6. How about the pet shop? 寵物店怎麼樣？

New Words新單詞

wanted v. ( want 的過去式和過去分詞 )

讀音： [' wɒntɪd ]

釋義： 打算，想要（動詞）

looked at

讀音：  [ lukt æt ]

釋義：看

liked v. （ like 的過去式和過去分詞）

讀音： [laikt]

釋義：喜歡（動詞）

cheap adj.

讀音： [ tʃi:p ]

釋義：便宜的（形容詞）

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Now, it is six o’clock and the children are home from the pet shop. They went there because Daddy wanted to buy some pets for his children. Both Lee and Pat think the pet shop was very interesting.

現在六點了，孩子們從寵物店回到家。今天，他們去寵物店是因為爸爸打算給他的孩子們買寵物。李和佩特都認為寵物店很有趣。

Lee wanted Daddy to buy him a snake, but that shop didn’t have any snakes. That shop doesn’t sell snakes. Pat thinks it is a good thing Lee could not get a snake. Pat and her mommy really don’t like snakes, and they really would not like to have a snake in the house.

李打算讓爸爸給他買一條蛇，但是店裡沒有蛇。這家寵物店不賣蛇。佩特想李沒有買到蛇真是太好了。她和媽媽都不喜歡蛇，她們非常不喜歡在家裡養一條蛇。

Lee wanted to get a pet rat too, but that shop doesn’t sell rats. It does not sell rats because nobody wants to have a rat as a pet. Only Lee would like to have a rat or a snake as a pet.

李還打算買一隻寵物鼠，但是這家寵物店也不賣老鼠。這家店不賣老鼠，因為沒有人想要買一隻老鼠做寵物。只有李想要養一隻老鼠或蛇做寵物。

Pat didn’t want a rat or a snake. She doesn’t like rats or snakes. In the pet shop, Pat looked at all the animals. First, she looked at some rabbits. Pat liked the rabbits. Some of the rabbits were big and some were small. The small rabbits were not expensive. Those small rabbits were cheap.

佩特不想要老鼠或蛇。她不喜歡老鼠和蛇。在寵物店，佩特看了所有的動物。首先，她看見幾只兔子。佩特喜歡兔子。有些兔子大，有些兔子小。小兔子賣得不貴。那些小兔子都很便宜。

Then, Pat looked at some fish. The fish were cheap too, but Pat didn’t like the fish very much. After she looked at the rabbits and the fish, Pat looked at some birds. There were a lot of birds in the pet shop. Pat really liked the parrots, but those birds were not cheap. The parrots were very expensive.

然後，佩特還看見一些魚。魚也很便宜，但是佩特不喜歡魚。在她看見兔子和魚後，佩特看見一些鳥。寵物店裡有許多鳥。佩特非常喜歡鸚鵡，但是那些鳥並不便宜。鸚鵡是非常貴的。

Pat really wanted to get a parrot, but she did not ask Daddy to buy one for her. She did not ask Daddy to buy her a parrot because parrots are so expensive. Pat looked at the parrots for a long time. They were very interesting and some of them could speak a little English. Pat really liked the parrots that could speak.

佩特非常想要一隻鸚鵡，但是她沒有要求爸爸給她買。她不想讓爸爸給她買一隻鸚鵡，因為它們太貴了。佩特看著鸚鵡很長時間。它們非常有趣，還有一些會說幾句英語。佩特喜歡那些會說話的鸚鵡。

Daddy always knows what Pat likes and what she wants. He knows Pat likes birds. He knows that Pat thinks that birds which can speak are very interesting. Daddy bought one of the parrots for Pat. He bought her a black, green and white parrot.

爸爸總是知道佩特喜歡什麼，想要什麼。他知道佩特喜歡鳥。他知道佩特認為那些會說話的鳥非常有趣。爸爸為佩特買了一隻鸚鵡。他給佩特買了一隻黑綠白相間的鸚鵡。

That parrot was not cheap. It was expensive, but Daddy bought it for Pat because he could see that she really wanted it. Pat was very happy with her parrot. She was very happy with her daddy, too!

鸚鵡並不便宜。它價錢貴，但是爸爸還是買給了佩特，因為他能看出她非常想要一隻。佩特和鸚鵡在一起非常開心。她和爸爸在一起也非常開心！

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Mommy and Pat are speaking about the pet shop

媽媽和佩特在談論寵物店

Mommy

Where did you go after school today, Pat?

Pat

I went to a pet shop. I went there with Daddy and Lee.

Mommy

Really? Was it interesting? What did you see there?

Pat

There were lots of interesting animals in the pet shop. Lee and I looked at all the animals in the shop.

Mommy

Did you buy any?

Pat

Yes, we did.

Mommy

What did you buy? And please don’t tell me Lee bought a pet snake!

Pat

No, Mommy. Lee didn’t buy a snake. They didn’t have any snakes. Lee wanted to buy a pet rat, but the shop didn’t have any rats, so Lee looked at some of the other animals.

Mommy

Which other animals did he look at?

Pat

He looked at rabbits, cats, dogs, birds and fish.

Mommy

And which ones did he like?

Pat

He liked the dogs, but we didn’t buy a dog. We have a dog already.

Mommy

What about you? Which animals did you like?

Pat

Oh, I liked the birds. And I really liked the parrots. Some of those parrots can speak.

Mommy

So which pets did Daddy buy for you?

Pat

He bought a parrot for me, and he bought some fish for Lee.

Mommy

Really? Were they expensive? I think parrots that can speak cannot be cheap.

Pat

That’s right. The parrot was expensive, but the fish were not. The fish were cheap.

Mommy

I see. Well, now you will have to learn how to look after your new pets, won’t you?

Pat

Yes, I know. I’m going to look after my pet parrot very well, and every day I’m going to try to teach it to speak more English.

媽媽

今天放學後你去了哪裡，佩特？

佩特

我去了寵物店。我和爸爸還有李一起去的。

媽媽

是嗎？好玩嗎？在那裡你看見了什麼？

佩特

寵物店有許多有趣的動物。李和我了寵物店所有的動物。

媽媽

你們買什麼了嗎？

佩特

是的，我們買了。

媽媽

你們買了什麼？請別告訴我李買了一條寵物蛇！

佩特

沒有，媽媽。李沒有買蛇。他們沒有蛇。李還想買一隻寵物老鼠，但是店裡也沒有老鼠，所以李看了其他的動物。

媽媽

那他看了什麼動物？

佩特

他看了兔子、貓、狗、鳥和魚。

媽媽

那他喜歡哪個？

佩特

他喜歡狗，但是我們不想買狗，我們已經有一隻了。

媽媽

那你呢？你喜歡什麼動物？

佩特

啊，我喜歡鳥。我喜歡鸚鵡。那些鸚鵡能說話。

媽媽

那你爸爸給你們買了什麼寵物？

佩特

他給我買了一隻鸚鵡，給李買了幾條魚。

媽媽

是嗎？它們貴嗎？我想會說話的鸚鵡可不便宜。

佩特

是的。鸚鵡很貴，但是魚不貴。那些魚便宜。

媽媽

我知道了。那麼，你們現在要學會如何照顧你們的新寵物了，不是嗎？

佩特

是的，我知道。我會好好照顧我的寵物鸚鵡，我還打算每天嘗試教它說英語。

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1. Which animals did Lee want to get?

2. Did he get them?

3. What did Pat look at first?

4. Which pets were cheap?

5. Which pets did Pat like?

6. Were those pets cheap or expensive?

7. Why was Pat happy with Daddy?

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