跟读练习: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 💫 The Magical Secret✨ B1 - B2 | Level 3 - 4 | BRITISH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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This story is written for intermediate English learners.
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B1 B2 English Story.
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The Magical Secret Trixie was a special being and she had a very unusual secret.
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Not many people would believe her if she told them,
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so she kept it to herself.
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She had a talent that only her nearest and dearest knew about.
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No one else in her family had the same special skill.
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It seemed she was the only one.
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She'd only ever read about people who could do what she could do in fairy tales.
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So she knew if she ever told anyone,
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they'd think she was crazy.
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Sometimes when playing two truths and one lie with her friends,
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She would tell the truth about her secret and everyone would assume it was the lie.
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The joke was on them.
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So, what was her secret?
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She could fly.
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Yes, you may laugh.
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You may think this is all very silly.
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But it is true, I can assure you.
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Trixie was born with the ability to fly.
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You may be wondering how all this came about.
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Well, let me explain.
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Trixie was born 21 years ago.
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Her parents had longed for a child and they were finally blessed with her.
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Trixie's mother did not have a pleasant birth.
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It lasted for over two days and had many complications.
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But as soon as Trixie was born,
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a lot of it was forgotten.
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Trixie was a tiny baby with curly blonde hair.
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She had the biggest blue eyes the midwives had ever seen.
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There was something very sparkly and special about her.
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Whenever someone walked past her, they smiled.
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She had a positive aura and a loving, kind energy.
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As soon as she was able to walk and talk,
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people were drawn to her,
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but it was only when she reached her terrible twos that her special skill came to light.
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One day she was having a tantrum because she really wanted some ice cream,
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but her mum and dad wouldn't let her have any.
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She was stomping her feet, screaming and shouting.
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Luckily, they were at home in their back garden,
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so no one else was around to witness what happened next.
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As Trixie got increasingly frustrated by her lack of ice cream,
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she started to slowly lift off the grass.
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At first her parents thought they were seeing things until she reached about a metre off the ground.
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Trixie's mum ran over and grabbed her.
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She was panicked.
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What was going on?
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They both wondered if they had imagined it until it happened again two weeks later.
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Again, Trixie was having a typical two-year-old tantrum.
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This time she wanted to play with the water hose,
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but she wasn't allowed.
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As her mum watered the garden,
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Trixie got angrier, and as she did,
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her feet slowly lifted off the ground.
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As she floated higher, she started to giggle.
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Trixie's mum turned around and saw her floating about a metre above the ground again.
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She called her husband out,
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who ran over and grabbed Trixie.
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That night, when Trixie went to bed,
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they tried to work out what was going on.
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She could be possessed, said Trixie's dad.
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Don't be silly, of course she isn't.
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There has to be a logical explanation behind all this.
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The problem was, until they figured out what was going on with Trixie,
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they didn't want to send her to nursery because they didn't want other people to see her fly.
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So the next morning, Trixie's mum went to the local library
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and started doing some research while Trixie and her dad stayed at home Unfortunately,
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she didn't find anything useful about flying except lots of fairy tale stories and make-believe books
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They decided to keep Trixie's flying skills to themselves
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and hoped it wouldn't happen again because they didn't want to stop Trixie from playing with other children.
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They knew now that it only happened when Trixie wasn't in control of her emotions,
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and because she loved going to nursery,
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they hoped she'd be okay there.
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One day, when Trixie's grandmother was visiting,
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Trixie got frustrated because she wanted to play in the garden,
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but it was raining.
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Trixie's grandmother explained to her that they had to stay inside and that they could go outside once the weather was better.
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Trixie wasn't happy and started to become frustrated.
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As she did, she slowly started to lift off the ground.
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Her grandmother couldn't believe what she was seeing.
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Finally, someone else in the family had her secret talent too.
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Ever since she was a little girl,
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Trixie's grandmother had also been able to fly.
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She hoped her daughter would be the same,
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but she realised the magical secret had skipped a generation.
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That night, when Trixie's parents came home from work,
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Trixie's grandmother decided to bring up the subject of her flying.
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She was nervous.
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She thought her family might think she had turned into a crazy old lady.
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But the truth was, during the night time,
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she often flew above the woods and enjoyed feeling the wind blowing through her hair.
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Now she was glad that she might be able to teach her granddaughter a few tricks
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and tell her about the secret places where she went to fly.
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The talk with Trixie's parents went better than expected.
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Now they all knew they weren't going mad and that what they had seen was some sort of magical power.
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Trixie's grandmother made a promise to teach her all she knew about flying.
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Apparently, her mother and grandmother could also fly but it had skipped Trixie's mother.
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Trixie's dad wondered, Why does she only fly when she's frustrated?
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Because she is only a small child,
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she is going through the terrible twos and she doesn't understand her emotions properly yet.
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As she grows older, she will be able to control her flying,
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but it does take some practice.
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Over the next few years,
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Trixie went on many holidays with her grandma.
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They stayed in the family's secluded cottage in the Scottish Highlands,
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where no one else was there except them and nature.
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In the evenings, Trixie would practice flying and learning new skills from her grandmother.
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She loved those holidays and listening to her grandma's stories about how she had kept her magic secret for all her life.
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They were her most cherished memories.
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Now all Trixie had to do was keep her magic secret too.
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Sometimes it was difficult for her,
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especially when she was happy or excited and she wanted to fly around and celebrate.
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But most of all, it was difficult for her
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when she felt frustrated or angry because she wanted to fly away and get some fresh air.
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When she reached 21, Trixie decided to move to the house in the Scottish Highlands.
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She had set up her own business so she was able to work from anywhere.
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She knew she would miss her family dearly but she needed the freedom to enjoy her flying skills.
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She could work as a freelancer and spend her evenings flying and exploring the nearby lakes and rivers.
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Soon after Trixie moved to Scotland,
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her grandma sadly passed away and asked for her ashes to be scattered close to the cottage.
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Trixie never felt alone because she knew her grandmother was close by in spirit.
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Trixie was never lonely as she had such a vivid imagination and kept herself busy by gardening and looking after her cows,
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sheep and chickens.
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Now Trixie was living in a remote place she could relax and be herself without too much interruption from the outside world.
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She loved to be surrounded by nature.
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She only wished there were others like her who could soar through the skies and enjoy the world from above.
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If you could have a magical power, what would it be?
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Tell us in the comments below.
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We hope you enjoyed this lovely English story.
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