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(gè)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?yàn)殍F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(shí)候會(huì)跟我呆在鐵架上。我常常給他傾倒足夠燙的熱水來燙他,因?yàn)樗荒芨惺艿竭@個(gè)溫度。
Now you shall see a family of my friends. Without them I should not be so useful as I am.
現(xiàn)在你看到的是我朋友的家庭成員。沒有他們我就不會(huì)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?cè)谶@里。在中間你會(huì)看到茶壺,周邊是茶杯和茶托,就像母雞跟小雞一樣??Х葔睾筒鑹厥俏椅覂蓚€(gè)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(gè)朋友一樣與杯子一起茶托有太大關(guān)系。但是我常會(huì)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?yàn)槲乙椴柚箝_水了。
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