1. How many children can you see? 你能看見多少個孩子？

New Words

How many… ?

讀音：[hau][ˈmenɪ]

釋義： ……多少？

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Lee, Pat and their friends are playing in the garden. Can you see them? Can you see the children playing in the garden? How many children can you see? A lot. We can see a lot of children.

李、佩特和他們的朋友在花園裡玩耍。你能看見他們嗎？你能看到他們在花園裡玩耍嗎？你能看見多少個孩子？很多，我們能看到很多孩子。

We can see a lot of children playing in the garden. Some of the children have balls to play with. Some of the balls are red and some of them are black. How many balls can you see? A lot! The children have a lot of balls to play with today.

我們能看到很多孩子在花園裡玩耍。有些孩子在玩球。有些球是紅色的，有些是黑色的。你能看到多少個球？很多！今天孩子們有很多球可以玩。

Not all the children are playing with balls. Some of them are sitting down eating. What are they eating? Do you know? They are eating candy. Can you see the children eating candy? Can you see how many children are eating candy? Can you see who they are?

不是所有孩子們都玩球。有些孩子正坐著吃東西。他們在吃什麼？你知道嗎？他們在吃糖。你能看到孩子們在吃糖嗎？你能看到多少個孩子在吃糖？能看出他們是誰嗎？

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Mommy

Where are the children? Where are Lee and Pat now?

Daddy

They are in the garden. They are playing with their friends in the garden.

Mommy

How many children are in the garden?

Daddy

A lot. A lot of children are playing in the garden. Lee and Pat have a lot of friends now.

Mommy

That’s good! It’s good to have a lot of friends. I want Lee and Pat to have a lot of friends.

Daddy

I want them to have a lot of friends, too. I like to see them playing with their friends in the garden.

Mommy

Yes. I want them to play with their friends in the garden. I do not want to have a lot of children playing in the house.

Daddy

Some children are not playing. Some of them are sitting down and eating candy. They are eating a lot of candy.

Mommy

That’s not good! I do not want Lee and Pat to eat a lot of candy. It is not good for them!

媽媽

孩子們在哪？李和佩特現在在哪？

爸爸

他們在花園。他們和朋友們在花園玩。

媽媽

花園裡有多少個孩子？

爸爸

很多，很多孩子在花園裡玩。李和佩特現在有很多朋友了。

媽媽

太好了！有很多朋友是好事。我希望李和佩特有很多朋友。

爸爸

我也希望他們有很多朋友。我喜歡看到他們和朋友在花園裡玩耍。

媽媽

是的，我希望他們和朋友在花園玩。我不想讓一群孩子在屋子裡玩。

爸爸

有些孩子沒在玩，有些孩子坐著吃糖呢。他們在吃好多糖。

媽媽

那可不好！我不想讓李和佩特吃很多糖，這對他們不好。

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Now, Mommy and Daddy are coming from the house. They are going to see the children. They want to see Lee and Pat. Mommy goes to see Pat, and Daddy goes to see Lee.

媽媽和爸爸從屋子裡出來。他們要去看看孩子們，他們想看看李和佩特。媽媽去看佩特，爸爸去看李。

“Please give me your candy, Lee,” says Daddy. “Mommy does not want you to eat a lot of candy. Please give your candy to me.” Lee gives his candy to his daddy. “Here you are,” he says. “Here is my candy.”

“李，把你的糖給我，” 爸爸說，“媽媽不想讓你吃這麼多糖。請把你的糖給我。” 李把糖交給爸爸。“給你，” 他說，“這是我的糖。”

Lee gives all his candy to Daddy. Now, Lee can go and play with his friends. Lee has a lot of friends now and he likes to play with his friends in the garden.

李把他所有的糖果都交給了爸爸。他可以去和朋友們玩了。李有很多朋友，他喜歡和朋友們在花園裡玩。

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Questions

1. Where are the children playing?

2. Are some children playing with balls?

3. What are Lee and Pat doing?

4. Do Lee and Pat have a lot of friends now?

5. Is it good for children to eat a lot of candy?

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