1. All About Animals關於動物

New Words新單詞

wild (adj + n)

讀音：[waɪld]

釋義：野生的；荒野（形容詞、名詞）

dangerous

讀音：[ˈdeɪndʒərəs]

釋義：危險的

place

讀音：[pleɪs]

釋義：地方

studied

讀音：[ˈstʌdid]

釋義：學習，研究（study的過去式和過去分詞）

How long… ?

讀音：[haulɔŋ]

釋義：多久……？多長……？

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Do you know how many different kinds of animals there are in the world? There are so many different kinds of animals in the world that we cannot count them all.

你知道世界上有多少不同種類的動物嗎？世界上不同種類的動物多得我們數不完。

We know the names of some animals, don’t we? We know the names of some animals people like to look after as pets. Those are animals like dogs, cats, fish, rabbits and parrots.

我們知道一些動物的名稱，是嗎？人們喜歡把一些動物當作寵物照顧，我們知道它們的名稱。那些動物有狗、貓、魚、兔子和鸚鵡。

We know the names of some farm animals, too. Those are animals like cows, chickens and ducks.

我們也知道一些農場動物的名稱。那些動物有牛、雞和鴨。

We also know the names of some kinds of wild animals like tigers, snakes, rats, monkeys and elephants. Sometimes, we can see those animals in a zoo. We have to be careful when we are near wild animals because some of them can be dangerous.

我們還知道一些野生動物的名稱，比如老虎、蛇、老鼠、猴子和大象。有時候，我們能在動物園看到那些動物。當我們靠近野生動物時我們得小心，因為它們有些很危險。

In this book, we will learn about many of the different kinds of animals. We cannot learn about all the animals in the world – there are too many of them. But we can learn about some of them.

在這本書裡，我們將學習許多不同種類的動物。我們不可能學習世界上的所有動物——它們太多了。但是我們能學習其中一些動物。

We will study what the different animals like to eat. We will learn where in the world the different animals live and which places they like to go. We will also learn how many young the different animals have and how long they live. We will learn about which animals are dangerous and which ones are not.

我們將學習不同的動物喜歡吃什麼。我們將學習不同的動物生活在世界上的哪些地方以及它們喜歡去哪些地方。我們還將學習不同的動物繁衍幼崽的數量以及它們的壽命。我們將學習哪些動物是危險的，哪些是不危險的。

We are going to study animals with our friends – Lee, Pat and Tom. Lee, Pat and Tom are in their classroom now. They are waiting for their teacher. Pat is sitting in her place near the front of the classroom. Lee is sitting in his place next to his friend, Tom.

我們將跟隨我們的朋友李、佩特和湯姆一起學習動物。李、佩特和湯姆現在正在教室裡。他們在等他們的老師。佩特坐在她的座位上，她的座位靠近教室的前排。李坐在他的座位上，旁邊是他的朋友湯姆。

All the children are excited today because they really want to hear the teacher speak about animals. They want to see the pictures she has to show them, too. Everybody thinks today will be very interesting.

所有的孩子們今天都很興奮，因為他們很想聽老師講解動物。他們還想看老師給他們展示圖片。每個人都認為今天會非常有趣。

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Lee and Tom are talking about animals

李和湯姆正在談論動物

Lee

Which animals do you want to learn about, Tom?

Tom

I want to learn about dangerous animals like tigers and snakes.

Lee

So do I. I’m more interested in wild animals than farm animals or pets.

Tom

Yes. Wild animals are more interesting, aren’t they?

Lee

And I want to learn about rats, too.

Tom

Rats?

Lee

Yes. I want to learn everything about rats. I want to learn what they eat, the places they go to, how long they live – everything!

Tom

Why are you so interested in rats? Nobody likes rats!

Lee

Well I do. Out of all the animals in the world, I think rats are the most interesting – rats and snakes.

Tom

Snakes too?

Lee

Yes. I like to talk to my sister about rats and snakes.

Tom

Why?

Lee

Because she doesn’t like them, and she really doesn’t like it when I talk about them.

Tom

Why not?

Lee

Because she doesn’t like dangerous or dirty animals.

Tom

You’re not very nice to your sister, are you?

Lee

No, I’m not. I’m not nice to her because she’s not nice to me.

李

你想學習哪些動物呢，湯姆？

湯姆

我想學習危險的動物，比如老虎和蛇。

李

我也是。和農場動物或寵物相比，我對野生動物更感興趣。

湯姆

是啊。野生動物更有趣，不是嗎？

李

我還想學習老鼠。

湯姆

老鼠？

李

是的。我想知道關於老鼠的所有知識。我想知道老鼠吃什麼，它們去哪些地方，它們活多久——所有知識！

湯姆

你為什麼對老鼠感興趣？沒人喜歡老鼠！

李

我喜歡。在世界上所有的動物當中，我覺得老鼠最有趣——老鼠和蛇。

湯姆

還有蛇？

李

是啊。我喜歡跟我妹妹談論老鼠和蛇。

湯姆

為什麼？

李

因為她不喜歡它們，她很不喜歡我談論它們。

湯姆

為什麼不呢？

李

因為她不喜歡危險或骯髒的動物。

湯姆

你對你妹妹不太友好，是嗎？

李

是。我對她不友好是因為她對我不友好。

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Questions

1. Can we count all the different kinds of animals?

2. Which kinds of animals are sometimes dangerous?

3. Who will we study with?

4. Where is Pat sitting?

5. Why are the children excited?

6. Which animals does Lee want to study?

7. What about you?

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