22. Don’t spend too much money! 別花太多錢！

New words新單詞

glass

讀音：[gl ɑ :s ]

釋義：玻璃杯

plate

讀音：[[ple ɪ t ]

釋義：盤子

wall

讀音：[w ɔ :l ]

釋義：牆

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Now, Lee is eating his yellow ice-cream. He wants to finish it quickly. When he finishes this ice-cream, he’s going to ask Uncle if he can have another one. Lee knows Uncle has a lot of money and that he is happy to spend his money on children.

現在，李正在吃黃色的冰淇淋。他想快點吃完。他吃完這個冰淇淋的時候，他就會去問姨夫他能不能再吃一個。李知道姨夫有很多錢，而且他很樂意給孩子們花錢。

Pat isn’t eating an ice-cream. She is drinking a glass of orange-juice. When she finishes this glass of orange-juice, she will put her glass down on the table and ask if she can go to the bathroom.

佩特沒有吃冰淇淋。她在喝一杯橙汁。喝完這杯橙汁，她就會把杯子放到桌子上，然後詢問是否可以去洗手間。

Daddy is trying to finish his lunch. He wants to eat up everything on his plate so he can have some ice-cream, too. There are still some vegetables on Daddy’s plate. Daddy wants to finish his vegetable quickly. He wants to finish them quickly because he is remembering that his mommy always told him to finish all his vegetables. She always said, “You can’t have any ice-cream until you eat up everything on your plate!”

爸爸正在努力吃完他的午餐。他想把他盤子裡的東西都吃完，這樣他也能吃冰淇淋了。爸爸的盤子裡還有一些蔬菜。爸爸想快點吃完他的蔬菜。他想要快點吃完因為他記得他的媽媽總是告訴他要吃完所有的蔬菜。她總是說：“你要是吃不完盤子裡的蔬菜就不能吃冰淇淋！”

Auntie is not eating now. She ate everything on her plate and gave it to the man who works in the restaurant. Now, Auntie is looking around the restaurant. She is looking at the walls. On one of the walls, there is a beautiful picture of some birds. The birds are sitting in trees. One of the birds is a parrot like Pat’s pet parrot. That parrot looks like it is talking to the other birds.

姨媽沒有在吃東西。她已經吃完了她盤子裡的東西，而且已經把盤子給餐廳裡的服務員了。現在，姨媽正四處看著這家餐廳。她正盯著四周的牆看。一面牆上有畫，畫上有幾隻漂亮的鳥。鳥兒棲在樹上。其中一隻鳥是鸚鵡，長得像佩特的寵物鸚鵡。那隻鸚鵡看上去正在和其他鳥兒聊天。

There is another picture on that wall. That picture is of three or four rabbits playing together on some grass. When Auntie was a young girl, she liked to draw pictures of rabbits like those. Auntie was very good at drawing when she was young. She was better than all the other children in her class. Sometimes, Auntie’s teacher let her draw pictures on the whiteboard for the other children to look at.

牆上還有一幅畫。畫上是三四隻兔子正在草地上一起玩耍。當姨媽還是個小女孩時，她喜歡畫像那樣的兔子。姨媽小時候很擅長畫畫。她比她班上其他孩子都畫得好。有時候，姨媽的老師會讓她在白板上畫畫給其他孩子們看。

Now, Mommy is eating some bread. Mommy likes that bread. That bread is like the very nice bread she bought and gave to her sister. When Mommy finishes her bread, she’s going to ask for a glass of water. She wants to ask for water because she knows that water is not too expensive. Mommy doesn’t want Uncle to spend too much money in the restaurant. Mommy always tries to get Uncle to be more careful about money.

現在，媽媽正在吃麵包。媽媽喜歡那種麵包。那種麵包就像她買來給她姐姐的麵包。媽媽吃完麵包了就會去要一杯水。她想要水是因為她知道水沒那麼貴。媽媽不想姨夫在這家餐廳裡花太多錢。媽媽總是想讓姨夫省錢一些。

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Uncle and Mommy are talking about the restaurant

姨夫和媽媽在談論這家餐廳

Uncle

How about your lunch? Was it okay?

