新概念英語青少版2B-Unit 30 A giant squid

Unit 30 Lesson 59

第三十單元 第五十九課

A giant squid

巨型魷魚

I bought New Scientist magazine this week, Dad.

爸爸 我買了這周的《新科學(xué)家》雜志

Did you? I'll give you the money for that.

你買了嗎 我會把買書的錢給你

How much did you pay for it?

你買它花了多少錢

It cost three pounds seventy.

它花了我3.7英鎊

Here you are.

給你

I enjoy New Scientist, too.

我也喜歡看《新科學(xué)家》

I'll read it after you.

我會在你看完之后看的

There's a piece in it about a giant squid.

其中有一篇報道是關(guān)于一只巨型魷魚的

It's on show at the Natural History Museum.

它在自然歷史博物館展出

It's 9 metres long.

它有9米長

Nine metres... that's about 30 feet.

9米啊 那大概有30英尺

That's as long as a London bus!

那就和一輛倫敦的公共汽車一樣長

I know.

我知道啊

Its eyes are as big as plates,

它的眼睛和盤子一樣大

and its suckers are as big as a man's leg.

而它的吸盤和人的腿一樣大

That's amazing.

那真是驚人

Can we go and see it, Dad?

爸爸 我們可以去看看它嗎

Yes, of course. We'll go on Sunday morning.

當(dāng)然可以 我們星期天早上去

The rest of the family will be at the athletics.

家里其他人會去參加運動會