7. In Daddy’s garden 在爸爸的花園裡

New Words新單詞

Wednesday (n.)

讀音：[ˈwenzdeɪ]

釋義：週三，星期三

flower (n.)

讀音：[ˈflaʊə(r)]

釋義：花

help (n.+v.)

讀音：[help]

釋義：幫助

bad (adj.)

讀音：[bæd]

釋義：壞的，不好的

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The children are not at school today. Today, Lee and Pat can stay at home with Mommy and Daddy. They can stay at home and help Mommy and Daddy in the house. They can help in the garden, too.

孩子們今天不在學校。今天，李和佩特可以和爸爸媽媽待在家裡。他們可以留在家中，在屋子裡幫助爸爸媽媽。他們也可以到花園裡幫忙。

Today, it is Wednesday in Lee’s house. It is Wednesday morning, and the children are working in the garden with Daddy. Lee and Pat like to work to the garden. They like to help Daddy. They like to help him with all the things he has to do in the garden. There are a lot of things to do in Daddy’s garden. There is a lot of work to do. Daddy lets the children help him work in the garden.

在李的家裡今天是星期三，現在是星期三的早上，孩子們在花園裡和爸爸一起幹活。李和佩特喜歡在花園幹活。他們喜歡幫助爸爸，他們喜歡幫助他做他在花園裡必須做的所有事情。爸爸的花園裡有很多事情要做，有很多活兒要幹。爸爸讓孩子們幫他在花園裡幹活。

There are a lot of things to do in Daddy’s garden because it is a very big garden. The garden is very big, and there are a lot of trees in the garden. Some of the trees are fruit trees. Sometimes, Daddy lets the children take the fruit from the trees. He lets them take the fruit into the kitchen.

爸爸的花園裡有很多事情要做，因為這是一個很大的花園。花園很大，花園裡有很多樹，有些樹是果樹。有時，爸爸讓孩子們從樹上摘下水果，他讓他們把水果拿進廚房。

Daddy has a lot of fruit trees, but his garden is not the same as a big farm. Big fruit tree farms have a lot more trees than Daddy’s garden. A lot of birds come to Daddy’s garden. Daddy lets the birds come to his garden because he likes to see them there. He likes to see the birds sitting in his trees.

爸爸有很多果樹，但他的花園和大農場不一樣。大果樹農場比爸爸的花園有更多的樹。很多小鳥來到爸爸的花園。爸爸讓小鳥們來到他的花園，因為他喜歡在那裡看到它們。他喜歡看到鳥兒在樹上棲息。

There are a lot of flowers in Daddy’s garden, too. Lee and Pat help Daddy to look after the flowers. They give water to the flowers every day. Flowers have to have water. If flowers do not have water, that is bad for the flowers. If flowers do not have water, they cannot live.

爸爸的花園裡也有很多花，李和佩特幫助爸爸照看花兒，他們每天給花兒澆水。花兒必須要有水，如果花兒沒有水，那對花兒不好。如果花兒沒有水，它們就不能生存。

Sometimes, Daddy lets Mommy take some of the flowers into the house. Mommy likes to do that. She likes to put flowers in the living room where all the family and her friends can see them.

有時，爸爸讓媽媽把一些花帶進屋裡，媽媽喜歡這樣做。她喜歡把花放在客廳裡，所有的家人和朋友都能看到這些花。

Lee and Pat are happy that it is Wednesday today. They are happy because their teacher says that this Wednesday she will let all the children come to her house. All the children want to go to the teacher’s house. They want to see where the teacher lives and what she has in her house.

李和佩特慶幸今天是星期三。他們感到高興是因為他們的老師說，星期三她會讓全部孩子都到她家來。所有孩子們都想去老師家。他們想看看老師住在哪裡，她的房子裡有什麼。

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Daddy and Lee are in the garden.

爸爸和李在花園裡

Daddy

Lee, can you come over here please? I want you to help me.

Lee

Yes, Daddy. What do you want me to do?

Daddy

I want you to help me chase your chickens away from my flowers.

Lee

Oh, yes. Some of my chickens are walking all over the new flowers. That’s not good. That’s bad.

Daddy

Please don’t let your chickens walk on my flowers. Chase them away!

Lee

All right. Bad chickens! Go away, chickens! Go away from the flowers! Go into the chicken house!

Daddy

Thank you, Lee. Oh, and Lee?

Lee

Yes, Daddy?

Daddy

Mommy tells me you want to have a snake.

Lee

That’s right. I’d like to have a big green snake.

Daddy

Well, Lee. I can’t let you have a snake. Mommy doesn’t like snakes, and she will not let you have one in the house. Having a snake in the house would be very bad.

Lee

Yes, I know. But what about in the garden? Can I have a snake and let it stay in the garden? I won’t let it go into the house. I will make it stay outside. Can I Daddy, please?

Daddy

No Lee, you cannot. Mommy will not let you have a snake in the house, and I will not let you have a snake in my garden. The garden is near the house.

Lee

I see. Well, if I want to see snakes, I will have to go to the zoo again.

Daddy

That’s right. You can look at snakes in the zoo, but you cannot have one at home!

爸爸

李，你能過來一下嗎？我需要你的幫忙。

李

好的，爸爸。你想讓我做什麼？

爸爸

我要你幫我把你的雞從我的花叢裡趕走。

李

哦，好的。我的一些小雞正踩著新栽種花，那可不好，那樣不好。

爸爸

請不要讓你的小雞踩在我的花上，趕走它們！

李

好吧。壞雞！走開，小雞們！離開那些花兒吧！到雞舍裡去吧！

爸爸

謝謝你，李。對了，李？

李

嗯，爸爸？

爸爸

你媽媽告訴我你想要一條蛇。

李

是的，我想要一條綠色的大蛇。

爸爸

可是，李，我不能讓你養一條蛇。你媽媽不喜歡蛇，她不會讓你在家裡養蛇。在房子裡養一條蛇很不好。

李

是的，我知道。但是在花園裡呢？我能養一條蛇，讓它留在花園裡嗎？我不會讓它進房子，我會讓它待在外面。爸爸，可以嗎？

爸爸

不行，李，你不能養蛇。你媽媽不會讓你在房子裡養蛇，我也不會讓你在我的花園裡養蛇。花園就在房子的旁邊。

李

我知道了。好吧，如果我想看蛇，我就得再去動物園。

爸爸

是的，你可以在動物園裡看蛇，但你不能在家裡養一條蛇！

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1. What day is it in Lee’s house today?

2. What day was yesterday in Lee’s house?

3. Where do the children like to help Daddy?

4. Does Daddy let the children help him?

5. Why does Daddy let birds come to his garden?

6. Where does Mommy like to put flowers?

7. Why can’t Lee have a snake?

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