22. Everything is so new! 所有東西都是如此新！

New Words 新單詞

like(adj.) = the same as

讀音：[laɪk]= [ðə] [seɪm] [əz]

釋義：與……一樣

grow(v.) / growing(grow的現在分詞)

讀音：[grəʊ]/ ['ɡrəʊɪŋ]

釋義：生長；種植

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This Sunday morning, everybody is at Auntie and Uncle’s house. Mommy and Daddy both like that house. That house is so new and big! It is not like Mommy and Daddy’s house. Mommy and Daddy’s house is old now, and it is not so big. Mommy really likes Auntie’s kitchen. Everything in Auntie’s kitchen is so new and so easy to use!

這個星期天上午，大家都在阿姨和叔叔的家。媽媽和爸爸都喜歡那棟房子，那棟房子很新很大！它和媽媽爸爸的房子不一樣。媽媽和爸爸的房子現在老舊了，也沒有這麼大。媽媽很喜歡阿姨的廚房。在阿姨的廚房裡，所有東西都是如此新，而且使用起來非常方便！

Daddy really likes Uncle’s garden. It is not like Daddy’s garden at home. Uncle’s garden is so big and so beautiful! There are so many flowers in Uncle’s garden. Daddy would like to have a garden like that. Daddy would like to grow more flowers. He would like to grow more flowers like the flowers in Uncle’s garden.

爸爸很喜歡叔叔的花園，那花園和爸爸在家裡的花園不一樣。叔叔的花園很大很漂亮！叔叔的花園裡有很多花，爸爸想要一個那樣的花園。爸爸想要多栽些鮮花。他想要種更多的花，和叔叔花園裡種的一樣的花。

Both Lee and Pat like the house and garden, too. Pat really likes Auntie’s bathroom. It is not like the bathroom at home. Auntie’s bathroom is so new, so big and so clean! Pat would really like to have a bathroom like Auntie’s.

李和佩特也喜歡那棟房子和那個花園。佩特很喜歡阿姨的衛生間，那和家裡的衛生間不一樣。阿姨的衛生間很新，那麼大又那麼幹淨！佩特很想有一個和阿姨一樣的衛生間。

Lee really likes Uncle’s computer. He thinks computers are really interesting. Lee would like to have a computer like Uncle’s. Daddy says he will get Lee a computer later. He says Lee can have a computer when he is ten years old. Lee will be ten years old next year.

李很喜歡叔叔的電腦，他覺得電腦很有趣。李想有一臺和叔叔一樣的電腦。爸爸說他以後會給李一臺電腦，他說李十歲的時候就可以有一臺電腦了。李明年就十歲了。

Now, everybody is walking around the garden. There are so many things to look at in the garden. There are fruit trees growing in the garden, and there are lots of beautiful flowers growing there, too. Mommy is looking for some flowers to take home. Mommy likes the same things as Daddy. They both like gardens and they both like to grow flowers.

現在，大家在花園周圍散步。花園裡有很多東西可以看，花園裡長有果樹，也長有很多漂亮的花。媽媽正找些花帶回家。媽媽和爸爸喜歡同樣的東西。他們都喜歡花園，都喜歡栽花。

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Mommy and Uncle are speaking about the garden.

媽媽和叔叔在談論花園

Mommy

Your garden is so beautiful! Those flowers have so many colors!

Uncle

Thank you. We have to do so much work to keep our garden looking like this. We always work in the garden on Saturdays and Sundays.

Mommy

I really like these pink and white flowers here. Can you tell me something about them?

Uncle

Well, there flowers don’t grow very well when it’s hot. They are not very easy to look after. We have to give them a lot of water every day. We always water those flowers in the afternoon.

Mommy

Oh, that’s right, isn’t it? On hot days, we should always water flowers in the afternoon.

Uncle

That’s right. On hot days, we should not water the flowers in the morning. That’s not so good.

Mommy

What about those fruit trees over there near the kitchen door? I would like to have some fruit trees like those. Can you tell me something about those trees?

Uncle

What would you like to know?

Mommy

Well, how long do they take to grow? How long is it before you can take their fruit and eat it?

Uncle

Not very long. Only three or four years. Those trees don’t take very long to grow, and they are very easy to look after. They will have fruit very soon now. I think they will have fruit next year.

Mommy

Really? What about these apple trees over here? How long do they take to grow? How long will it be before you can eat apples from these trees?

Uncle

Oh, these apple trees take a long time to grow. It will be eleven or twelve years before we can eat apples from these trees.

Mommy

Eleven or twelve years! That’s a long time, isn’t it?

Uncle

Yes, it is a long time. But that’s all right. We can wait eleven or twelve years. We are going to live in this house for a long time.

媽媽

你的花園真的很漂亮！那些花有很多顏色！

叔叔

謝謝。我們要花很多功夫才能讓花園變成這樣。我們週六和週日總是在花園裡幹活。

媽媽

我很喜歡這裡這些粉紅色和白色的花。你可以跟我講講它們嗎？

叔叔

呃，天氣熱的時候，花的長勢並不好，照料起來不是很簡單。我們每天要給它們澆大量的水，我們總是在下午給花兒們澆水。

媽媽

噢，這樣才對，是吧？天氣熱的時候，我們應該總在下午給花兒們澆水。

叔叔

是的。在炎熱的天氣裡，我們不應該在上午給花兒們澆水。那樣不是很好。

媽媽

那邊廚房大門附近的果樹是怎樣的？我想要種一些像那樣的果樹。你可以跟我講講那些樹嗎？

叔叔

你想了解些什麼？

媽媽

嗯，它們生長需要多長時間？要多久你才可以摘果子吃？

叔叔

不用太久，只要三四年。那些樹的生長不需要太長時間，照料起來也很簡單。現在它們很快就會結果了，我覺得它們明年就會結果了。

媽媽

是嗎？那麼那邊的蘋果樹怎麼樣？它們生長需要多長時間？要多久你才可以吃到這些樹上的蘋果？

叔叔

呃，這些蘋果樹的生長需要很長的時間。十一二年後，我們才可以吃到這些樹上的蘋果。

媽媽

十一二年！時間太長了，是吧。

叔叔

是的，很長的一段時間。不過沒有關係，我們可以等上十一二年。我們會在這個房子裡住很久。

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1. What would Mommy like to have?

2. What would Daddy like to grow?

3. What would Pat like to have?

4. When will Lee be ten years old?

5. What do Mommy and Daddy both like?

6. How long do apple trees take to grow?

7. Does Mommy think that is a long time?

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