Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Ⅹ)波普先生的企鹅（十）

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企鹅表演在全国引起了巨大的轰动。他们拿到了十周的合约，每周的报酬是五千美元。接下来的十周里，波普先生全家带着训练有素的十二只企鹅在各大城市间穿梭旅行。

From the Pacific coast they turned east again， to cross the 1）continent.They had time enough， on this brief tour， to touch only the larger cities.After Minneapolis， they played Milwaukee， Chicago， Detroit， Cleveland， andPhiladelphia.

Wherever they went， their 2）reputation traveled ahead of them. When，early in April， they reached Boston， huge crowds awaited them in the railwaystation.

Up to now， it had not been too difficult to keep the penguins comfortable.But a warm spring wind was 3）blowing across Boston Common， and at thehotel Mr. Popper had to have the ice brought up to his rooms in thousandpoundcakes. He was glad that the ten-week contract was almost up， andthat the next week， when his birds were to appear in New York， was the last.

Already Mr. Greenbaum was writing about a new contract.Mr. Popper was beginning to think， however， that he had better begetting back to Stillwater， for the penguins were growing 4）irritable.

1） continent n. 洲；大陆

2） reputation n. 名声；名誉

3） blow v. （风）刮；吹

4） irritable adj. 易怒的；急躁的

他们从太平洋西海岸往东走，要穿过美洲大陆。（剩余255字）