英語演講比賽演講稿及中文翻譯
finally, the coach arrived to collect the girls and their mother.
cinderella was very tired and she wandered back to the kitchens.
"oh, i did so want to go," she sighed（嘆氣） as she sat down by the fire.
"what's to stop you?" asked a voice（聲音）.
"who's that?" asked cinderella, looking around.
"i'm here by the door." a strange woman walked up to cinderella. "i heard you the other day, wishing you could go to the ball. well, the ball is this evening, and you're going."
"but how?" asked cinderella. "what can you do?"
"anything i want to," said the woman. "i'm your fairy（仙女） godmother, and i'm here to send you to the ball.
she sat down.
"come now," she said. "dry those tears（擦干眼淚）. we have work to do. i need a large pumpkin（南瓜）, two mice（老鼠） and a frog. can you find these?"
"yes," said cinderella, mystified（迷惑） by the request（請(qǐng)求）.
"off you go, then."
when cinderella found all the things, her fairy godmother took them all outside.
"now for the magic," she said. she waved（揮舞） her hands and the air began to twinkle（閃爍） and sparkle（閃光）. the pumpkin began to grow and change, until standing there was a coach.
the mice changed into two fine footmen（步兵）, the frog into the driver, and the rats（老鼠） into two beautiful horses to pull the coach.
cinderella clapped（拍） her hands. "it's beautiful!" she cried.
"in you get," said her fairy godmother.
"but i can't go like this," said cinderella.
"like what?" asked the fairy godmother. "you look lovely to me."
cinderella looked at herself. while the magic had been working on the pumpkin, it had also been working on her. instead of her ragged（破爛） dress she wore a beautiful ball gown（晚禮服）, with glass slippers（玻璃鞋） on her feet.
"oh, fairy godmother," said cinderella. "it's lovely. how can i thank you?"
"by going to the ball," said the fairy godmother. "off you go, but remember, the magic stops working at midnight（午夜）. everything will change back then. now go and enjoy yourself."
"good-bye, fairy godmother," called cinderella, as the coach swept off.
cinderella arrived at the palace（皇宮） and walked into the ballroom. everyone stopped and stared（看著）.
"who is she?" people asked, including her stepmother and stepsisters.