4. The teacher has some friends 老师有一些朋友
New Words新单词
Tuesday (n.)
读音：[ˈtju:zdeɪ]
释义：星期二
yesterday (n.)
读音：[ˈjestədeɪ]
释义：昨天
zoo (n.)
读音：[zu:]
释义：动物园
work (v. + n.)
读音：[wɜ:k]
释义：工作
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Now, it is Tuesday morning in Lee’s house. Yesterday was Monday and today is Tuesday. This morning, the children are very happy. They are very happy because this afternoon the teacher will take them to a zoo.
在李的家里现在是星期二早上。昨天是星期一，今天是星期二。今天早上孩子们都很高兴。他们非常高兴，因为今天下午老师会带他们去动物园。
Lee and Pat know there will be a lot of animals at the zoo. They really want to go and look at all the animals. The children will take some fruit to the zoo. They will take some fruit to give to the animals in the zoo.
李和佩特知道动物园里会有很多动物，他们真想去看看所有的动物。孩子们会带一些水果到动物园去，他们要带些水果给动物园里的动物。
The teacher knows some of the people who work at the zoo. She says the people who work at the zoo are very kind. She says they are kind to the animals, and they will be kind to the children.
老师认识一些动物园里的工作人员，她说动物园里的工作人员很友好。她说他们善待动物，他们会善待孩子们。
The teacher says the children can ask questions to the people who work at the zoo. The children can ask about the names of the animals. They can ask how to spell the names. They can ask where the animals come from, and they can ask what food the animals eat.
老师说孩子们可以向动物园里的工作人员问问题。孩子们可以问动物的名称，他们可以问怎样拼写动物的名称。他们可以询问动物们从哪里来，他们还可以问动物吃什么食物。
The animals in a zoo are not the same as animals on a farm. The children were on a farm yesterday. On the farm, there were cows, ducks and chickens. There were cats and dogs on the farm, too. Today will not be the same as yesterday.
动物园里的动物和农场里的动物不一样。昨天孩子们在农场。农场里有奶牛、鸭子和鸡，农场里还有猫和狗。今天将和昨天不一样。
Today, the children will not see cows, ducks, chickens, cats or dogs. They will see other animals. The children will look at all the animals in the zoo. They will look at the animals, and they will give the animals some fruit to eat. Then the children will speak to some of the people who work in the zoo.
今天孩子们不会看到奶牛、鸭子、鸡、猫或狗，他们会看到其他动物。孩子们会参观动物园里所有的动物。他们会观察这些动物，给它们吃一些水果。然后，孩子们会和一些动物园里的工作人员交谈。
After the children speak to some of the people who work in the zoo, they will take their pencils and write in their books. After that, they will go to their classroom in their school. In their classroom, the children will write some more. They will write about all the things they can remember from the zoo. When they finish writing, they will give their writing to the teacher.
孩子们和一些动物园里的工作人员交谈后，他们会拿起铅笔在他们的作业本上写字。在那之后，他们会去他们学校的教室。在他们的教室里，孩子们会写下更多的事情。他们会写下所有能记住的关于动物园的事情。当他们写完，他们会把他们的作文交给老师。
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Lee and Pat are speaking about the zoo.
李和佩特在讨论动物园
Lee
Do you know where we will go today, Pat?
Pat
Yes, I do. The teacher says we will go to a zoo.
Lee
Do you think we will see a lot of new animals there?
Pat
Yes, I think so. Our teacher says the animals in the zoo are not the same as the animals on a farm. All the animals in the zoo will be new for us.
Lee
It was very good at the farm yesterday. I like that farm. I like the animals and I like the fruit trees. I like all the things on that farm, and I really like the farmer.
Pat
Me, too. The farmer was very kind to us.
Lee
The teacher knows some of the people who work in the zoo. Some of those people are her friends. Those people know all about the animals in the zoo. The teacher says we can ask her friends any questions we want.
Pat
Good. We will have to ask them the names of some of the animals we don’t know yet.
Lee
And we will have to ask them how to spell some of the names. That’s because we will have to write about the zoo and the teacher wants our writing to be correct.
Pat
What about the word ‘zoo’. We will have to write that, too. Do you know how to spell ‘zoo’?
Lee
Yes, I do. It’s easy… ‘Z’… ‘O’…’O’…
Pat
Yes, I think that’s right. Yes, it is. That’s correct. It’s not a difficult word to spell, is it? Well, come on! It’s time to go to school. Let’s get our books and go to school.
李
你知道我们今天要去哪儿吗，佩特？
佩特
是的,我知道，老师说我们要去动物园。
李
你觉得我们会在那里看到很多新的动物吗?
佩特
是的，我觉得是这样。我们老师说动物园里的动物和农场里的动物不一样。对我们来说，动物园里所有的动物都很新奇。
李
昨天在农场玩得很开心，我喜欢那个农场。我喜欢动物，我喜欢果树。我喜欢那个农场的一切，我也真的很喜欢那个农场主。
佩特
我也是，那个农场主对我们很好。
李
老师认识一些动物园里的工作人员，其中有些是她的朋友。那些工作人员知道动物园里的动物的所有事情。老师说我们可以向她的朋友询问任何问题。
佩特
好啊，我们要问他们一些我们还不知道的动物的名称。
李
我们得问他们如何拼写一些动物名称，我们要写关于动物园的文章，老师希望我们的写作正确。
佩特
“zoo”这个单词呢？我们也得写下来，你知道怎样拼“zoo”吗？
李
嗯，我知道，很容易，Z——O——O。
佩特
是的，我觉得你拼得对。嗯，是的，是正确的。这不是一个很难拼写的单词，对吗？好啦，来吧！该上学了。让我们拿着我们的书本上学去。
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1. Are the children happy today?
2. When will the children go to the zoo?
3. Where were the children yesterday?
4. Why are the children happy today?
5. Are the animals in a zoo the same as animals on a farm?
6. Who can the children speak to at the zoo?
7. Can Lee spell ‘zoo’?
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