20. Some new words are difficult for me to read 對我來說有些生詞難讀

New Words:

difficult

讀音：[ˈdɪfɪkəlt]

釋義：困難的，不易解決的

yet

讀音：[jet]

釋義：還（沒），尚（未）

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Now, all the children are going into the classroom. “Hello children,” says the teacher. “Sit down please. Sit down and look at me. Is Tom here yet?” “Not yet,” says Lee. “He’s in the garden. I think he’s coming now.”

現在所有孩子們都走進教室。“孩子們好，” 老師說，“請坐，坐下，看著我。湯姆到這裡了嗎?” “還沒，” 李說，“他在花園裡，我想他現在正過來呢。”

“All right,” says the teacher. “Please look at page two in your English books. Try to read all of that page. When you see a word or something you can’t read, you can ask me. When you think you know all the new words on that page, try to write that page into a page in your writing books.”

“好，” 老師說，“看英語書第二頁，試著讀那頁上的所有內容。遇到不會讀的單詞，你們可以問我。等你們覺得那頁上的生詞都認識了，就試著在習字本上把那頁上的生詞都寫了。”

“Lee, can you see some words that are new or difficult for you?” asks the teacher. “Yes, I can,” says Lee. “Not all of the words on this page are new or difficult for me, but there are some words I don’t know yet. I think some of the new words are difficult.” “That’s all right. You can ask me about the new words you think are difficult,” says the teacher.

“李，你可以找到生詞或難詞嗎？” 老師問。“可以，” 李說，“這頁上不是所有的單詞詞對我來說都是生詞或難詞，但有些單詞我還不認識。我覺得有些生詞有難度。” “沒關係，你可以問我你覺得有難度的生詞。” 老師說。

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Lee

Do you know all of the new words on this page, Pat? Can you read them all?

Pat

I know some of them, but I don’t know all of them yet.

Lee

I think your English is very good now. I think you know it very well. You know much more than me. I think reading is easy for you now.

Pat

It’s not very easy, and I am not very good at reading yet. Some new words are difficult for me to read. I don’t know all the new words yet.

Lee

Really? I know some of the new words on this page, but my friend Tom knows more than me. Tom is very good at English now.

Pat

Is he? I don’t think your friend Tom knows very much. I don’t think he knows as much as me or my friends.

Lee

I do. I think Tom knows more than you, and I think he knows more than all your friends, too.

Pat

No, he doesn’t!

Lee

Yes, he does!

Pat

No, he doesn’t!

李

佩特，你認識這頁上的所有新單詞嗎？能把它們都讀出來嗎？

佩特

我認識一些，我還沒認識全部。

李

我覺得你的英語現在很好，我覺得你很懂英語。你懂得比我多。我想現在閱讀對你來說很簡單吧。

佩特

並不簡單，我還不是很擅長閱讀。對我來說有些生詞難讀，我還不認識所有生詞。

李

真的嗎？這頁上我認識一些生詞，可我的朋友湯姆比我懂得多。湯姆現在很擅長英語了。

佩特

是嗎？我不覺得你的朋友湯姆懂得多。我覺得他不比我或我的朋友們懂得多。

李

我認為湯姆比你懂得多，也比你所有的朋友們懂得多。

佩特

不，他沒有！

李

不，他有。

佩特

不，他沒有！

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Look at Pat. Can you see Pat? Pat is in the classroom. Is she reading or writing? She is writing. She is writing a lot of new words in her writing book. Pat can write English very well now. She is good at writing.

看佩特，你能看見佩特嗎？佩特在教室裡。她在看書還是寫字？她在寫字。她在習字本上寫很多新單詞。佩特現在能很好地書寫英語，她很擅長書寫。

Pat thinks reading and writing is not very difficult. “I like to write.” says Pat. “I like to write and my friends like to write, too. We all like to write. We can’t write very well yet. Some of it is a little difficult, but we all like to write.”

佩特認為閱讀和寫字並不是很難。“我喜歡寫字，” 佩特說，“我喜歡寫字，我的朋友也喜歡寫字。我們都喜歡寫字，我們還不能寫得很好。有些有點難，但我們都喜歡寫。”

Where is Lee’s friend now? Where is Tom? Tom is not in the classroom yet. He is in the school garden playing with Kim the dog. Tom doesn’t want to come in the classroom yet. He wants to play in the garden with Kim. He doesn’t want to read and write English now. He wants to play in the garden with Kim.

李的朋友現在在哪？湯姆在哪？湯姆不在教室，他和那條小狗金在學校花園玩。湯姆還不想進教室，他想和金在花園玩。他現在不想讀寫英語，他想和金在花園裡玩。

The teacher is not happy. She is not happy with Tom. The teacher wants Tom to come into the classroom. She wants him to come into the classroom, sit down and look at his reading book.

老師不高興，她對湯姆不滿意。老師想讓湯姆進教室，她想讓他進教室坐下看閱讀書。

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Questions

1. Is Tom in the classroom yet?

2. Where is he?

3. Are some of the new words difficult for Lee?

4. Can Lee ask the teacher about the new words?

5. Who is good at writing – Pat or Lee?

6. Does Tom want to come in the classroom?

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