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4. Lee knows what he wants
New Words新单词
already adv.
读音： [ɔ:l'redi]
释义：已经（副词）
which pron.
读音： [wɪtʃ]
释义：哪个；哪些（代词）
pet n.
读音： [pet]
释义：宠物（名词）
rabbit n.
读音：['ræbɪt]（名词）
释义：兔子
Ah! Int.
读音： [ɑ:]
释义：啊！呀！（感叹词）
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Now, it is Tuesday afternoon and the children are in their classroom. They are already sitting on their chairs. The teacher is not there yet. The children are waiting for the teacher to come so she can tell them what they have to do today.
星期二的下午，孩子们坐在教室里。他们已经坐在座位上，老师还没有来。孩子们等待着老师的到来，这样他们就知道今天要做什么了。
Some of the children are speaking with Lee and Pat. Those children want to know where Lee and Pat went yesterday. They want to know which shops they went into and what they bought in those shops. Pat tells them that they went into a lot of shops. She says they went into a lot of shops and bought lots of things.
有些孩子在跟李和佩特聊天。他们想知道昨天李和佩特去了哪里。他们想知道他俩逛了哪些商店，在商店里买了些什么。佩特告诉孩子们，他们逛了许多商店。她说，他们逛了很多商店，也买了很多东西。
Pat tells the other children that she did more shopping than Lee. She tells them that Lee is not very good at shopping. She says Lee doesn’t know how to look for good fruits and vegetables. Pat says that, when she goes shopping, she only buys the very good, very new, fruits and vegetables.
佩特告诉其他孩子她买的东西比李多。她告诉孩子们李不是很擅长买东西。她说李不知道怎么挑选新鲜的水果和蔬菜。她说，当她去买东西时，她只买那些非常好、非常新鲜的水果和蔬菜。
Pat tells the other children that yesterday she bought a lot of fruit, a lot of potatoes and a lot of tomatoes. She says she bought a lot of other food, too. She tells the children that she bought all the food they will need for the week.
佩特告诉其他孩子，昨天她买了许多的水果、土豆和西红柿。她说，她还买了很多其他食物。她告诉孩子们，她买了家里一周内需要的所有食物。
Pat is right about Lee. Lee does not like shopping for food very much. He thinks shopping for food is not so interesting. Lee would like to go to other shops. He would like to go to shops which sell animals. He wants to go to a pet shop. Later this afternoon, Daddy is going to take Lee and Pat to a pet shop. This afternoon, Daddy is going to buy a pet for Lee. He is going to buy a pet for Pat, too.
佩特对李的看法是正确的。李一点也不喜欢买食物。他认为买食物不是那么有趣。他喜欢逛其他商店。他喜欢逛卖动物的商店，他想要去宠物店。午后，爸爸将带李和佩特去宠物店。今天下午，爸爸打算给李买一只宠物，他也会给佩特买一只宠物。
In the pet shop, the children can look at all the animals. Then, they can tell Daddy which pet they would like him to buy them. The man in the pet shop can tell the children all about his animals. He will tell them how to look after their pets, and he will tell them which food their pets like to eat.
在宠物店里，孩子们能看到所有的动物。然后，他们会告诉爸爸要买什么宠物。宠物店的店员会告诉孩子们有关店里动物的一切。他会告诉孩子们如何照顾宠物，也会告诉孩子们宠物喜欢吃什么食物。
Lee and Pat don’t want Daddy to buy them a dog. They have a dog already. Pat doesn’t want to get a big animal for a pet. She wants to get a small pet which is easy to look after. Pat thinks she would like a per rabbit or a bird. Lee doesn’t want Daddy to buy him a pet rabbit or a bird. Lee would like Daddy to get him a pet snake!
李和佩特都不想让爸爸给他们买狗。因为他们已经有一只啦。佩特不想要大型的动物做宠物。她想要一只方便照顾的小宠物。所以佩特想要一只兔子或是一只鸟。李不想让爸爸给他买兔子或鸟。李想要爸爸给他买一条宠物蛇！
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Lee and Pat are speaking about pets
李和佩特在谈论宠物
Lee
Which animals do you think we should get for our new pets?
Pat
Ah! Good question. I think dogs make very good pets, but I don’t want to get a dog. We have a dog already. One dog is enough.
Lee
So which pets would you like Daddy to buy us?
Pat
I would like a pet rabbit – a white one. I think rabbits are really beautiful, and they’re not difficult to look after.
Lee
What if the pet shop doesn’t sell rabbits?
Pat
Well, if I can’t have a pet rabbit, I would like to have a bird. I would like to have a bird that can speak. I would like to have a bird I can teach to speak English.
Lee
I don’t want a rabbit or a bird. I want a pet snake.
Pat
Lee! You know Daddy won’t let you have a snake. You know that already.
Lee
Well, I will ask him again.
Pat
Snakes are not pets, Lee! Pets are animals like dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and fish. Snakes can’t live in a house with people.
Lee
Ah, but I can let my pet snake stay outside the house. I can put it near the chicken house and give it some grass to eat.
Pat
If you do that the snake will eat the small chickens. Snakes like to eat small animals like those. Snakes don’t eat grass. They eat living animals.
Lee
Do they? I didn’t know that.
Pat
Well, you know now. Try to think of some other pet you would like, but don’t ask Daddy to get you a snake. If you do, he won’t like it.
Lee
All right. I’ll think of some other pet. Ah! I think I know already. Yes. I know what I will ask Daddy to buy me.
Pat
What?
Lee
Ah! Wait and see! I’ll tell you when we get to the pet shop.
李
觉得我们应该买什么动物做我们的新宠物啊？
佩特
啊！问得好。我想小狗是非常棒的宠物。但是我不想买小狗。我们已经有一只小狗了。一只就足够了。
李
那么你想让爸爸给我们买什么做宠物啊？
佩特
我想要一只白色的宠物兔子。我觉得兔子非常可爱而且它们还不难照顾。
李
万一宠物店不卖兔子呢？
佩特
嗯，如果我买不到宠物兔子的话，我想买一只鸟。我喜欢会说话的鸟。我想买一只鸟，这样我就能教它说英语啦。
李
我不想要兔子和鸟。我想要一条宠物蛇。
佩特
李！你知道爸爸是不会让你买一条蛇的。你是知道的。
李
嗯，我会再问问他的。
佩特
李！蛇可不是宠物。宠物是像狗、猫、兔子、鸟和鱼那样的动物。蛇可不能和人住在一栋房子里。
李
啊，但是我能让我的宠物蛇待在房子外面。我可以把它放在鸡舍附近，喂它吃草。
佩特
如果你那样做的话，蛇会吃了鸡的。蛇喜欢吃鸡那样的小动物。蛇可不吃草，它们吃活的动物。
李
是吗？我不知道这些。
佩特
好吧，你现在知道了。试着想想你还喜欢什么宠物，但是不要让爸爸给你买蛇。如果你那样做了，他也不会给你买的。
李
好吧。让我想想其他宠物。啊！我已经想到啦。是的，我知道要让爸爸给我买什么了。
佩特
什么？
李
啊！等着瞧吧！等我们到了宠物店我再告诉你。
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1. Where did Lee and Pat go yesterday?
2. What do the other children want to know?
3. What food does Pat say she bought yesterday?
4. Which shop does Lee want to go to?
5. Why doesn’t Pat want to buy a pet dog?
6. Which animals would Pat like for pets?
7. What about Lee?
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