Sentence Structure 句子结构

After lunch, Marco and I returned to our classroom.

吃完午饭，我同 Marco 回到课室。

Nobody was inside, but the lights were still on, and two fans were spinning noisily.

课室里面没有人，但灯还开著，两部风扇还在嗡嗡转。

'Who forgot to switch off the lights?' Marco asked.

Marco 问：「谁忘记熄灯？」

We looked for the class monitor, but we could not find her.

我们找班长，但怎么找也找不到。

She was not in the hall, and she was not in the music room either.

她不在礼堂，又不在音乐室。

Because we are classmates who help each other, we decided to search for her together.

因为我们是互相帮助的同学，所以我们决定一起去找她。

Finally, we found her in the library, reading quietly under the window.

最后我们在图书馆找到她，她静静地坐在窗边看书。

'Did you leave the lights on?' I asked her softly.

我低声问她：「是不是你忘记熄灯？」

She laughed and said, 'Oh no! I was in a hurry because the lunch bell rang early.'

她笑著说：「哎呀！因为午饭钟早了响，我走得太急。」

We did not blame her, because everyone forgets things sometimes.

我们没有怪她，因为每个人都会有忘记东西的时候。

Instead, the three of us made a plan.

相反，我们三个人想了个办法。

We wrote a big reminder and stuck it beside the light switches.

我们写了张大字提示，贴在灯掣旁边。

Then we went back to the classroom together, switched off the lights and the fans, and closed the door carefully.

之后我们一起回到课室，熄了灯同风扇，再小心关上门。

Our teacher heard about the plan and praised us in front of the class.

老师知道了这个办法，在全班面前赞我们。

Now the last student who leaves always checks the switches.

现在最后离开课室的同学一定会检查电掣。

Small actions like this save energy for our school, and they also show that we care about our community.

这些小小的行动可以帮学校省电，还显示出我们关心自己的社群。

It was a small afternoon, but we learned something big.

那个下午很平凡，但我们学会了很重要的东西。