12. Dinner will be really good! 晚餐會真的好吃！

New Words新單詞

sick (adj.)

讀音：[sɪk]

釋義：噁心的；不舒服的，生病的

start (v.+ n.)

讀音：[stɑː(r)t]

釋義：使……開始；開始

first (adv.)

讀音：[fɜː(r)st]

釋義：第一；最初；首先

Pardon? (int.)

讀音：['pɑː(r)d(ə)n]

釋義：（請求別人）再說一遍好嗎？

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Lee is not with his sister this afternoon. Lee is not very well – he is sick. When children are sick, they do not go to school, and they do not go out to play with other children. Lee has to stay at home this afternoon. Mommy will not let Lee go out to play. She will make Lee stay in the house so she can look after him.

今天下午李沒有和他的妹妹在一起。李的身體不舒服——他生病了。當孩子們生病時，他們不去學校，也不出門和其他孩子一起玩。李今天下午必須待在家裡。媽媽不會讓李出門玩，她會讓李留在房子裡，這樣她就可以照顧他。

Pat is not at home this afternoon. She is at the teacher’s house. Pat and her teacher are in the teacher’s kitchen. Pat is going to help the teacher make dinner. The teacher has everything ready. Everything is on the kitchen table. There are five eggs and two big fish. There are some vegetables. There is some rice and there is a little meat.

佩特今天下午不在家，她在老師的房子裡。佩特和她的老師在老師的廚房裡，佩特要幫助老師做晚餐。老師準備好了一切，所有東西都在廚房的桌子上，有五個雞蛋和兩條大魚，有一些蔬菜，有一些米飯和一點兒肉。

Everything is ready, so Pat and the teacher can start now. They can start making dinner. First, the teacher asks Pat to give her two eggs. Then, she asks for the fish and a little meat. Pat is happy to help the teacher. She can listen to and watch the teacher. Pat wants to listen and watch so she can learn how the teacher makes dinner.

所有東西都準備好了，所以佩特和老師現在就可以動手了。她們可以開始做晚餐了。首先，老師叫佩特給她兩個雞蛋。然後，她要了魚和一點兒肉。佩特很開心能幫助老師，她可以邊聽老師講邊看老師做。佩特想要邊聽邊看，這樣她可以瞭解老師怎樣做晚餐。

Sometimes, Pat asks the teacher questions about what the teacher is doing. The teacher always answers Pat’s questions. The teacher answers Pat’s questions and shows her what to do in the kitchen.

有時，佩特問老師她在幹什麼，老師總會回答佩特的問題。老師回答佩特的問題，給她看看在廚房裡要做些什麼。

The teacher says, “Let me show you. First, you do this. Then, you get the meat and put it in here. After that, you take the fish. You take the fish and put it with these eggs. Then, you put everything together. Now, we have to wait a little. We have to wait for everything to be ready. When everything is ready, we can take the food into the living room and start to eat.” Pat is watching carefully and listening to the teacher. Pat is learning a lot today.

老師說：“讓我給你示範。首先，你做這個。然後，你拿到肉並把它放進這裡。在那之後，你把魚拿過來。你拿著魚，把它和雞蛋放一起。然後，你把所有的東西放在一起。現在，我們得等一會兒。我們要等全部食材都煮熟。當一切都完成以後，我們可以把食物拿到客廳開始吃啦。”佩特仔細地看著，聽老師講解。佩特今天學到了很多。

Now, dinner is ready. Pat and the teacher are taking everything into the living room. They are going to eat dinner together in the living room. Pat and the teacher put everything on the living room table. Now, everything is ready, and Pat and the teacher sit down on their chairs. Now, they can speak a little and then they can start to eat.

現在，晚餐已經準備好了。佩特和老師把所有東西都拿到客廳。他們要在客廳裡一起吃晚餐。佩特和老師把全部東西放在客廳的桌子上。現在，一切準備完成，佩特和老師坐在她們的椅子上。現在，她們可以聊一會兒，然後她們可以開始吃飯了。

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Pat and the teacher are having dinner.

佩特和老師在吃晚餐

Pat

It was a lot of fun in your kitchen this afternoon.

Teacher

Was it? Why? Why was it a lot of fun?

Pat

Because I really like to learn how to work in the kitchen. I like to help you, and I like you to show me what to do.

Teacher

Good, Pat. You are a good girl. You are very clever, and you know how to work. You work very well. You work very well at school, and you work very well in the kitchen, too.

Pat

Thank you. Thank you very much. Dinner is ready now, isn’t it? Can we start eating?

Teacher

Pardon? Would you say that again please?

Pat

Can we start dinner now?

Teacher

Oh, yes we can. Everything is ready so we can start. Oh, what would you like to drink? You can have orange juice, water or milk.

Pat

Milk please. I like to drink milk when I have dinner.

Teacher

Pardon?

Pat

Milk please.

Teacher

Here you are. Here is some milk for you, and some water for me.

Pat

Thank you. This food looks very good. When I get home, I will tell my Mommy all about it.

Teacher

Well, first you have to eat the food. Then you can say if it was good or not.

Pat

Oh, I know it will be good. I know this food is going to be really, really good!

佩特

今天下午在您的廚房裡充滿了樂趣。

老師

是嗎？為什麼呢？為什麼你覺得充滿了樂趣？

佩特

因為我真的很喜歡學習怎麼在廚房裡幹活。我喜歡幫您，喜歡聽您告訴我要做些什麼。

老師

很好，佩特。你真是個好孩子。你很聰明，你知道該怎麼做，你做得很好。你在學校表現很好，你在廚房裡表現得也很棒。

佩特

謝謝，非常感謝您。晚餐已經做好了，不是嗎？我們可以開始吃了嗎？

老師

再說一遍好嗎？你可以把那句話再說一遍嗎？

佩特

現在我們可以開始吃晚餐了嗎？

老師

噢，可以。所有東西都做好了，我們可以開始了。呃，你想要喝點什麼？你可以選橙汁、水或者牛奶。

佩特

牛奶，我喜歡在晚餐的時候喝牛奶。

老師

再說一遍好嗎？

佩特

牛奶。

老師

給你，這兒有給你準備的牛奶，還有給我自己準備的水。

佩特

謝謝您，這些食物看起來很不錯，我到家的時候會告訴我媽媽。

老師

嗯，首先你得嘗一下這些食物，然後你才能評價它們好吃還是不好吃。

佩特

噢，我知道它們會很好吃，我知道這些食物一定很美味！

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1. Why does Lee have to stay at home today?

2. What does the teacher ask Pat to give her first?

3. Is there any rice?

4. When can they start to eat?

5. Are there any eggs?

6. What do Pat and the teacher want to drink?

7. What will Pat do when she gets home?

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