26. Would you like a little more meat? 你還想要一點肉嗎？

New Words:

I’d like… = I would like…

讀音：[aɪd] [laɪk]=[ aɪ][ wəd][ laɪk]

釋義：我想要，我願意……

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Now, dinner is ready and Mommy is getting it for the children. Lee, Pat and Tom are sitting down at the dinner table. They are all very hungry, and Tom is really hungry!

現在晚餐做好了，媽媽把晚餐給孩子們端上來。李、佩特和湯姆都坐在桌子前。他們都很餓了，湯姆已經非常餓了！

Mommy is putting the food on the table, and the children are ready to eat. They are looking at all the food on the table. Dinner looks really good today. It looks very good, but the children can’t eat yet. Mommy is not ready to let the children eat.

媽媽把食物放在桌子上，孩子們已經準備好用餐。他們正看著桌子上的食物，今天的晚餐看上去很好吃。晚餐看上去很好吃，可是孩子們還不能吃。媽媽還沒有準備讓孩子們用餐。

What is there for dinner today? Can you see? Can you see all the food on the table? There is a lot of rice. There is a little meat. There is some fish, and there are some eggs. There are a lot of eggs today.

今天晚餐吃什麼？你能看見嗎？你能看見桌子上所有食物嗎？有很多米飯，有一點肉，有一些魚，還有一些雞蛋。今天有很多雞蛋。

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Mommy

Pat, what would you like to eat? What can I get you?

Pat

I’d like some rice and some fish please, Mommy.

Mommy

All right. Here is some rice and some fish for you. Is that enough rice?

Pat

Yes, thank you. That’s enough. That’s enough rice for me.

Mommy

What about eggs? Would you like one egg or two?

Pat

Only one egg please, Mommy. One egg is enough.

Mommy

All right. Let me give you a good egg. Here you are.

Pat

Thank you, Mommy. Thank you very much. That’s enough now. Thank you.

Mommy

All right. Now, what about your daddy? Where is he? Where’s your daddy? Doesn’t he know dinner is ready now?

媽媽

佩特，你想吃什麼？需要我給你盛點什麼？

佩特

我想要米飯和魚，拜託了，媽媽。

媽媽

好的。這是給你的米飯和魚。米飯夠嗎？

佩特

已經夠了，謝謝。這些米飯對我來講足夠了。

媽媽

那雞蛋呢？你想要一個還是兩個雞蛋？

佩特

請只給我一個雞蛋，媽媽。一個雞蛋就夠了。

媽媽

好的，給你一個好吃的雞蛋，給。

佩特

謝謝媽媽，很感謝您。已經夠了，謝謝。

媽媽

好。對了，你爸爸呢？他在哪？你爸爸在哪？他不知道晚餐好了嗎？

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Mommy really wants Lee to eat his dinner now. “Come on Lee,” she says. “Eat your dinner. You don’t want it to get cold. Would you like one more egg?” “Yes, please,” says Lee. “Please give me one more egg. And a little more rice, please.”

媽媽真的希望李現在就吃他的晚餐。“快點，李，” 她說，“吃你的晚餐。你不想晚餐變冷吧？你還想再要一個雞蛋嗎？” “好的，請給我吧，” 李說，“請再給我一個雞蛋，請再給我一點米飯。”

“Here you are,” says Mommy. “And would you like a little more meat?” “Yes please,” says Lee. I’d like a little more meat, and I think my friend Tom would like a little more meat, too.”

“給你，” 媽媽說，“你還想要一點肉嗎？” “好的，請給我吧，” 李說，“我想要再多一點肉，我覺得我的朋友湯姆也還想再要一點肉。”

“I think your friend Tom would like a lot more meat,” says Pat. “I think he would like a lot more meat, a lot more rice, a lot more eggs and a lot more fish,” says Pat. “Every day at school, I see he eats a lot more than all of the children. He eats a lot more than the teacher. I think he wants to eat a lot more than all of us here today, too!”

“我覺得你的朋友湯姆還想要很多肉，” 佩特說，“我覺得他想要更多的肉，更多的米飯，更多雞蛋和更多魚。” 佩特說，“每天在學校，我看見他吃的比其他孩子都要多很多，他吃的比老師還要多很多。我覺得他今天想吃的比在這裡的所有人都要多很多！”

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Questions

1. Who is getting dinner ready?

2. Is there a lot of rice for dinner today?

3. Are there a lot of eggs?

4. How many eggs would Pat like?

5. How much more meat would Lee like?

6. How much more food does Pat think Tom wants to eat?

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