5. In the pet shop在宠物店
New Words新单词
parrot n.
读音： ['pærət]
释义：鹦鹉（名词）
open (v + adj)
读音： ['əʊpən]
释义：打开；营业着的（动词、形容词）
expensive adj.
读音： [ɪk'spensɪv]
释义：昂贵的，贵的（形容词）
rat n.
读音： [ræt]
释义：鼠（名词）
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Now, Daddy, Lee and Pat are outside the pet shop. They are looking in the pet shop window. They can see that the shop has a lot of animals. There are cats, dogs and rabbits. There are fish, birds and a lot of other animals, too.
现在，爸爸、李和佩特站在宠物店外面。他们看着宠物店的橱窗。他们能看到店里有许多动物。有猫、狗、兔子，还有鱼、鸟和许多其他的动物。
Some of the birds are very big with lots of beautiful colors. Those birds are called parrots. Some of the parrots are green and red. Other parrots are green, red, white and black. All of the parrots are very big, and some of them know how to say some words in English.
有些鸟长得非常大，它们还有许多漂亮的颜色。那些鸟叫鹦鹉。有些鹦鹉是红绿相间的，还有些是绿色、红色、白色或黑色的。所有的鹦鹉都长得非常大，有一些会说几句英语。
Lee and Pat want to go into the pet shop, but they don’t know if it is open yet. Daddy goes to the pet shop door and tries to open it. He sees that he can open the door, so now they can all go into the pet shop.
李和佩特想要走进宠物店，但是他们不知道宠物店是否在营业。爸爸向宠物店的门走去，并试着打开它。他想他能够打开门，这样，他们都可以进入宠物店了。
Daddy and the children look at all the animals in the shop. There really are a lot of animals in this shop. There are so many animals that they cannot count them all. There are lots of animals, but there are no people. There is nobody to show Daddy, Lee and Pat around the shop.
爸爸和孩子们看着店里的动物。店里有很多的动物。店里的动物多得他们数也数不完。宠物店里有许多动物，但是没有人。没有店员带领爸爸、李和佩特四处参观。
Daddy and the children wait for the man or woman who works in the shop to come and help them. Daddy and Pat walk around and look at some of the birds in the shop. Pat really likes the parrots. “I think these parrots will be expensive,” says Daddy. “Clever birds like parrots are always expensive.”
爸爸和孩子们等着宠物店的店员来招待他们。爸爸和佩特在店里四处走动，看到一些鸟。佩特真的喜欢鹦鹉。“我想这些鹦鹉一定很贵，”爸爸说，“像鹦鹉这样聪明的鸟总是很贵。”
Then, Lee sees a man come out from a room behind the shop. Lee thinks he is the man who works in the shop, so he walks over to ask the man some questions about the animals in the shop.
这时，李看到一个人从宠物店后面的房间走了出来。李想他应该就是宠物店的店员。因此他走过去，问那个人一些关于店里动物的问题。
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Lee is speaking to the man who works in the pet shop
李正在和宠物店的男店员说话
Lee
Excuse me.
Man
Yes? Can I help you?
Lee
Yes. Is your shop open?
Man
Yes, it is. What can I do for you?
Lee
Do you sell rats?
Man
Pardon?
Lee
Do you sell rats? I would like to buy a pet rat.
Man
Rats? No, I’m sorry. We don’t sell rats.
Lee
Oh, why not?
Man
Well, nobody wants to buy rats. People don’t want to have rats as pets.
Lee
Ah, I see. Well, which animals do you sell?
Man
We have lots of good pets here. We have cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, fish… Why don’t you have a look around and you can see which animals you like.
Lee
Thank you. Before I go and look around, can you tell me – do you have any birds that can speak?
Man
Yes, we do. We have some parrots, and some of our parrots are very good at speaking.
Lee
I see. Are they expensive?
Man
Yes, they are. Parrots are more expensive than other birds because they can speak. People like to keep parrots so they can teach them new words.
Lee
Really? Can I go and look at that green red and black parrot over there? I would like to ask it some questions.
李
打扰了。
男店员
什么事？有什么需要我帮忙的吗？
李
是的。你的宠物店在营业吗？
男店员
是的，在营业。我能为你做些什么？
李
你卖老鼠吗？
男店员
什么？
李
你卖老鼠吗？我想买一只宠物老鼠。
男店员
老鼠？不，很抱歉。我们不卖老鼠。
李
噢，为什么不卖？
男店员
嗯，没有人想买老鼠。人们不想要买老鼠做宠物。
李
啊，我明白了。嗯，那你们卖什么动物啊？
男店员
我们这有许多很棒的宠物。我们有猫、狗、兔子、鸟、鱼……为什么你不四处逛逛呢，看看你喜欢什么动物。
李
谢谢。在我去逛之前，能告诉我你们有会说话的鸟吗？
男店员
是的，我们有。我们有一些鹦鹉。其中有一些很擅长说话。
李
我知道了。它们贵吗？
男店员
是的，它们很贵。因为鹦鹉会说话所以要比其他鸟贵。人们喜欢养鹦鹉，那样就可以教鹦鹉说话了。
李
真的吗？我能去看看那边那只红绿黑相间的鹦鹉吗？我想去考考它。
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1. What are the big, beautiful birds in the shop called?
2. Are those birds expensive?
3. Is the shop open?
4. What color are the parrots?
5. Why doesn’t the pet shop sell rats?
6. What animals do they sell?
7. Why are parrots more expensive than other birds?
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