6.A very good family很棒的一家人

New Words新單詞

look after

讀音：[luk] [ˈɑ:ftə]

釋義：照顧，照看

chicken (n.)

讀音：[ˈtʃɪkɪn]

釋義：雞（chick的複數形式），雞肉（不可數）

duck (n.)

讀音：[dʌk]

釋義：鴨子（單數）

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Let’s look at Pat’s family again.We know this family very well, don’t we?We know they live together in a big house with a big garden.We know they have a big kitchen, and we know that they don’t like their cats and dog to go in the kitchen.

我們再來看看佩特的一家。我們很瞭解這家人了，對吧？我們知道他們一起住在帶有一個大花園的大房子裡。我們知道他們有一個大廚房，我們還知道他們不喜歡他們的貓狗進到廚房裡面去。

We know there are four people in this family.Those people are Mommy, Daddy, Pat and Pat’s brother Lee.We know that Mommy and Daddy look after the children in the family and that the children look after their dog, Kim.

我們知道這家有四個人。他們是媽媽，爸爸，佩特和佩特的哥哥李。我們知道媽媽和爸爸照顧著家裡的孩子們，還知道孩子們照顧著他們的小狗金。

Sometimes, Mommy looks after the family’s cats, and sometimes Pat looks after them.Pat likes the cats.Lee doesn’t like the cats very much.Lee only likes Kim, the dog.He really doesn’t like cats.

有時候媽媽照顧家裡的貓，有時候佩特照顧它們。佩特喜歡貓。李不是很喜歡貓。李只喜歡小狗金。他真的不喜歡貓。

The people in this family don’t only look after their dog and their cats.They look after chickens and ducks, too.They can look after chickens and ducks because the family has a very big garden.All the chickens and ducks live in that garden.

這家人不僅照顧他們的狗和他們的貓。他們還照顧雞鴨。他們能夠照顧雞鴨，是因為這個家有一個很大的花園。所有的雞鴨都生活在那個花園裡面。

Can you see the animals this family has?They are in the garden now with Mommy, Daddy, Lee and Pat.Can you count them?Can you count the animals in the garden?There are two cats and there is one dog.There is one duck, and there are a lot of chickens.

你能看見這家人擁有的動物嗎？它們現在都在花園裡，和媽媽、爸爸、李和佩特在一起。你能數一下它們嗎？你能數一下在花園裡動物的數量嗎？有兩隻貓和一隻狗。有一隻鴨子和許多雞。

In the garden, there are two houses.One of the houses is for the chickens, and one of the houses is for the ducks.Sometimes, the chickens and ducks like to be in their houses, and sometimes they like to come out and be in the garden.

花園裡有兩間屋子。一間屋子屬於雞，一間屋子屬於鴨。有時候雞和鴨喜歡在它們的屋子裡，有時候它們喜歡出來到花園裡。

When it is time for the chickens and ducks to eat, Lee or Pat give them their food.These chickens and ducks like to eat rice.Lee and Pat take rice out of the kitchen and give it to the chickens and ducks in the garden.The chickens and ducks know Lee and Pat will give them their food.They know Lee and Pat will give them their food, and they know what time Lee and Pat will give them their food.

每到雞和鴨進食的時候，李或者佩特會給它們食物。這些雞和鴨喜歡吃大米。李和佩特把大米拿出廚房，在花園裡給雞和鴨喂大米吃。雞和鴨知道李和佩特會給它們餵食。它們知道李和佩特會給它們餵食，而且它們也知道在什麼時候李和佩特會給它們餵食。

All the animals this family looks after eat in the garden.They don’t eat in the house.Only the people in the family eat in the house.Mommy, Daddy, Lee and Pat eat in the kitchen.The people eat in the kitchen, and all the animals eat in the garden.

這家人照顧的所有動物都在花園裡進食，它們不在房子裡進食。只有家裡的人才能在房子裡吃飯。媽媽、爸爸、李和佩特在廚房裡吃飯。全家人在廚房裡吃飯，而所有的動物都在花園裡進食。

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Lee and Daddy are speaking about the chickens.

李和爸爸正在談論雞

Lee

Do you know something, Daddy?I really like animals.I like lots of animals.I like our dog and our ducks too, but I really like our chickens.

Daddy

I know.I can see that you really like your chickens.And I see that you look after them very well, too.I like that.It’s good for children to know how to look after animals.

Lee

Every day, I go to the chicken house and get my chickens to come out.I get them to come out of the chicken house, and I give them their food and water.I’ll go and give them their food and water now.

Daddy

Good.You and your sister are very good children.I like to see children who know how to look after animals.

Lee

Thank you.I know how to look after my chickens, and Pat knows how to look after her duck.

Daddy

Oh, yes.That’s right, isn’t it?You have a lot of chickens, but Pat has only one duck.

Lee

Pat only wants to have one duck.She says she doesn’t want to look after a lot of animals.She says one duck is enough.

Daddy

I’m happy that you and Pat like to look after animals, but I don’t want them to come into the kitchen.

Lee

That’s right.It’s not good to let animals go the kitchen, is it?

Daddy

No, it isn’t.Your chickens can go in the chicken house or in the garden.They cannot come in the kitchen.Kitchens are only for people.They are not for animals.

李

你知道嗎，爸爸？我真的喜歡動物。我喜歡很多動物。我當然也喜歡我們的狗和鴨子，但是我真的喜歡我們的雞。

爸爸

我知道。我能看出來你真的喜歡你的雞。而且我還看出來你把它們照顧得很好。我喜歡那樣。懂得如何照顧動物對孩子們來說是非常好的事情。

李

每天我都去雞舍，讓我的雞出來。我讓它們走出雞舍，給它們食物和水。我現在就去給它們食物和水。

爸爸

真棒。你和你妹妹都是好孩子。我很喜歡看見孩子們懂得如何去照顧動物。

李

謝謝。我知道如何去照料照顧我的雞，佩特懂得如何去照顧她的鴨。

爸爸

噢，是的。這樣做是對的，是吧？你有很多雞，但佩特只有一隻鴨。

李

佩特只想要一隻鴨子。她說她不想照顧很多的動物。她說一隻鴨子就足夠了。

爸爸

我很高興你和佩特都喜歡照顧動物，但是我不想讓它們進廚房。

李

是的。讓動物進廚房不太好，不是嗎？

爸爸

是的，不太好。你的雞可以進雞舍或者去花園裡。它們不能進廚房。廚房只能進人，不能進動物。

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1. Is the family’s kitchen big, or is it small?

2. Do the people in this family like animals to go in their kitchen?

3. Who sometimes looks after the family’s cats?

4. Does Lee like cats?

5. Where can the animals eat?

6. How many ducks does Pat have?

7. Are kitchens for people, or are they for animals?

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