Lesson 1
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A R a t’s Foreign Language

写一写

r a t 老鼠

f a t 肥胖的

c a t 猫

读一读

The mother r a t and her babies are playing in the garden. A f a t c a t is coming to c a tch them for dinner.

The mother r a t and her babies try to run away. But the baby r a ts can’t run very fast.The c a t is getting closer and closer. Suddenly,the mother r a t stops running and turns around. She shouts a t the c a t like an a ngry dog,“Woof, woof, woof.”The c a t is afraid and runs away.

The mother r a t turns to her babies, and says,“You see how important it is to learn a foreign l a nguage.”

注解

foreign 外国的

language 语言

catch them for dinner 抓它们当晚餐

get closer and closer 变得越来越近

woof （狗叫声）汪汪

afraid 害怕的

想一想

根据故事内容判断正（ T ）误（ F ）。

（ ） 1. A fat cat is coming to catch the rats for dinner.

（ ） 2. The mother rat and baby rats try to run away.

（ ） 3. The baby rat shouts like an angry dog.

（ ） 4. The mother rat and baby rats get help from a dog.

（ ） 5. The cat is not afraid and does not run away.

译文

老鼠的外语

鼠妈妈和她的宝宝们在花园里玩，一只肥猫来了，要抓他们当晚餐。

鼠妈妈和她的宝宝们想逃走，可是，鼠宝宝跑得慢。猫逼得越来越近了，突然，鼠妈妈停了下来，转过身，像只愤怒的狗一样对猫大叫道：“汪，汪，汪。”猫一害怕就逃跑了。

鼠妈妈转过身对鼠宝宝们说：“你们看，学一门外语是多么重要啊。” /RaS4VS2yTVAGYxPVdbWmV8KEVvQhikEs8ySFCAfyE62TTWWpYbFQZYkI7uo1IeE