美联英语提供：英语阅读：The Crystal Shoes 水晶鞋两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平The Crystal Shoes 水晶鞋Hi! John. Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face,saying, Im gonna have a dance performance tonight I hope youll come. Here is the ticket. Dont forget! She left in a hurry, disappearing in the throngs of people quickly.“嗨，约翰！”玛丽脸上带着罕见的笑容向我跑来，说：“今晚我要参加一个舞蹈演出，希望你能来。这是入场券，别忘了啊！”说完，她就匆匆忙忙地离开了，很快消失在人群中。What? I just came to my mind, What performance? Dance? Is that credible? I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was a quite ordinary one. I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big black-frame glasses, for she did not know how to dress up indeed. What a terrible thing, especially for a plain girl!“什么？！”我这才回过神来，“什么演出啊？跳舞？是真的吗？”我自言自语道。玛丽不是那种女孩。她非常普通。我从没见过她化妆或穿过漂亮的衣服，并且，她总是戴着那幅黑边大眼镜，因为她真的不知该如何打扮。这是很糟的一件事啊，尤其对一个相貌平平的女孩来说。I should go to. I must go to. Thats a miracle! I thought.我想：“我应该去，我必须去。这简直是个奇迹！”I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, but her performance was worth watching, no matter how long I would wait for.我拿着票走进演出大厅，找到座位。她的表演排在第七位，我知道在她出场前我得忍受一段艰难的时间了，因为我对艺术没有什么感觉。但是不论等多久，她的表演都值得一看Time went slowly. I struggled with myself not to fall asleep.时间过得很慢，我努力使自己不要睡着。Lets welcome the next exciting dance-Latin! Applause fulfilled the hall at once.“让我们欢迎下一个精彩的舞蹈-拉丁舞！”掌声立刻响彻全场。I opened my eyes as large as possible, fearing to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the glorious stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. Such scene seemed to be a mermaiden showing up under the glittering sunshine. Meanwhile, I could feel all the audience in the hall focused their eyes on her and it was also hard for me to remove my sights from her. She was so beautiful: her stature was slim; her long golden hair lay back in curls over her delicate ears. Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully absorbed in the Latin music. At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid stage. I could hardly believe my eyes.我尽量睁大眼睛，生怕会漏掉什么。玛丽穿着一条闪闪发光的金色裙子出现在金碧辉煌的舞台上。她的打扮与闪耀的灯光正好相配。这个场景就像是美人鱼出现在耀眼的阳光下。这时，我感到整个大厅里的观众都将目光集中在她身上，我也无法把视线从她身上移开。她如此美丽，身材如此婀娜。她长长的金发卷曲着，向后遮住她精美的耳朵。她带着迷人的笑容，翻翩起舞，完全沉醉在拉丁音乐中。那一刻，她就像一只美丽的蝴蝶在辉煌的舞台上起舞我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。After all the performance ended, I waited for her at the gate.等所有的演出都结束之后，我在大门口等她。Hi! She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen.“嗨！”她站在我面前，手上提着一个手袋和水晶高跟鞋，穿着她平常穿的衣服，但还能看出妆痕。How do you feel? There was not a little bit tired expression on her face.“感觉怎么样？”她的脸上没有一丝疲倦的神情。Fantastic! I answered.“棒极了！”我答道。Haha. I knew it would be. She could not conceal her excitement, laughing like a child.“哈哈，我就知道是这样。”她掩饰不住兴奋，像孩子般大笑起来。May I lend a hand?“我帮你拿吧？”Thank you! She handed her crystal shoes to me which were shining in the wonderful starry night; at the mean time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.“谢谢！”她把水晶鞋递给我。它们在夜晚美丽的星空下闪闪发光。这时，我意识到，每个女孩都有一双属于自己的特殊的鞋，就像灰姑娘的水晶鞋一样。两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平