like a dragon. Sa
17、id Captain Smith.so we thought we had better come home. Said Captain Jones.we dressed up as cleaners. Said Captain Smith.we rather like doing housework, said King Harry, we like the smell of polish.we like the hum of the vacuum cleaner. Said Captain Jones.we like the feel of soap flakes. Said Captai
18、n Smith.and its much less dangerous than fighting dragons. Added King Harry.dragons are very rare. Said Captain Jones. its not fair to hunt them.Hm, said Princess Jane. it seems to me that you three have been telling lies, Father, you have always told me to tell the truth. Im very sorry, said King H
19、arry.what will the Queen say? Shell find out that you havent found any cleaners or fought any dragons. Said Princess Jane she will send you on a years dragon quest.King Harry, Captain Smith and Captain Jones went pale. please dont tell, they begged, I wont tell if said Princess Jane if what? if my f
20、riends can come round to play. agreed. Said King Harry.The next day, Queen Norah came back from her royal tour. She was very pleased to find the castle neat and tidy. so she said, the quest was a success, who did you find?we found three cleaners. Said King Harry. they wear masks said Captain Jones.
21、and they can only come on Mondays said Captain Smith. whys that? asked Queen Norah.now that we have proper cleaners. Said King Harry. dont you think that Janes friends can come here again?Queen Norah was so pleased to be in a nice clean castle that she agreed at once. Every Monday Queen Norah waves goodbye to king Harry and his two captains as they set off to fight dragons. Princess Janes friends come to play. Later, the masked cleaning ladies of om arrive to clean the castle. So everybody is happy.