23.Time to eat and time to sleep吃飯和睡覺時間

New Words新單詞

sleep(n./v.)

讀音：[sli:p]

釋義：睡覺

door(n.)

讀音：[dɔr)]

釋義：門

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When Pat gets home, she looks at the clock again. When the clock says five o’clock, she will go to the kitchen and get her duck some food to eat. She will get some water for her duck, too.After that, she will go out of the kitchen door and walk into the garden to give the food and water to her duck.

當佩特回到家，她又看了一下時鐘。當時鍾指到五點，她就會去廚房拿她鴨子吃的食物。她也會給她的鴨子拿水。然後，她會走出廚房的門，走進花園裡給她的鴨子餵食喂水。

Pat gives her duck its food and water in the garden.The duck knows when it is time to eat.It knows Pat will come out of the kitchen door and give it its food and water.Pat will do that at five o’clock.Now, the duck is waiting in the garden, outside the kitchen door.It is waiting for Pat outside the door because it knows it is time to eat now.

佩特在花園裡給她的鴨子餵食喝水。鴨子知道什麼時間該進食了。它知道佩特會走出廚房的門，然後給它餵食喝水。佩特會在五點的時候做這些。現在，鴨子在花園裡等著，就在廚房門外。它在外面等佩特，因為它知道現在是進食的時間。

All animals have to eat and drink, don’t they?If they don’t eat and drink, they cannot live.People are the same.If we don’t eat and drink, we cannot live.All animals have to eat and drink every day.

所有的動物都要進食喝水，對吧？它們如果不吃不喝就無法生活。人也一樣。我們如果不吃不喝就無法生活。所有的動物都必須每天進食喝水。

Now, it is five o’clock.It is five o’clock, and Pat is going out of the door to give some food and water to her duck.Every afternoon, at five o’clock, Pat has to remember to take food and water to her duck.She knows her duck will be waiting for her.

現在到五點了。五點了，佩特將要走出門外，給她的鴨子餵食喂水。每天下午五點，佩特必須記得給她的鴨子餵食喝水。她知道她的鴨子會等著她的。

Ducks and other animals are not the same as people.They are not the same as people, but all animals and all people have to eat and drink every day.All people and animals have to eat and drink, and all animals and people have to sleep, too.People, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks… all animals.All animals and people have to sleep.

鴨子和其他動物同人是不一樣的。它們和人不同，但是所有的動物和人每天都必須吃喝。所有的人和動物都必須吃喝，所有的動物和人也都必須睡覺。人、貓、狗、雞、鴨子……所有的動物。所有的動物和人必須睡覺。

When it is time to sleep, Lee and Pat go into the house.Pat’s duck and Lee’s chickens do not go into the house to sleep.Lee’s chickens go in the chicken house to sleep, and Pat’s duck sleeps in the garden.Pat’s duck sleeps in the garden, near the kitchen door.It sleeps near the kitchen door because it wants to be near the people who are in the house.It knows Pat and her family all sleep in the house.

到了睡覺的時候，李和佩特就會進屋。佩特的鴨子和李的雞不會進屋睡覺。李的雞會去雞舍睡覺，而佩特的鴨子會在花園裡睡覺。佩特的鴨子睡在花園裡，就在雞舍旁邊。它睡在雞舍的門邊，因為它想要靠近房子裡的人。它知道佩特和她家人都睡在房子裡。

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Tom and Lee are speaking about Mommy’s food.

湯姆和李正在談論媽媽的食物

Tom

Oh, look at the time!I have to go home now.

Lee

Oh, do you?What time is it?

Tom

It’s eight o’clock.My mommy says I have to come home at eight o’clock.I have to go home at eight o’clock because I have to go to sleep at nine o’clock.

Lee

Will I see you tomorrow?Will you come to our house tomorrow?

Tom

I think so.If I can, I think I’ll come here in the afternoon, after school.I really like to come to your house and have dinner.

Lee

Oh, yes.We all know that.All the people in our family can see that you really like our mommy’s food.

Tom

That’s right.I like it because it’s very good, and I like it because your mommy gives us a lot of it. I like it when there is a lot food.

Lee

Does my mommy give you more food than your mommy does?

Tom

My mommy gives us enough food, but it’s not very good.Don’t you think that your mommy’s food is really, really good?

Lee

I don’t know.I don’t think about it.I don’t think about food very much.

Tom

Don’t you?I do.I think about food all the time.

Lee

Oh, I know.I know you do.When you are not eating food, you are speaking about food.

Tom

And when I am not speaking about food, I am thinking about food.Goodbye, Lee.See you tomorrow.

Lee

Goodbye, Tom.See you tomorrow.

湯姆

哦，看時間，我現在得回家了。

李

哦，是嗎？幾點了？

湯姆

現在八點了。我媽媽說，我得在八點回家。我得八點回家是因為我得在九點的時候上床睡覺。

李

我明天能見到你嗎？你明天也會來我家嗎？

湯姆

我想是的。如果可以，我想我明天下午放學後過來。我真的喜歡到你家來吃晚餐。

李

哦，是的。我們都知道。我們全家人都能看出來你真的喜歡我媽媽烹飪的食物。

湯姆

對啊。我喜歡你媽媽烹飪的食物，因為它真的很好吃，而且你媽媽會給我們很多食物。如果食物很多，我就會很喜歡。

李

我媽媽比你媽媽給的食物更多嗎？

湯姆

我媽媽給我們的食物可以吃飽，但不是很好吃。你不覺得你媽媽烹飪的食物真的、真的很好吃嗎？

李

我不知道。我沒有想過。我不怎麼想食物

湯姆

你不知道？我知道。我總在想著食物。

李

哦，我知道。我知道你總在想著食物。當你不吃食物的時候，你就在談論食物。

湯姆

當我不談論食物的時候，我就在想食物。再見，李。明天見。

李

再見，湯姆。明天見。

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1. What time will Pat get food and water for her duck?

2. Where does the duck wait for Pat?

3. Do all animals, and all people, have to eat, drink and sleep?

4. Can Pat’s duck sleep in the house?

5. Why does Pat’s duck sleep near the kitchen door?

6. What time does Tom have to go home?

7. Who thinks about food all the time…Lee, Pat or Tom?

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