英語口語大贏家Topic119:照顧老人Caring For The Old

丹尼爾今天放學回家特別早，看到媽媽正在做飯，覺得奇怪，因爲平時媽媽做飯可沒有那麼早。這到底是怎麼回事呢？

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Daniel: Mom, I'm starving.

Shirley: Here are some biscuits. Why are you back so early today?

Daniel: My teacher had a sudden stomachache, so the class was cut shot. You?

Shirley: Me what?

Daniel: You are cooking at least two hours earlier than the usual.

Shirley: It's not for us.

Daniel: Then it's for Dad, isn't it? It's so unfair!

Shirley: Don't be a smarty-pants. It's for Grandma Wang.

Daniel: What was that again?

Shirley: It's for Grandma Wang. She is sick and her only daughter went abroad weeks ago. So she needs our help.

Daniel: I'm sorry, I didn't know that. But I wanna help.

Shirley: Umm, let me think for a moment. We can meet her together after I finish cooking.

Daniel: I'll get knee to knee with her.

Shirley: Good boy. I can only imagine how happy she will be to see you.

聽看學

丹尼爾：媽媽，我餓死了。

雪莉：這有些餅乾。你今天怎麼回來這麼早？

丹尼爾：老師突然胃疼，所以課提前結束了。你呢？

雪莉：我什麼？

丹尼爾：你做飯至少比平時早兩個小時。

雪莉：不是給我們的。

丹尼爾：你是給爸爸做的吧？不公平！

雪莉：別自作聰明瞭。是給王奶奶準備的。

丹尼爾：你再說一遍是什麼？（我剛纔沒有聽清楚）

雪莉：這是給王奶奶準備的。她病了，她女兒又在幾周前出國了，她需要我們的幫助。

丹尼爾：對不起，我不知道。我也要幫忙。

雪莉：嗯，我想一下（看你要怎麼做）。等我做完飯我們可以一起去看望她。

丹尼爾：我要和她好好地坐一起（聊天）。

雪莉：好孩子。我可以想象她見到你一定特別高興。

經典背誦 Recitation

Daniel: I am starving each time I come back home after school. My Mom would always give me some bland biscuits to deal with it. I think if it was Daddy she would probably cook for him which is really unfair. So maybe I'd better learn how to cook for myself, or get a wife.

生詞小結

starving adj. 飢餓的

biscuit n. 餅乾

sudden adj. 突然的

stomachache n. 胃疼

cut short 縮短

at least 至少

abroad adv. 一起

knee n. 膝蓋

註釋

Don't be a smarty-pants

不要當一條自作聰明的褲子。意思是不要自以爲是，是英文中的擬人手法。

I'll get knee to knee with her.

我要和她膝蓋對着膝蓋，意思其實是我要和她坐在一起親密無間地聊天，中文中也有相應的表示，即“促膝長談”。

Scene practice 情景練習

詢問信息練習

仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用詢問和給予信息的句型，用一用，練一練。

can't follow his English teacher very well, he wants the teacher to repeat the language point again, if you were Tom, what would you say to your teacher?

wants to know more details about the book, if you were May, what will you say to the librarian?

ley asked May to buy some food, but May didn't catch her mother, if you were May, what would you say to your mother?

you were Daniel, you don't understand your father, what will you say to him?

told a story about an ancient hero which was really exciting. Daniel wants to listen to the story again. If you were Daniel, what would you say to your mom?