21. It’s not lunchtime yet 還沒到午餐時間

New Words:

lunch

讀音：[lʌntʃ]

釋義：午餐

let

讀音：[let]

釋義：允許，讓

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The teacher wants to ask Lee something. She goes over to Lee and says, “Lee, can you write something about your mommy and daddy?” “Yes I can,” says Lee. “I can write something about them, but I don’t know that all my writing is good yet. Some of my writing is not very good, but let me try.”

老師想問李一些事情，她走到李那裡說：“李，你能寫有關你媽媽和爸爸的事情嗎？” “可以，” 李說，“我可以寫關於他們的事情，可是我不知道我的所有書寫是否都正確。我的有些書寫不是很好，但讓我試試吧。”

“Yes, please try,” says the teacher. Please try and write a little about your mommy and daddy. I know some of the new words are difficult for you, but please try. I can look at your writing book. I can look and see what is right and what is not right.”

“好的，請試試吧，” 老師說，“請嘗試寫一點關於你的媽媽和爸爸的事情。我知道有些生詞對你來說有難度，但是請嘗試一下吧。我可以看你的習字本，我可以看出哪些是對的，哪些不對。”

Lee does not know how to write all the words he wants to write in his English writing book. When he does not know how to write a word, he can ask the teacher. He can ask the teacher or he can ask his sister, Pat. Pat is very good at writing now. She can let Lee look at her book. When Lee looks at Pat’s book, he can see how to write a lot of the new words.

對於要在習字本上寫的單詞，並不是所有的單詞李都知道如何寫。他不知道如何寫單詞時就可以問老師，他可以問老師或問妹妹佩特。佩特現在很擅長書寫，她可以讓李看她的書。當李看佩特的書時，他可以看到如何書寫很多新單詞。

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Teacher

Lee, come here please. Let me see your writing book.

Lee

Here you are. Here is my English writing book.

Teacher

Thank you. Look at this word, Lee. Do you think this word is right?

Lee

What word? Where?

Teacher

This word. Here.

Lee

I don’t know. Is it right or not? That word is difficult for me.

Teacher

It’s not right, Lee. Here, let me write it for you. This is how to write this word. It’s really not very difficult, is it?

Lee

No, it isn’t. When you write it, it’s not very difficult. Thank you.

Teacher

That’s all right, Lee. I want you to be good at English.

Lee

Thank you. My English is not very good yet, is it?

Teacher

No, it isn’t Lee. Not yet.

老師

李，請到這裡來，讓我看看你的習字本。

李

給您，這是我的英語習字本。

老師

謝謝。李，看這個詞，你覺得這個詞是對的嗎？

李

哪個？在哪？

老師

這個詞，這裡。

李

我不知道。是對的，還是錯的？那個詞對我來講有些難。

老師

不對，李。這裡，我寫給你看。這個詞這樣寫，並不是很難，對吧？

李

是的，不難，看您寫並不是很難。謝謝。

老師

沒關係，李。我希望你能掌握好英語。

李

謝謝。我的英語還不好，對吧。

老師

是的，不太好，還不太好。

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Now, the children are hungry. Lee is hungry. Pat is hungry and Tom is very hungry. The children are not looking at their books now. They are not reading or writing. They want to go and have lunch.

現在孩子們餓了，李餓了，佩特餓了，而湯姆很餓。孩子們現在沒看書，他們沒讀書或寫字，他們想要去吃午餐。

“Can you let us go for our lunch now?” Tom asks the teacher. “I am very hungry.” “No, I cannot let you go yet,” says the teacher. “I cannot let you go for lunch yet. It is not time for lunch yet.”

“能讓我們現在去吃午餐嗎？” 湯姆問老師，“我特別餓。” “不，我還不能讓你們走，” 老師說，“我還不能讓你們去吃午餐，還沒到吃午餐的時間。”

“She is right,” says Pat. “It is not time for lunch yet. We can only go for lunch when it is the right time. It is not lunchtime yet. When it’s the right time, when it is lunchtime, the teacher will let us go.”

“她說的對，” 佩特說，“還沒到吃午餐的時間。我們只能在午餐時間去吃午餐，還沒到午餐時間。到了時間，到了午餐時間，老師會讓我們去的。”

“But I am very hungry,” says Tom. “I want to eat lunch now.” “I’m sorry, you can’t,” says the teacher. “It’s not time yet. I know you are very hungry now Tom, but I can’t let you go and eat lunch yet. It’s not the right time yet.”

“但是我特別餓，” 湯姆說，“我想現在吃午餐。” “抱歉，你不能去，” 老師說，“還沒到時間。湯姆，我知道你現在非常餓，但是我不能讓你去吃午餐。還沒到時間。”

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Questions

1. What does the teacher want Lee to write about?

2. When Lee doesn’t know how to write a word, who can he ask?

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

4. Who is very hungry today?

5. Is it time for lunch yet?

6. When can the children go for lunch?

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