Eleanor Estes

學(xué)校的繪畫比賽結(jié)果出來了，旺達就是獲勝者，而她的作品也讓所有人都驚呆了。

The minute they entered the classroom they stopped short and ）gasped. There were drawings all over the room， on every 2ledge and window 3）sill， tacked to the tops of the blackboards， spread over the bird charts， dazzling colors and brilliant lavish designs， all drawn on great sheets of wrapping paper.

There must have been a hundred of them all lined up！ These must be the drawings for the contest. They were！ Everybody stopped and 4） whistled or murmured admiringly.

As soon as the class had assembled Miss Mason announced the winners. Jack Beggles had won for the boys， she said， and his design of an outboard motor boat was on exhibition in Room 12， along with the sketches by all the other boys.

“As for the girls，" she said， “although just one or two sketches were submitted by most， one girl--and Room 13 should be very proud of her- this one girl actually drew one hundred designs--all different and allbeautiful. In the opinion of the judges， any one of her drawings is worthy of winning the prize. I am happy to say that Wanda Petronski is the winner of the girls' medal. Unfortunately Wanda has been absent from school for some days and is not here to receive the applause thatis due her. Let us hope she will be back tomorrow. Now， class， you may file around the room quietly and look at her exquisite drawings."

1） gasp 【ga：sp】 v喘氣

2） ledge 【led3】 n.窗臺

3） ill 【l】n.窗沿

4） whistle 【'wsl】v.吹口哨

就在走進教室的那一瞬間，眼前的情景不禁讓她倆驚呆了，她倆倒吸了一口氣：教室里到處都掛滿了圖畫，在每個窗臺上，在黑板上方的空白墻壁上，甚至把墻上的評比表都覆蓋住了。每幅畫都有著令人炫目的顏色和極度華美的設(shè)計，而且全部都畫在大幅的包裝紙上。

足有一百幅那么多，全都整齊地一排排地貼在墻上。

這些肯定都是參賽作品！是的，沒錯兒！每個人都駐足觀看，有的吹著口哨表示驚訝，有的則是嘖嘖稱贊。

同學(xué)們到齊之后，梅森老師開始宣布獲獎?wù)摺＝芸?。貝格里斯贏得了男子組的冠軍，他設(shè)計的是一艘尾掛式汽艇。老師說杰克的作品和其他男孩的素描畫現(xiàn)在正在十二班展出呢！

“至于女子組嘛，”梅森老師說，“盡管我們這么多人里只有一兩個人參賽，但是有一個人，我們十三班真的應(yīng)該為她驕傲。實際上，這個女孩自己就畫了一百幅設(shè)計圖，每一幅作品都與眾不同，而且全都美麗至極！根據(jù)評委們評議的結(jié)果，單拿出她這些畫中的任何一幅都是可以贏得大獎的。所以，我高興地宣布：旺達.佩特羅斯基就是這次大賽女子組的獲勝者！

遺憾的是，旺達這些天一直沒來上學(xué)，所以不能上臺來接受本該屬于她的掌聲。希望她明天就到學(xué)校來上課。同學(xué)們，現(xiàn)在大家可以安靜地、有秩序地在教室里欣賞一下她這些精美的參賽作品了。”