Nick finds a pen while walking home and decides to call it a “frindle.” Nick’s friends think this is funny and start calling pens frindles as well. Soon after, everyone in his class is using this new word. Mrs. Granger doesn’t like this. She begins punishing students who say “frindle” in class, but this doesn’t work. The word becomes more and more popular and eventually spreads around the world. Several years later, Nick receives a package from Mrs. Granger. It’s the latest edition of a popular dictionary that has added “frindle” to it.
尼克在回家的路上發現了一支筆，並決定稱它為「粉靈豆」。尼克的朋友們覺得這很有趣，也開始稱筆為粉靈豆。不久之後，他班上的每個人都在使用這個新詞。葛蘭潔老師不喜歡這樣。她開始懲罰在課堂上說「粉靈豆」的學生，但這並不奏效。這個詞越來越流行，最終傳遍了世界。多年後，尼克收到葛蘭潔老師寄來的包裹。這是一本加入了「粉靈豆」這個詞的最新版辭典。
生活必備字詞：
soon after 不久之後
punish vt. 處罰
eventually adv. 最終
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