【大家说英语】马克有个婴儿

Lesson 10 Life

 

第十课 生活

November 24

 

11月24日

Mark Has a Baby?

马克有个婴儿？

Read it!

读读看！

Mark will babysit¹ tonight.

马克今晚要当保姆照顾小孩。

He will watch a friend's baby.

他会帮忙看顾朋友的宝宝，

But he knows nothing about babies.

但是他对婴儿一无所知。

Rob² tells him some things.

罗柏告诉他一些事情：

Mark can feed the baby.

马克可以喂宝宝；

He can play with him. And he can change his diaper.

他可以跟他玩； 还可以帮他换尿布。

But Mark is still worried.

但是马克还是很担心，

Jim tells him not to worry.

吉姆告诉他别担心。

He can give the baby a bottle and put him to bed.

他可以给宝宝奶瓶喝奶，哄他睡觉。

Conversation A

 

会话A

I don't know, Trina.

我不知道耶，崔娜。

No one else can help you?

没有其他人可以帮妳吗？

Are you sure?

妳确定吗？

OK, I can babysit. But just for an hour or two!

好吧，我可以帮妳照顾孩子。 但是最多一、两个小时！

Oh, no . . .

喔，真糟…

What's wrong, Mark? You look worried.

马克，发生了什么事？ 你一脸担心的样子。

I am. I know nothing about babies.

我的确很担心， 我对婴儿一无所知。

Why are you worried about that?

你为什么要担心这件事？

I have to babysit my friend Trina's baby tonight.

今晚我得要帮我的朋友崔娜照顾她的宝宝。

马克有个婴儿

 

Conversation B

 

会话B

Hey, Mark, what are you doing?

嘿，马克，你在做什么？

I'm reading about babies online.

我在上网阅读一些有关婴儿的事。

Babies? Why?

婴儿？为什么？

Are you going to have one?

你快要有孩子了吗？

No! I'm babysitting³ a baby boy tonight.

不是！我今晚要帮忙看顾一个男婴。

How do you take care of a baby?

你要怎么照顾一个宝宝啊？

Well, you feed him.

嗯，你喂他，

You play with him.

跟他玩，

You change his diaper.

替他换尿片。

Is that all?

就只这样吗？

I don't know.

我不知道啊。

I don't know anything about babies!

我对婴儿一无所知！

Conversation C

 

会话C

Jim, you're a dad. You know about babies.

吉姆，你是爸爸， 你对婴儿有经验。

I'm watching a friend's baby tonight.

我今晚要照顾一个朋友的宝宝，

What do I do?

我要怎么做？

How old is the baby?

宝宝有多大？

He's 8 months old.

他八个月大。

His mother will tell you his schedule.

那他妈妈会告诉你他的日常习惯，

You just follow that.

你就依照那个时程。

Give him a bottle. Play with him. Put him to bed.

给他喝奶、 跟他玩、 哄他睡觉。

That sounds easy.

听起来很容易。

It is. You'll be fine.

是很容易， 你没问题的。

1 babysit   

v.担任临时保姆，照顾婴儿

参考例句：

• Minna could babysit one night if your father has to work.如果你的父亲得去工作，米娜可以看一晚上孩子。
• I helped him babysit the kids.我帮他看孩子。

2 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

3 babysitting   

n.托婴服务v.临时受雇代外出的父母照料小孩( babysit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige. 如果你什么时候需要找人照看孩子，我很乐意帮忙。 来自辞典例句
• Do you think any of the cops outside would like to do a little babysitting? 你不知道这外面的警察就好像是在代人照看小孩吗？ 来自电影对白