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6. How about the pet shop?
New Words新单词
wanted v. ( want的过去式和过去分词 )
读音： ['wɒntɪd]
释义： 打算，想要（动词）
looked at
读音：[lukt æt]
释义：看
liked v. （like的过去式和过去分词）
读音： [laikt]
释义：喜欢（动词）
cheap adj.
读音：[tʃi:p]
释义：便宜的（形容词）
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Now, it is six o’clock and the children are home from the pet shop. They went there because Daddy wanted to buy some pets for his children. Both Lee and Pat think the pet shop was very interesting.
现在六点了，孩子们从宠物店回到家。今天，他们去宠物店是因为爸爸打算给他的孩子们买宠物。李和佩特都认为宠物店很有趣。
Lee wanted Daddy to buy him a snake, but that shop didn’t have any snakes. That shop doesn’t sell snakes. Pat thinks it is a good thing Lee could not get a snake. Pat and her mommy really don’t like snakes, and they really would not like to have a snake in the house.
李打算让爸爸给他买一条蛇，但是店里没有蛇。这家宠物店不卖蛇。佩特想李没有买到蛇真是太好了。她和妈妈都不喜欢蛇，她们非常不喜欢在家里养一条蛇。
Lee wanted to get a pet rat too, but that shop doesn’t sell rats. It does not sell rats because nobody wants to have a rat as a pet. Only Lee would like to have a rat or a snake as a pet.
李还打算买一只宠物鼠，但是这家宠物店也不卖老鼠。这家店不卖老鼠，因为没有人想要买一只老鼠做宠物。只有李想要养一只老鼠或蛇做宠物。
Pat didn’t want a rat or a snake. She doesn’t like rats or snakes. In the pet shop, Pat looked at all the animals. First, she looked at some rabbits. Pat liked the rabbits. Some of the rabbits were big and some were small. The small rabbits were not expensive. Those small rabbits were cheap.
佩特不想要老鼠或蛇。她不喜欢老鼠和蛇。在宠物店，佩特看了所有的动物。首先，她看见几只兔子。佩特喜欢兔子。有些兔子大，有些兔子小。小兔子卖得不贵。那些小兔子都很便宜。
Then, Pat looked at some fish. The fish were cheap too, but Pat didn’t like the fish very much. After she looked at the rabbits and the fish, Pat looked at some birds. There were a lot of birds in the pet shop. Pat really liked the parrots, but those birds were not cheap. The parrots were very expensive.
然后，佩特还看见一些鱼。鱼也很便宜，但是佩特不喜欢鱼。在她看见兔子和鱼后，佩特看见一些鸟。宠物店里有许多鸟。佩特非常喜欢鹦鹉，但是那些鸟并不便宜。鹦鹉是非常贵的。
Pat really wanted to get a parrot, but she did not ask Daddy to buy one for her. She did not ask Daddy to buy her a parrot because parrots are so expensive. Pat looked at the parrots for a long time. They were very interesting and some of them could speak a little English. Pat really liked the parrots that could speak.
佩特非常想要一只鹦鹉，但是她没有要求爸爸给她买。她不想让爸爸给她买一只鹦鹉，因为它们太贵了。佩特看着鹦鹉很长时间。它们非常有趣，还有一些会说几句英语。佩特喜欢那些会说话的鹦鹉。
Daddy always knows what Pat likes and what she wants. He knows Pat likes birds. He knows that Pat thinks that birds which can speak are very interesting. Daddy bought one of the parrots for Pat. He bought her a black, green and white parrot.
爸爸总是知道佩特喜欢什么，想要什么。他知道佩特喜欢鸟。他知道佩特认为那些会说话的鸟非常有趣。爸爸为佩特买了一只鹦鹉。他给佩特买了一只黑绿白相间的鹦鹉。
That parrot was not cheap. It was expensive, but Daddy bought it for Pat because he could see that she really wanted it. Pat was very happy with her parrot. She was very happy with her daddy, too!
鹦鹉并不便宜。它价钱贵，但是爸爸还是买给了佩特，因为他能看出她非常想要一只。佩特和鹦鹉在一起非常开心。她和爸爸在一起也非常开心！
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Mommy
Where did you go after school today, Pat?
Pat
I went to a pet shop. I went there with Daddy and Lee.
Mommy
Really? Was it interesting? What did you see there?
Pat
There were lots of interesting animals in the pet shop. Lee and I looked at all the animals in the shop.
Mommy
Did you buy any?
Pat
Yes, we did.
Mommy
What did you buy? And please don’t tell me Lee bought a pet snake!
Pat
No, Mommy. Lee didn’t buy a snake. They didn’t have any snakes. Lee wanted to buy a pet rat, but the shop didn’t have any rats, so Lee looked at some of the other animals.
Mommy
Which other animals did he look at?
Pat
He looked at rabbits, cats, dogs, birds and fish.
Mommy
And which ones did he like?
Pat
He liked the dogs, but we didn’t buy a dog. We have a dog already.
Mommy
What about you? Which animals did you like?
Pat
Oh, I liked the birds. And I really liked the parrots. Some of those parrots can speak.
Mommy
So which pets did Daddy buy for you?
Pat
He bought a parrot for me, and he bought some fish for Lee.
Mommy
Really? Were they expensive? I think parrots that can speak cannot be cheap.
Pat
That’s right. The parrot was expensive, but the fish were not. The fish were cheap.
Mommy
I see. Well, now you will have to learn how to look after your new pets, won’t you?
Pat
Yes, I know. I’m going to look after my pet parrot very well, and every day I’m going to try to teach it to speak more English.
妈妈
今天放学后你去了哪里，佩特？
佩特
我去了宠物店。我和爸爸还有李一起去的。
妈妈
是吗？好玩吗？在那里你看见了什么？
佩特
宠物店有许多有趣的动物。李和我了宠物店所有的动物。
妈妈
你们买什么了吗？
佩特
是的，我们买了。
妈妈
你们买了什么？请别告诉我李买了一条宠物蛇！
佩特
没有，妈妈。李没有买蛇。他们没有蛇。李还想买一只宠物老鼠，但是店里也没有老鼠，所以李看了其他的动物。
妈妈
那他看了什么动物？
佩特
他看了兔子、猫、狗、鸟和鱼。
妈妈
那他喜欢哪个？
佩特
他喜欢狗，但是我们不想买狗，我们已经有一只了。
妈妈
那你呢？你喜欢什么动物？
佩特
啊，我喜欢鸟。我喜欢鹦鹉。那些鹦鹉能说话。
妈妈
那你爸爸给你们买了什么宠物？
佩特
他给我买了一只鹦鹉，给李买了几条鱼。
妈妈
是吗？它们贵吗？我想会说话的鹦鹉可不便宜。
佩特
是的。鹦鹉很贵，但是鱼不贵。那些鱼便宜。
妈妈
我知道了。那么，你们现在要学会如何照顾你们的新宠物了，不是吗？
佩特
是的，我知道。我会好好照顾我的宠物鹦鹉，我还打算每天尝试教它说英语。
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1. Which animals did Lee want to get?
2. Did he get them?
3. What did Pat look at first?
4. Which pets were cheap?
5. Which pets did Pat like?
6. Were those pets cheap or expensive?
7. Why was Pat happy with Daddy?
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