Mommy

Oh, yes. It was very good, thank you.

Uncle

Oh, good. Tell me, what do you think of this restaurant?

Mommy

It’s very nice. I really like the pictures on the wall over there. They’re beautiful!

Uncle

Which pictures? Where?

Mommy

Those ones. Over there on that wall, near the window.

Uncle

Oh, yes. They are very good, aren’t they?

Mommy

I saw some pictures like those in a shop yesterday. I wanted to buy one of them, but it was too expensive.

Uncle

Yes, it’s difficult to find cheap pictures these days. Everything is expensive these days.

Mommy

I know. Last year, things were not so expensive, but this year is different. This year, everything is expensive.

Uncle

That’s right, and I know you really don’t like spending too much money.

Mommy

I only want to spend money on things we really need. Shouldn’t we be going home now? It’s half-past one already.

Uncle

It’s okay. This restaurant doesn’t close until three o’clock at lunchtime, and it sometimes stays open later than that.

Mommy

Does it?

Uncle

Yes. How about something more to drink? What would you like? How about a nice glass of orange-juice? They have very good orange-juice here.

Mommy

Oh, no thanks. Water is okay. I’ll have another glass of water, please.

Uncle

All right. Here, let me get you another plate of bread. I know you like this kind of bread.

Mommy

Oh, no thanks. I really don’t want any more.

Uncle

How about ice-cream? Would you like some ice-cream?

Mommy

No, thank you.

Uncle

Well, if nobody wants any more, I’d better drive everybody back to our house.

Mommy

Good! Let’s go back right now, so you don’t spend any more money!

姨夫

覺得午餐怎麼樣？還好嗎？

媽媽

噢，是的。非常棒，謝謝。

姨夫

噢，很好。告訴我，你覺得這家餐廳怎麼樣？

媽媽

非常好。我真的很喜歡牆上的那些畫。它們非常漂亮！

姨夫

什麼畫？在哪裡？

媽媽

那些。在那邊的牆上，挨著窗戶的。

姨夫

噢，是的。它們很漂亮，不是嗎？

媽媽

我昨天在一家商店裡看到了幾幅類似的畫。我想買一幅，但是太貴了。

姨夫

是的，現在很難找到便宜的畫了。最近什麼都很貴。

媽媽

我知道。去年，東西都還沒這麼貴，但是今年不同。今年，什麼東西都很貴。

姨夫

沒錯，我知道你真的不喜歡花太多錢。

媽媽

我只想把錢花在刀刃上。我們現在該回家了吧？已經一點半了。

爸爸

沒事。這家餐廳午餐時間到三點才關門，有時候稍晚時間還開門。

媽媽

是嗎？

姨夫

是的。再叫點東西喝吧？你想喝什麼？一杯橙汁怎麼樣？他們的橙汁很好喝。

媽媽

噢，不用了，謝謝。水就好了。麻煩我再要一杯水。

姨夫

好吧。我再幫你要一盤面包吧。我知道你喜歡這種麵包。

媽媽

噢，不用了謝謝。我真的吃不下了。

姨夫

冰淇淋怎麼樣？你想來點冰淇淋嗎？

媽媽

不用，謝謝你。

姨夫

好吧，要是大家已經吃好了，我最好還是開車送大家回家。

媽媽

很好！我們現在就會去吧，這樣你就不會再花錢了！

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1. Is Pat drinking a glass of water, or is she drinking a glass of orange-juice?

2. Who still has some vegetables on his plate?

3. Where are the pictures?

4. When was Auntie good at drawing?

5. Does the restaurant close at two o’clock?

6. Why does Mommy want to drink water?

7. Would Mommy like to have some ice-cream?

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