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7. In Daddy’s garden
New Words新单词
Wednesday (n.)
读音：[ˈwenzdeɪ]
释义：周三，星期三
flower (n.)
读音：[ˈflaʊə(r)]
释义：花
help (n.+v.)
读音：[help]
释义：帮助
bad (adj.)
读音：[bæd]
释义：坏的，不好的
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The children are not at school today. Today, Lee and Pat can stay at home with Mommy and Daddy. They can stay at home and help Mommy and Daddy in the house. They can help in the garden, too.
孩子们今天不在学校。今天，李和佩特可以和爸爸妈妈待在家里。他们可以留在家中，在屋子里帮助爸爸妈妈。他们也可以到花园里帮忙。
Today, it is Wednesday in Lee’s house. It is Wednesday morning, and the children are working in the garden with Daddy. Lee and Pat like to work to the garden. They like to help Daddy. They like to help him with all the things he has to do in the garden. There are a lot of things to do in Daddy’s garden. There is a lot of work to do. Daddy lets the children help him work in the garden.
在李的家里今天是星期三，现在是星期三的早上，孩子们在花园里和爸爸一起干活。李和佩特喜欢在花园干活。他们喜欢帮助爸爸，他们喜欢帮助他做他在花园里必须做的所有事情。爸爸的花园里有很多事情要做，有很多活儿要干。爸爸让孩子们帮他在花园里干活。
There are a lot of things to do in Daddy’s garden because it is a very big garden. The garden is very big, and there are a lot of trees in the garden. Some of the trees are fruit trees. Sometimes, Daddy lets the children take the fruit from the trees. He lets them take the fruit into the kitchen.
爸爸的花园里有很多事情要做，因为这是一个很大的花园。花园很大，花园里有很多树，有些树是果树。有时，爸爸让孩子们从树上摘下水果，他让他们把水果拿进厨房。
Daddy has a lot of fruit trees, but his garden is not the same as a big farm. Big fruit tree farms have a lot more trees than Daddy’s garden. A lot of birds come to Daddy’s garden. Daddy lets the birds come to his garden because he likes to see them there. He likes to see the birds sitting in his trees.
爸爸有很多果树，但他的花园和大农场不一样。大果树农场比爸爸的花园有更多的树。很多小鸟来到爸爸的花园。爸爸让小鸟们来到他的花园，因为他喜欢在那里看到它们。他喜欢看到鸟儿在树上栖息。
There are a lot of flowers in Daddy’s garden, too. Lee and Pat help Daddy to look after the flowers. They give water to the flowers every day. Flowers have to have water. If flowers do not have water, that is bad for the flowers. If flowers do not have water, they cannot live.
爸爸的花园里也有很多花，李和佩特帮助爸爸照看花儿，他们每天给花儿浇水。花儿必须要有水，如果花儿没有水，那对花儿不好。如果花儿没有水，它们就不能生存。
Sometimes, Daddy lets Mommy take some of the flowers into the house. Mommy likes to do that. She likes to put flowers in the living room where all the family and her friends can see them.
有时，爸爸让妈妈把一些花带进屋里，妈妈喜欢这样做。她喜欢把花放在客厅里，所有的家人和朋友都能看到这些花。
Lee and Pat are happy that it is Wednesday today. They are happy because their teacher says that this Wednesday she will let all the children come to her house. All the children want to go to the teacher’s house. They want to see where the teacher lives and what she has in her house.
李和佩特庆幸今天是星期三。他们感到高兴是因为他们的老师说，星期三她会让全部孩子都到她家来。所有孩子们都想去老师家。他们想看看老师住在哪里，她的房子里有什么。
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Daddy
Lee, can you come over here please? I want you to help me.
Lee
Yes, Daddy. What do you want me to do?
Daddy
I want you to help me chase your chickens away from my flowers.
Lee
Oh, yes. Some of my chickens are walking all over the new flowers. That’s not good. That’s bad.
Daddy
Please don’t let your chickens walk on my flowers. Chase them away!
Lee
All right. Bad chickens! Go away, chickens! Go away from the flowers! Go into the chicken house!
Daddy
Thank you, Lee. Oh, and Lee?
Lee
Yes, Daddy?
Daddy
Mommy tells me you want to have a snake.
Lee
That’s right. I’d like to have a big green snake.
Daddy
Well, Lee. I can’t let you have a snake. Mommy doesn’t like snakes, and she will not let you have one in the house. Having a snake in the house would be very bad.
Lee
Yes, I know. But what about in the garden? Can I have a snake and let it stay in the garden? I won’t let it go into the house. I will make it stay outside. Can I Daddy, please?
Daddy
No Lee, you cannot. Mommy will not let you have a snake in the house, and I will not let you have a snake in my garden. The garden is near the house.
Lee
I see. Well, if I want to see snakes, I will have to go to the zoo again.
Daddy
That’s right. You can look at snakes in the zoo, but you cannot have one at home!
爸爸
李，你能过来一下吗？我需要你的帮忙。
李
好的，爸爸。你想让我做什么？
爸爸
我要你帮我把你的鸡从我的花丛里赶走。
李
哦，好的。我的一些小鸡正踩着新栽种花，那可不好，那样不好。
爸爸
请不要让你的小鸡踩在我的花上，赶走它们！
李
好吧。坏鸡！走开，小鸡们！离开那些花儿吧！到鸡舍里去吧！
爸爸
谢谢你，李。对了，李？
李
嗯，爸爸？
爸爸
你妈妈告诉我你想要一条蛇。
李
是的，我想要一条绿色的大蛇。
爸爸
可是，李，我不能让你养一条蛇。你妈妈不喜欢蛇，她不会让你在家里养蛇。在房子里养一条蛇很不好。
李
是的，我知道。但是在花园里呢？我能养一条蛇，让它留在花园里吗？我不会让它进房子，我会让它待在外面。爸爸，可以吗？
爸爸
不行，李，你不能养蛇。你妈妈不会让你在房子里养蛇，我也不会让你在我的花园里养蛇。花园就在房子的旁边。
李
我知道了。好吧，如果我想看蛇，我就得再去动物园。
爸爸
是的，你可以在动物园里看蛇，但你不能在家里养一条蛇！
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1. What day is it in Lee’s house today?
2. What day was yesterday in Lee’s house?
3. Where do the children like to help Daddy?
4. Does Daddy let the children help him?
5. Why does Daddy let birds come to his garden?
6. Where does Mommy like to put flowers?
7. Why can’t Lee have a snake?
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