22. How much meat is there? 有多少肉？

New Words:

ready

讀音：[ˈredɪ]

釋義：就緒的，準備好的

How much… ?

讀音：[hau] [mʌtʃ]

釋義：……多少？

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Now, it is lunchtime in the children’s school. It is time to eat lunch, and lunch is ready now. Lunch is ready, and the teacher is getting it for the children. The children go into the room with the teacher and sit down at their tables. All the children are ready to eat. All the children are ready to eat lunch, and Tom is really ready to eat lunch!

現在是孩子們學校裡的午餐時間。現在是吃午餐的時間，午餐已經準備好了。午餐已經準備好，老師正在為孩子們取餐。孩子們和老師一起進入房間，然後坐到桌子前。所有孩子們都準備好開始吃飯了。所有孩子們都已經準備好吃午餐了，湯姆真的準備好吃午餐了！

The teacher is putting lunch on the children’s tables. Pat is hungry, Lee is hungry and the teacher is hungry, too. What about Tom? We know Tom, don’t we? Tom is very, very hungry. The children look at all the food the teacher is putting on their table. The food looks very good today.

老師在將午餐放到孩子們的桌上。佩特餓了，李餓了，老師也餓了。湯姆呢？我們都認識湯姆，不是嗎？湯姆非常非常餓了。孩子們看著老師放在他們桌子上的所有食物，今天的食物看起來很好吃。

Can you see all the food on the table? How much food is there? How much food can you see? A lot! There is a lot of food for lunch today. The children are very happy to see that there is a lot of food for lunch today. Lee and Pat are very happy, and Tom is very, very happy!

你能看到桌子上的所有食物嗎？那兒有多少食物？你能看到多少食物？很多！今天的午餐有很多食物，孩子們很高興看到今天的午餐有很多食物。李和佩特很高興，湯姆非常非常高興！

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Tom

What time is it? Is it lunchtime yet?

Lee

Yes, I think it’s lunchtime now.

Tom

Is lunch ready?

Lee

Yes, it is. Look. The teacher is putting the food on the tables now.

Tom

Good! I’m really hungry, and I’m really ready to eat!

Lee

You are very hungry every day. You are ready to eat all the time!

Tom

That’s right. I really like to eat. I eat a lot more than you do.

Lee

I know. You eat a lot more than all the children in our school. How much food do you eat every day?

Tom

I don’t know how much I eat, but I do know that I eat a lot. I eat more than my friends at school, I eat more than the teacher, and at home I eat more than my mommy and daddy, too!

湯姆

幾點了？到午餐時間了嗎？

李

是的，我想現在到午餐時間了。

湯姆

午餐準備好了嗎？

李

準備好了。看。老師正在將食物放到桌子上。

湯姆

太好了！我真的很餓了，我真的準備好吃飯了！

李

你每天都很餓，你隨時都準備好吃飯了！

湯姆

是的，我真的很喜歡吃。我比你們都吃得多。

李

我知道，你比我們學校所有的小朋友都吃得多。你每天要吃多少食物啊？

湯姆

我不知道我要吃多少，但我知道我能吃很多。我比學校裡的朋友們吃得多，我比老師吃得多，在家裡我也比我爸爸媽媽吃得多！

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Lunch is on the tables now, and the children are ready to eat. There is some rice for lunch, and there are some eggs and fish, too. There is some meat for lunch today, too.

現在午餐已經擺上桌，孩子們準備好用餐。午餐有米飯，有雞蛋，還有魚。今天午餐還有肉。

“How much rice is there?” asks Tom. “There is a lot of rice,” says Lee. “What about eggs?” asks Tom. “How many eggs are there?” “A lot,” says Lee. “There are a lot of eggs today.” “What about meat?” asks Tom. “How much meat is there?” “I think there is only a little meat today,” says Lee.

“有多少米飯啊？” 湯姆問。“有很多米飯。” 李說。“雞蛋呢？” 湯姆問。“有多少個雞蛋？” “有很多，” 李說，“今天有很多雞蛋。” “肉呢？” 湯姆問，“有多少肉？” “我想今天只有一點兒肉。” 李說。

Today, there are some bananas and apples for lunch, too. “How many bananas are there?” asks Tom. “There are a lot,” says Lee. “There are a lot of apples, too. There is a lot of food for lunch today.” “Good!” says Tom. That’s good. I am really, really hungry today!”

今天的午餐還有一些香蕉和蘋果。“有多少香蕉？” 湯姆問。“有很多，” 李說，“還有很多蘋果，今天的午餐有很多食物。” “太好了！” 湯姆說，“太好了，我今天真的非常餓了！”

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Questions

1. Is lunch ready yet?

2. Who is very, very hungry?

3. Are there some eggs for lunch today?

4. Are there some oranges?

5. How much rice is there?

6. How many eggs are there?

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