英國語文第一冊(雙語) 第70課:壺和他的朋友
LESSON 70 THE KETTLE AND ITS FRIENDS
第七十課 壺和他的朋友
I am a kettle. You have often seen me at work boiling water for your breakfast, dinner, or tea. Do you know what I am made of? I will tell you. I am made of iron; because iron will bear a great heat.
我是個壺，你看到我為你的早餐，晚餐，茶葉，煮沸騰的開水。知道我由什么做的么？我老告訴你。鐵做的；因為鐵可以承受高溫。
Here is my friend the coffee-pot. Do you know what he is made of? "No."Then I will tell you. My friend the coffee-pot is made of tin. He sometimes sits beside me on the hob. I often pour water into him hot enough to scald him, if he could only feel it.
這是我的朋友咖啡壺。你知道他由什么做的么？不知道吧。我來告訴你。他由錫做的。他有時候會跟我呆在鐵架上。我常常給他傾倒足夠燙的熱水來燙他，因為他只能感受到這個溫度。
Now you shall see a family of my friends. Without them I should not be so useful as I am.
現在你看到的是我朋友的家庭成員。沒有他們我就不會有這么大的作用。
Here they are. In the middle you see the teapot, and all around her the cups and saucers, just like a hen and her chickens. The coffee-pot and the tea-pot are my two greatest friends.
他們在這里。在中間你會看到茶壺，周邊是茶杯和茶托，就像母雞跟小雞一樣。咖啡壺和茶壺是我我兩個最棒的朋友。
I have not so much to do with the cups and saucers as my two friend shave. But I often see them, and I know of what they are made.
我并不像我的兩個朋友一樣與杯子一起茶托有太大關系。但是我常會看到他們，我知道他們是什么材料制作的。
Cups and saucers are made of clay, and are baked in an oven to make them hard.
茶杯和茶托由粘土制造，在爐子上烘烤之后才變硬。
I must bid you good afternoon, as I am wanted to boil water for tea.
我必須跟你說下午好，因為我要去為茶煮開水了。
