21. Lee likes to pretend 李喜歡假裝

New Words 新單詞

piece

讀音：/piːs/

釋義：碎片，片段

noisy

讀音：/ˈ nɔɪ .zi/

釋義：吵鬧的，嘈雜的

of course 當然

bigger

讀音：/bɪ ɡə r/

釋義：更大的

smaller

讀音：/smɔ ːlə r/

釋義：更小的

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After Mommy took the candles off the birthday cake, she gave a piece of the cake to everyone in the room. All the children ate their cake quickly. After Pat’s cousins ate their first piece of cake, they asked Lee if he could bring them another piece.

媽媽從生日蛋糕上取出蠟燭後，她把一塊蛋糕給了房間裡的每一個人。 所有的孩子都吃地很快。 在佩特的表兄弟們吃了第一塊蛋糕之後，他們問李，可不可以再拿一塊蛋糕。

Pat’s cousins ate a lot of cake, but who do you think ate even more than they did? Tom, of course! Tom ate even more cake than Pat’s cousins. Tom ate the first piece of cake Lee gave him. Then he asked Lee to bring him another piece of cake.

佩特的表兄弟們吃了許多蛋糕，但是你覺得誰會比他們吃的還多？當然是湯姆！湯姆甚至比佩特的表兄弟們吃的還多。湯姆吃了李給他的第一塊蛋糕。然後他讓李多給他一塊蛋糕。

Then, Tom ate that piece, gave his plate back to Lee and asked him to bring him another piece of cake. Lee gave him another piece of cake and of course Tom ate that piece, too. Then, Tom ate even one more piece of cake. Tom ate four pieces of cake!

然後，湯姆吃了那塊蛋糕後他把餐盤給李，讓他再給自己一塊蛋糕。李又給了一塊蛋糕給他，湯姆當然又把它吃了。之後，湯姆又吃了不只一塊蛋糕。他吃了四塊蛋糕！

After the children finished eating the birthday cake, they all wanted to go and watch Pat open her birthday presents. All the children looked at Pat while she was taking the paper off her present. Pat had lots of presents so, of course, she was very excited.

在孩子們吃生日蛋糕的時候，他們都想看佩特拆開她的生日禮物。在佩特拆開包禮物的紙時，所有的孩子都看著佩特。佩特有許多禮物，當然，她很興奮。

Of course, not all the presents were big. Some of them were quite small. Some of the presents just had candy in them. Other presents were much bigger and more expensive.

當然，不是所有的禮物都很大。有一些禮物非常小。有些禮物僅僅只是糖果。也有其他更大更貴的禮物。

One of the presents was a big book. It was a big picture book all about parrots. That present was from Pat’s grandmother and grandfather. Pat was really pleased with that book, and she took it to show Mommy. Pat thinks that book will help her to look after her pet parrot.

有一個禮物是一本很大的書，是一本很大的寫鸚鵡的圖畫書。這本書是佩特的祖父母送的。佩特很滿意，她把這本書給媽媽看。佩特認為這本書對她照顧寵物鸚鵡有幫助。

Of course, that was not the only book Pat got as a birthday present. There were lots of other books, too. One of the other books was about rabbits. Do you think that book had pictures in it, too? Of course it did.

當然，那不是佩特收到的唯一一本書。還有很多人送她書。其中一本是講兔子的。你覺得那本書有圖片嗎？當然有。

That book had pictures of all kinds of rabbits. Some of the rabbits in the pictures were small, and some of them were much bigger. One of the pictures was really big, and all of the pictures were in color.

那本書有各種各樣的兔子。有些兔子很小，而有些則很大。其中一些圖片很大，所有的圖片都是彩色的。

There were more than seventeen or eighteen children in the living room, so of course it was very noisy. All the children were very excited to see Pat open all her presents. Mommy asked the children to try to not be so noisy.

十七八個孩子都在客廳，所以很吵鬧。所有的孩子都很興奮地看著佩特拆所有的禮物。媽媽讓孩子試著安靜一點。

Mommy wanted all the children to be quieter. She told the children that Pat’s grandmother has a headache. She told them that if they are quieter, Pat’s grandmother will come back into the living room.

媽媽想要所有孩子安靜些。她告訴孩子們佩特的外祖母頭痛。她說如果他們安靜了，帕蒂的外祖母才會回到客廳。

Mommy wants Grandmother to come back so she can see the present Mommy and Daddy are going to give Pat. That present is very big. It is really big! It is much bigger than all the other presents. All the children are very excited to learn what that present will be.

