F:吉姆?吉姆?……你在廚房做什么?
M:Nothing, Mummy. I was hungry so I came here for some milk.
M:沒什么,媽。我餓了,所以來找牛奶喝。
F:Milk? I thought you didn't like milk.
F:牛奶?我以為你討厭喝牛奶。
M:I don't, but I couldn't find anything to eat in the refrigerator.
M:我是不喜歡,可是我在冰箱里找不到東西可以吃。
F:Nonsense. There's lots of food in the refrigerator... What's behind your back?
F:胡說。冰箱里有很多吃的。……你背后是什么東西?
M:Nothing.
M:沒有啊。
F:What are you hiding behind your back?Let me see.
F:你背后藏了什么東西?給我看。
M:Promise that you won't angry.
M:答應我你不會生氣。
F:OK,I promise. What is it?
F:好,我答應。是什么?
M:It's a kitty.
M:是一只小貓咪。
F:Oh,Jim. I told you. No pets. It'll make a mess of this house.
F:哦,吉姆。我告訴過你,不準養(yǎng)小動物。它會把家里弄得一團糟。
M:Please,Mummy. Everybody else in my class keeps a pet. Please,I'll take care of it.
It's a good kitty. It'll not bring you any trouble.
M:拜托嘛,媽,我們班上每個同學都有寵物。拜托啦,我會照顧它的。它不會給你添任何麻煩。
F:No way. It might belong to eomebody else. You can't keep it here.
F:不行。它也許是別人養(yǎng)的。你不能把它留在這里。
M:Please,Mummy. I found it this afternoon by the garbage bin. It was starving and
looking for something to eat.Please!You see,it's so cute and tame.
M:拜托啦,媽。我今天下午在垃圾桶旁邊找到它的。它餓壞了,正在找東西吃。求求你!你看,它好可愛,好溫順的。
F:All right. But you have to clean up everything it messes up.
F:好吧。但是你得清理任何它弄臟的東西。
M:I will. Thank you,Mummy.
M:我會的。謝謝你,媽。
重點詞匯:
refrigerator冰箱
My refrigerator suddenly started kicking up yesterday.我的冰箱昨晚突然出了故障。
nonsense胡說;胡鬧
Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.然而大多數(shù)傳統(tǒng)的醫(yī)生將此視為純粹的胡言亂語而不予考慮。
kitty貓咪
a cute little kitty.一只可愛的小貓。
make a mess搞糟;搞砸
They are going to make a mess of the mailing unless someone steps in and shows them what to do. 他們會把郵寄業(yè)務搞得一團糟的,除非有人能插手進來告訴他們怎么做。
garbage【主美】垃圾;剩菜;廢物
This morning a bomb in a garbage bag exploded and injured 15 people.今天早上一顆放在垃圾袋中的炸彈爆炸,炸傷15人。
tame(動物)受過馴養(yǎng)的;溫順的
They never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.它們從沒有被馴服,如果你靠近,它們就跑開了。
clean up打掃;清理
Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation.城里的警察一直在收拾一天的暴力沖突留下的殘骸。
mess up弄臟;弄糟
He had messed up one career.他已經(jīng)把一份工作搞砸了。