8. In the teacher’s garden 在老師的花園裡

New Words新單詞

beautiful（adj.）

讀音：[ˈbju:tɪfl]

釋義：美麗的

yellow（adj.+n.）

讀音：[ˈjeləʊ]

釋義：黃色；黃色的

show (v.)

讀音：[ʃəʊ]

釋義：表現，上演，給……看

grass（n.）

讀音：[grɑ:s]

釋義：草，草地

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It is Wednesday afternoon and the children are at the teacher’s house. The teacher is showing the children around her garden. She is telling them about how she looks after her garden, and the children are asking her some questions.

現在是星期三下午，孩子們在老師的家裡。老師在給孩子們看她的花園。她告訴他們她如何照看她花園，孩子們也在問她一些問題。

The teacher’s garden is not very big. It is not very big, but it is beautiful. All the children think the teacher’s garden is very beautiful. The teacher has a man who helps her look after the garden. The man comes to the teacher’s house on Mondays. He comes every Monday to work in the teacher’s garden.

老師的花園不是很大，它不是很大，但是很漂亮。所有孩子們都覺得老師的花園很漂亮。老師有一個幫她照看花園的人，這個人週一到老師的家去。他每週一都來老師的花園裡幹活。

There are no fruit trees in the teacher’s garden, but there are lots of flowers. The flowers are very beautiful. There are red flowers, white flowers, green flowers and yellow flowers. Some of the yellow flowers are very big. Pat likes the big, yellow flowers. She thinks those flowers are more beautiful than the other flowers.

老師的花園裡沒有果樹，但是有很多的花，這些花很漂亮。有紅色的花，白色的花，綠色的花和黃色的花。一些黃色的花很大。佩特喜歡那些大黃花，她認為那些花比其他花更漂亮。

The teacher is showing the children the grass in her garden, too. The grass is very green. The grass is very green because the teacher knows how to look after it. Tom likes the grass. He likes the grass more than the flowers.

老師也在給孩子們看她花園裡的草，草非常綠。草很綠是因為老師知道怎麼照料草。湯姆喜歡草，他喜歡草勝過花。

Tom thinks grass is more beautiful than flowers. He doesn’t like flowers very much. The teacher likes the grass, too. Because of this, she doesn’t want the children to walk on the grass. The children can walk around the outside of the garden, but they cannot walk on the grass. When people walk on the grass, that is bad for the grass.

湯姆認為草比花更漂亮，他不太喜歡花。老師也喜歡草，正因如此，她不想讓孩子們在草地上行走。孩子們可以在花園外散步，但是他們不能在草地上走。當人們走在草地上時，那對草可不好。

The teacher wants the grass to stay green. If a lot of people walk on the grass, it will not stay green. It will be yellow or white. The teacher looks after the grass very well. She gives the grass water every day.

老師希望草常綠。如果很多人在草地上行走，草就不會保持常綠，草將會變成黃色或白色。老師把草照料得很好，她每天都給草澆水。

If the grass does not get enough water, it will not stay green. Then, the grass will not look good. It will look bad. If the grass does not get enough water, the grass will be yellow or white. The teacher doesn’t want that. The teacher thinks yellow or white grass is not so beautiful. She thinks only green grass is beautiful.

如果草沒有得到足夠的水，它就不會保持常綠。那麼，草就不好看了，草就會看起來會很糟糕。如果草沒有得到足夠的水，草就會變成黃色或白色。老師不想草變成那樣。老師認為黃色或白色的草沒有那麼好看，她認為只有綠草才漂亮。

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Pat and the teacher are in the teacher’s garden.

佩特和老師在老師的花園裡

Pat

Thank you for showing us your garden. I really like it. It’s beautiful!

Teacher

Thank you, Pat. Here, let me show you some of my new flowers. They are over there, near the kitchen.

Pat

Oh, yes. Look at that big yellow one. I really like that one.

Teacher

Do you? Well if you want, I can let you have some of my yellow flowers.

Pat

Really? Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. I will give them to my mommy. My mommy really likes flowers.

Teacher

If you really like my garden, why don’t you come here sometimes after school? You can come and help me look after my flowers.

Pat

Oh, yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. I’ll ask my mommy if she will let me come here tomorrow afternoon.

Teacher

Why don’t you come at five o’clock? If you come at five o’clock, we can work in the garden a little, and at six o’clock we can make dinner together. I can show you my new kitchen.

Pat

Oh, yes please. I’ll ask my mommy to let me come to your house at five o’clock tomorrow.

Teacher

Good. Now, let me finish showing some of the other children around my garden. You go home and ask your Mommy to let you come here tomorrow afternoon.

Pat

Yes, I will do that now. Goodbye, and thanks for letting me have some of your flowers.

Teacher

Goodbye, Pat. See you tomorrow.

佩特

謝謝您給我們展示你的花園。我真的很喜歡它，它很漂亮！

老師

謝謝你，佩特。嘿，讓我給你看一些我新栽種的花，在那邊，在廚房附近。

佩特

哦，好的。看那朵花又大又黃的，我真的很喜歡那朵。

老師

是嗎?如果你想要，我可以給你一些黃色的花。

佩特

真的嗎？噢，謝謝您，非常感謝。我會把它們送給我媽媽，我媽媽真的很喜歡花。

老師

如果你真的喜歡我的花園，你為什麼不在放學後到這兒來？你可以來幫我照看我的花。

佩特

噢，好的，謝謝您！非常感謝。我要問問我的媽媽明天下午她會不會讓我來這裡。

老師

你為什麼不在五點的時候來呢？如果你五點來，我們可以在花園裡幹一會兒活，六點我們就可以一起吃晚餐了。我可以給你看看我的新廚房。

佩特

噢，好的。我會徵得媽媽的同意，讓我明天下午五點到您家來。

老師

好，現在我要繼續帶其他孩子參觀我的花園了。你回家後，請你的媽媽讓你明天下午來這裡。

佩特

好的，我現在就去。再見，謝謝您給我花。

老師

再見，佩特，明天見。

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1. What is the teacher doing?

2. Are there any fruit trees in the garden?

3. What about flowers? Are there any flowers?

4. Who thinks the grass is beautiful?

5. Who thinks the flowers are beautiful?

6. Where are the teacher’s new flowers?

7. What will Pat ask her mommy?

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