Daniel: What a beautiful day!
Dad: The weather is so crazy. It rained cats and dogs last night, but cleared up in the morning.
Daniel: I was worried about canceling the climbing.
Dad: Honey, wait for me. I am too tired to move a step further.
Daniel: What about taking the cable car?
Dad: Attaboy, that’s just what I am thinking.
Daniel: Wow, What a long queue this is!
Dad: Honey, be patient. It’s better to wait than to climb with my legs broken.
(After a few minutes, they get into the cable car.)
Daniel: Daddy, look ahead in the distance, the mountains there. They roll all the way up to the sky.
Dad: Yeah, the scenery is beautiful. What’s more, the air is fresh here?
Daniel: So you wanna stay here?
Dad: Of course not, I have to watch my American Idol.
听看学
丹尼尔：今天天气真好!
爸爸：天气真是变化无常。昨晚还下着瓢泼大雨，但是早晨就变晴了。
丹尼尔：我还担心要取消爬山呢。
爸爸：宝贝，等等我。我太累了，一步也挪不动了。
丹尼尔：乘坐索道怎么样?
爸爸：太好了，这正是我所想的。
丹尼尔：哇，排了好长的队啊!
爸爸：孩子，耐心点。等总比爬得筋疲力尽要好些。
(几分钟后，他们上了缆车。)
丹尼尔：爸爸，往远处看，那里有很多山，它们绵延起伏一直通向天边。
爸爸：是啊，这景色真美。而且，这里的空气也很新鲜。
丹尼尔：那么你想一直待在这儿吗?
爸爸：当然不想啊，我得回去看我的《美国偶像》。
经典背诵 Recitation
Dad: When Daniel and I climb mountains, Daniel can run quickly but I always, soon, get too tired to move a step further. So I’d think about taking a cable car. The queue may be long. But it’s better to wait than to climb, and also the scenery from the cable car is really fantastic.
生词小结
clear up 天放晴
be worried about 担心……
cancel vt. 取消
cable car 缆车
queue n. 长队
ahead adv 向前
in the distance 在远处
roll vt. 滚
what’s more 而且
注释
It rained cats and dogs last night. 昨晚下起了瓢泼大雨。
Attaboy. 太好了。
It’s better to wait than to climb with my legs. 等总比爬得筋疲力尽要好些。
功能性语句扩展Functional structure
描写句型
请朗读以下短语，家长和孩子交替进行。
First/ Firstly/ First of all/To start with /In the beginning/In the first place…首先，第一
At first… 最初
Second/ Secondly … 其次……
For one thing…, for another… 首先……其次……
Besides… 此外
In addition… 除此之外
In particularly… 特别地
What’s more… 而且，此外
Moreover/ Likewise/ Furthermore… 而且，此外……
Third/ Thirdly… 第三……
Last but not the least… 最后……
Finally… 最后……
