美語情景對話 第168期:女童子軍 Girl Scouts

When I was eight years old I went to Girl Scout camp with my best friend Lauren. It was for two weeks and it was in the middle of July so it was really hot. We had no air conditioning. We actually slept in tee-pees like the native Americans. It was a great time. Everyday we took swimming lessons. We went to arts and crafts. We had to help cook the meals. We made breakfast, lunch and dinner. We learned how to canoe, ride in a canoe, and we also, what did we do? We rode horses, too. We got to ride horses. At first, maybe the first three days, I was really homesick, and I cried and I wanted to go home but after one week I loved it and I didn't want to leave.

我8歲的時候和我最好的朋友勞倫一起參加了女童子軍夏令營。夏令營爲期兩週，因爲是在7月中旬，所以非常熱。我們沒有空調。實際上我們像美國土著民一樣住在印第安帳篷裏。那是段很愉快的時光。每天我們都會上游泳課。我們學習藝術和手工藝。我們還要幫忙做飯。我們會準備早餐、午餐和晚餐。我們學習瞭如何劃獨木舟，我們還做了什麼？我們還騎了馬。我們去騎馬了。剛開始，可能是前三天，我真的非常想家，我經常哭泣，想要回家，可是一週以後，我喜歡上了這裏，我一點也不想走了。

重點講解：

1. take lessons
上課；學習；
eg. They take English lessons five times a week .
他們一週上五節英語課。
eg. But he decided to take lessons to get his own licence.
但是最終他還是決定自己學習駕駛並取得飛行執照。
2. help (to) do sth.
幫助做某事；
eg. He has helped to raise a lot of money.
他幫着籌集了很多錢。
eg. My mum used to help cook the meals for the children.
我媽媽過去常幫忙給孩子做飯。