8. Pat likes to read to her friends 佩特喜歡為她的朋友們朗讀

New Words:

our

讀音：[ˈauə]

釋義：我們的

but

讀音：[bʌt]

釋義：但是，然而

word

讀音：[wɜːd]

釋義：單詞，話語

doesn’t = does not

讀音：[ˈdʌznt] = [dəz] [nɔt]

釋義：不……（表示否定）

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Now, Lee and his friend Tom are together in the garden. They are looking at Lee’s books. “It’s cold here in the garden,” says Lee. “Let’s take our books in the house. We can look at our books in my room. It’s not cold in my room.”

現在李和他的朋友湯姆正一起在花園裡。他們正在看李的書。“花園裡有點冷，” 李說，“我們帶上我們的書進房子裡。我們可以在我的房間裡看書，我的房間裡不冷。”

“Yes,” says Tom. “Let’s take our books to your room. I like your room.” The boys take their books in the house and go to Lee’s room. In Lee’s room, the boys sit down and look at their books.

“好啊，” 湯姆說，“咱們帶上書進你的房間去，我喜歡你的房間。” 男孩們帶著他們的書進了房子，去了李的房間。在李的房間裡，他們坐下來看他們的書。

The book Tom is looking at has a lot of words that he doesn’t know. When Tom sees a word he doesn’t know, he can ask Lee to read it for him. Lee knows a lot of the words in that book. He knows a lot of the words, but he doesn’t know all of them. When Lee sees a word he doesn’t know, he can ask his sister or he can ask his daddy.

湯姆正在看的那本書有很多他不認識的單詞。每當湯姆看到他不認識的單詞，他可以請李為他讀出來。李認識那本書裡的很多單詞。他認識很多單詞，但是他不認識全部單詞。當李看到他不認識的單詞，他可以問他的妹妹或者可以問他的爸爸。

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Tom

Look at this book, Lee. I like this book. It’s very good.

Lee

Yes, it is a good book. It’s one of Pat’s books.

Tom

It’s a good book, but there are a lot of new words in it.

Lee

Yes, there are a lot of new words in that book. Can you read them all?

Tom

No, I can’t. I can read some of them, but I don’t know how to read all of them.

Lee

Look at that word. Can you read that word?

Tom

Sorry. What word? Where?

Lee

That word… there.

Tom

No, I can’t. I don’t know that word. Can you read it?

Lee

No. I am sorry, I can’t. It’s a new word for me, too. Let’s go and ask Pat. She knows how to read all the words in that book.

湯姆

李，看這本書。我喜歡這本書，這本書很好。

李

是的，這是一本好書，這是佩特的書。

湯姆

這是本好書，但是這裡面有很多新單詞。

李

對，這本書裡有很多新單詞。你能把它們全讀出來嗎？

湯姆

不，我不行。我可以讀出其中的一些，但我不會讀所有的單詞。

李

看這個單詞，你會讀這個單詞嗎？

湯姆

抱歉，哪個單詞？在哪裡？

李

這個單詞……在那裡。

湯姆

不行，我不會。我不認識那個單詞，你會讀嗎？

李

不，太不好意思了，我不行。這對我來講也是個生詞。我們去問問佩特，她知道怎麼讀這本書裡所有的單詞。

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Lee and his friend Tom are together again. We know Lee and Tom, don’t we? They are our friends. They are our friends in this book. What are they doing now? Can you see?

李和他的朋友湯姆又在一起了。我們認識李和湯姆，是嗎？他們是我們的朋友，他們是我們在這本書裡的朋友。他們在做什麼呢？你能看到嗎？

Lee and Tom are taking their books to Lee’s sister. They are taking them to Pat. They want Pat to read some of the new words for them. They know Pat can read all the words in those books.

李和湯姆帶著他們的書去李的妹妹那裡，他們要把這兩本書帶去給佩特。他們想讓佩特為他們讀這兩本書裡的幾個新單詞，他們知道佩特能讀出這兩本書裡的所有單詞。

Pat is very good at reading now. She is good at writing, too. When Pat is at school, her teacher likes to ask her to read to the children in the classroom. Pat likes to do that. She likes to read to her friends.

佩特現在非常擅長朗讀，她也擅長寫字。當佩特在學校的時候，她的老師喜歡請她為班上的孩子們朗讀。佩特喜歡這麼做，她喜歡為她的朋友們朗讀。

Pat likes to read to her friends. She likes to read to Lee, too. She likes to read to Lee, but she doesn’t like to read to Tom. Pat doesn’t like Tom very much.

佩特喜歡為她的朋友們朗讀，她也喜歡為李朗讀。她喜歡為李朗讀，但是她不喜歡為湯姆朗讀。佩特不太喜歡湯姆。

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Questions

1. Is it cold in the garden today?

2. Where can the boys take their books?

3. When Lee sees a word he doesn’t know, who can he ask to read it for him?

4. Can Pat read all the words in the book?

5. Who does Pat like to read to?

6. Does Pat like to read to Tom?

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