媽媽想外祖母回到客廳，因為這樣，外祖母就可以看到佩特的爸爸媽媽送給她的禮物了。他們送的禮物很大。真的很大！比其他禮物都大。所有孩子都很興奮地想看到那個禮物。

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Pat and Lee are speaking about the big present.

佩特和李在談論那個大型禮物。

Pat

Lee! Tell your friends not to be so noisy! They are all very noisy, and some of them are being naughty, too!

Lee

All right, I’ll go and speak to them. I don’t want Mommy to be angry.

Pat

Good. My friends are not noisy or naughty. It’s just your friends! If they can be quiet now, Mommy and Daddy will bring in my birthday present.

Lee

Oh, your birthday present. I already know what your birthday present is.

Pat

Do you? Is it good? Will I like it?

Lee

It’s not bad.

Pat

Was it expensive?

Lee

Of course it was expensive. Mommy and Daddy always buy you expensive presents.

Pat

They buy expensive presents for you, too.

Lee

No, they don’t. My presents are always smaller than your presents. Your presents are always bigger and more expensive than my presents.

Pat

Oh, Lee! You’re just angry because it’s my birthday today. You want it to be your birthday. You always want to have what I have.

Lee

No, I don’t.

Pat

Yes, you do.

Lee

No, I don’t. I don’t want your book about parrots.

Pat

Why not?

Lee

Because I’m not interested in parrots. I don’t want a book about pet parrots. I want a book about rats. I think pet rats are much more interesting than pet parrots.

Pat

Oh, Lee! Rats would make very bad pets! Nobody wants to have rats as pets!

Lee

Well, I do. Tell me Pat – what did you wish for while you were blowing out the candles? Can you tell me?

Pat

Of course I can’t. Nobody tells people what they wish for when they blow out the candles on their birthday cake.

Lee

That’s all right. I know already. I could see by the way you looked. I could see what you were wishing for.

Pat

No you couldn’t. You’re just pretending.

Lee

No, I’m not.

Pat

Yes, you are. You always like to pretend you know things you don’t. You just pretend – you don’t really know. And you don’t know what my birthday present is. You’re just pretending again.

佩特

李！告訴你的朋友不要那麼吵！他們都很吵，有些也很淘氣！

李

好吧，我會去和他們說話。我不想讓媽媽生氣。

佩特

好。我的朋友們沒有吵鬧或調皮這只是你的朋友！如果現在保持安靜，媽媽和爸爸會把生日禮物給我。

李

噢，你的生日禮物。我已經知道你的生日禮物是什麼了。

佩特

真的？禮物精美嗎？我會喜歡嗎？

李

不算太差。

佩特

貴嗎？

李

當然很貴。媽媽和爸爸總是給你買昂貴的禮物。

佩特

他們也為你買昂貴的禮物。

李

不，他們沒有。我的禮物總是比你的禮物小。你的禮物總是比我的禮物更大，更昂貴。

佩特

哦，李！你只是生氣，因為今天是我的生日。你想它成為你的生日。你總是想擁有我所擁有的東西。

李

不，不是。

佩特

是的，你是。

李

不，我不想要你那本寫鸚鵡的書。

佩特

為什麼不想要？

李

因為我對鸚鵡不感興趣，我不想要一本關於寵物鸚鵡的書。我想要一本關於老鼠的書。我認為寵物老鼠比寵物鸚鵡更有趣。

佩特

哦，李！大老鼠是非常糟糕的寵物！沒有人想要把老鼠當成寵物！

李

的確。告訴我佩特——你吹蠟燭時你許了什麼願望？你能告訴我嗎？

佩特

當然不能。人們在生日蛋糕上吹蠟燭時，是不會告訴他們許的願望的。

李

沒關係。我已經知道了，我看你的樣子就知道了，我知道你許的什麼願望。

佩特

不，你不知道。你只是假裝知道。

李

不，我沒有。

佩特

是的，你就是。你總是喜歡假裝你知道你不知道的東西。你只是假裝——你真的不知道。你不知道我的生日禮物是什麼。你只是又在假裝。

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Why did Mommy take the candles off the cake?

Who ate four pieces of cake?

What did Grandmother and Grandfather give Pat?

How many children are in the living room?

Where is Pat’s grandmother?

Are some of the children being naughty?

Did Lee say Pat’s present was expensive?

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