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New Words 新单词
study (v)
读音：['stʌdi]
释义：学习（动词）
usually
读音：[ˈju:ʒuəli]
释义：通常，经常
understand
读音：[ˌʌndəˈstænd]
释义：理解，了解
close (v)
读音：[kləʊz]
释义：关闭，结束（动词）
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It is Wednesday morning, and Lee and Pat are in their classroom with their friends. This morning, all the children are studying their English books. The children usually study English on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. In the afternoons, they study other things, but on those mornings they only study English.
这是一个周三的早晨，李和佩特和朋友们一起在教室里。今天上午，所有孩子都在学习英语。孩子们通常在周一、周三和周五的上午学习英语。下午时分，他们学习其他东西，但是在上午他们只学习英语。
When they study English, the teacher usually asks the children to open their books and read one or two pages. After that, the teacher usually asks one or two children to read to the other children in the class. The children like to do that.
他们学习英语的时候，老师总是要求孩子们打开书，阅读一两页课本。在那之后，老师通常会要求一两个孩子把课本上的内容读给班上的其他孩子听。孩子们很喜欢这样做。
The teacher usually asks the children if they can understand what they are reading. If the children do not understand some of the new words in their books, the teacher will speak about the new words. She wants to help the children understand everything in their English books.
老师通常会问孩子们能不能听懂他们在说什么。如果孩子们没有理解书本中的新单词，老师就会给大家讲解这些新单词。她想帮助孩子们理解英语课本中的一切。
Usually the children read one or two pages in their books, but sometimes they read more. Sometimes, some of the children read a lot more. Pat usually reads a lot more than two pages. When the teacher thinks the children understand enough, she usually asks them to stop reading and close their books.
通常，孩子们会读一两页课本内容，但有时他们会读得更多。有时候，有些孩子会读特别多的内容。佩特通常会读两页多的内容。当老师认为孩子们足以理解课本内容之后，她通常会让大家停下并把书合上。
After the children close their books, the teacher usually asks the children some questions about their English books. She wants to see how much they can remember and how much they understand. Lee sometimes gives right answers to the teacher’s questions. Tom usually gives right answers, but Pat always gives right answers. Pat is very good at English now.
孩子们合上书以后，老师通常会问他们一些关于英语课本的问题。她想看看他们记住了多少，理解了多少。李有时候能回答对老师的问题。汤姆通常都能回答正确，而佩特总是能回答正确老师的问题。佩特现在非常擅长英语了。
All the children in this class really like to study English. They like to learn new words, and they like to answer the teacher’s questions. They like to answer the questions in their English books, too. Some of the questions in their books are easy, and some of the questions in their books are not so easy.
班上所有孩子都真的喜欢学英语。他们喜欢学习新单词，他们喜欢回答老师的问题。他们还喜欢回答英语课本上的问题。课本上的有些问题简单，有些问题却并不容易。
Later this morning, the teacher is going to take the children to a shop that sells English books for children. The teacher needs some new books for her classroom, and she wants the children to help her look for them. The shop that sells books that can help children study English is called “The Children’s Bookshop”.
这天上午晚些时候，老师打算带孩子们去卖儿童英语书籍的商店里买书。老师需要给班里的同学准备一些新书，她希望孩子们能帮她一起挑选。那家书店出售帮助孩子们学习英语的书，书店名叫“儿童书店”。
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Lee and the teacher are speaking about the bookshop
李和老师正在谈论书店
Lee
Excuse me, teacher.
Teacher
Yes, Lee. What is it?
Lee
What time are we going to the bookshop?
Teacher
Pardon?
Lee
What time will we go to the bookshop?
Teacher
We’ll go at eleven o’clock. I want to be there before twelve o’clock.
Lee
Why?
Teacher
Because that shop usually closes at twelve o’clock. They close for lunch. Sometimes, they close a little after twelve o’clock, but usually they close at twelve o’clock.
Lee
I see. What books are we going to buy?
Teacher
Well, I want you and the other children to look at all the books and tell me which ones you like.
Lee
And then will you buy all the books we like?
Teacher
I will buy them if they are not too expensive. If some books are very expensive, I cannot buy all of them.
Lee
And if some of the books are cheap?
Teacher
If some of the books are cheap, I can buy a lot. I want you and your friends to look for good, cheap, interesting books.
Lee
I’m going to look for a book about animals. I really like to study books that tell me about animals. I want to study and understand everything about the animals I like.
Teacher
Oh, really? Which animals do you like? Which animals do you want to learn more about?
Lee
Rats and snakes. I want to learn everything about those animals!
李
打扰了，老师。
老师
怎么了，李。什么事？
李
我们什么时候去书店？
老师
请再说一遍？
李
我们什么时候去书店？
老师
我们会在11点的时候过去。我想在12点前到达那里。
李
为什么？
老师
因为那家店通常在12点关门。他们关门午休。有时候他们会在12点过一点儿关门，但通常他们在12点整关门。
李
我知道了，我们要去买些什么书呢？
老师
嗯，我希望你和其他孩子们看看所有的书，再告诉我你们喜欢哪些。
李
那你会把我们喜欢的书都买下来吗？
老师
如果不是太贵的话，我会把它们买下来的。要是有些书太贵了，我就不能全部买下了。
李
要是有些书便宜呢？
老师
要是有些书便宜，我就会买很多。我希望你和你的朋友们去找一下有用的、便宜的、有趣的书。
李
我打算找本关于动物的书。我真的很喜欢那些关于动物的书。我想学习并理解我喜欢的所有动物。
老师
噢，真的吗？你喜欢什么动物呢？你想深入了解哪些动物呢？
李
老鼠和蛇。我想知道有关这两个动物的一切！
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1. What are the children studying?
2. What does the teacher want the children to try to do?
3. Where is everybody going later?
4. What time will they go?
5. What time does that shop usually close for lunch?
6. Can the teacher buy a lot of books?
7. Which animals does Lee want to learn about?
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