2. At the farm 在農場裡

New Words新單詞

farmer (n.)

讀音：[ˈfɑ:mə(r)]

釋義：農民；農場主

finish (v.)

讀音：[ˈfɪnɪʃ]

釋義：完成，結束

question (n.)

讀音：[ˈkwestʃən]

釋義：問題

cow (n.)

讀音：[kaʊ]

釋義：奶牛

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Now, it is Monday afternoon and the children are at the farm with their teacher. The teacher is speaking to the farmer. She is asking him a lot of questions. She wants to know all about the farm, and she wants the children to know all about the farm, too.

現在是星期一的下午，孩子們和他們的老師在農場裡。老師在和農場主交談，她問了他很多問題。她想要知道有關農場的一切，她想孩子們也知道關於農場的一切。

After the teacher finishes asking questions, the children will ask questions, too. Now, the children are waiting for the teacher to finish asking her questions. Lee is waiting, too. He wants to ask the farmer a lot of questions.

老師結束提問之後，孩子們也會去問問題。現在孩子們在等老師結束提問。李也在等待，他想要向農場主問很多問題。

What will the children ask the farmer about? They will ask him about all the things on the farm. They will ask him about the farm animals. They want to know how the farmer looks after his animals. They want to know if it is difficult to look after a lot of animals.

孩子們會向農場主問些什麼呢？他們會問他關於農場裡的所有事情。他們會問他農場的動物，他們想要知道農場主怎樣照看他的動物。他們想知道照看一大群動物是不是很難。

The children will ask the farmer about all the trees and other things on the farm. They will ask the farmer what he has to do every day, and they will ask him what time he has to get up in the morning.

孩子們會向農場主詢問農場裡所有的樹和其他事情。他們會問農場主每天必須做的事情，他們還會問他早上得幾點起床。

There are a lot of animals on this farm. There are a lot of chickens and ducks, and there are some cows. There are five dogs and three cats, too.

農場裡有很多動物，有很多的雞和鴨，還有幾頭奶牛，還有五隻狗和三隻貓。

Look at all the chickens. There really are a lot. The chickens are running all around the farm. They can run all around the farm, but they cannot go into the farmhouse.

看看那些雞，真的太多了。這些雞在農場裡跑來跑去。它們可以在農場裡到處跑，但是它們不能跑進農舍裡。

The farmhouse is where the farmer and his family live. The farmer and his family don’t want the chickens to go into their house. They know that if the chickens go into their house, the chickens will make the house dirty.

農舍是農場主和他的家人生活的地方。農場主和他的家人都不希望雞跑進他們的房子裡。他們知道如果雞跑進了他們的房子，它們就會把房子弄髒。

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Lee is asking the farmer some questions.

李在向農場主問一些問題

Lee

Excuse me. Can I ask you some questions about your farm?

Farmer

Yes, you can. What would you like to know?

Lee

You have a lot of cows here. Do you know how many cows you have?

Farmer

Oh, yes. I know how many cows I have. I count them every morning when I give them their food and water.

Lee

Is it easy to look after all the animals on your farm?

Farmer

It’s not very easy, and it takes a lot of time. I have to get up at four o’clock in the morning every day.

Lee

Oh, really? I don’t get up at four o’clock. I get up at six o’clock.

Farmer

That’s because you don’t live on a farm. All the people who live on this farm have to get up at four o’clock in the morning.

Lee

Why?

Farmer

Because there are a lot of things to do on a farm. If we don’t get up at four o’clock, we don’t have time to finish all the things we have to do.

Lee

I see. Thank you very much. Thank you for speaking to us about your farm. I really like it here. I think you have a very good farm.

Farmer

Thanks. I like it here, too. I like it very much.

李

打擾一下，我能問您一些關於您的農場的問題嗎？

農場主

當然可以，你想知道些什麼。

李

您在這裡養了很多奶牛，您知道您有多少頭奶牛嗎？

農場主

噢，當然了，我知道我有多少頭奶牛。每天早上給它們準備食物和水的時候我都會數一遍。

李

照看您農場裡的所有動物容易嗎？

農場主

並不是很容易，這需要花很多時間。我每天早上四點就得起床。

李

真的嗎？我四點不起床，我六點起床。

農場主

那是因為你不在農場裡生活，住在農場裡的所有人都得在早上四點起床。

李

為什麼呢？

農場主

因為農場裡有很多事情要做，如果我們不在四點起床，我們就沒有時間做完我們要做的所有事情。

李

我明白了，非常感謝您。謝謝您告訴我們關於您的農場的事情。我真的喜歡這裡，我覺得您有一個很棒的農場。

農場主

謝謝，我也喜歡這裡，我很喜歡農場。

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1. What animals are there on this farm?

2. Can the children count all the chickens?

3. Is Lee asking the farmer questions?

4. Does the farmer know how many cows he has?

5. What time does the farmer get up?

6. Why does the farmer have to get up at that time?

7. What about you? What time do you get up?

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