【英语原版童书】丹妮和恐龙(3)

 Danny and the dinosaur¹ went all over town and had² lots

of fun.

"It's good to take an hour or two off³ after a hundred million⁴

years,"

said⁵ the dinosaur.

They even⁶ looked at the ball game.

"Hit the ball,"

said Danny.

"Hit a home run,"

said the dinosaur.

"I wish we had a boat,"

said Danny.

"Who needs a boat?

I can swim,"said the dinosaur.

"Toot,toot!"

went the boats."Toot,toot!"went Danny and the

dinosaur.

"Oh,what lovely green grass!"

said the dinosaur."I haven't eaten any of that for a 

very long time."

"Wait,"said Danny.

"See what it says."

They both had ice cream⁷ instead⁸.

"Let's go to the zoo and see the animals,"said Danny.

Everybody⁹ came¹⁰ running¹¹ to see the dinosaur.

Nobody¹² stayed to see the lions.

Nobody stayed to see the elephants.

Nobody stayed to see the monkeys.

And nobody stayed to see the seals¹³.

giraffes or hippos,either.

"Please go away so the animals will get looked at,"

said the zoo man.

 

1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

3 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

4 million   

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

参考例句：

• I've seen it a million times.我在书上看过无数遍了。
• What will you do if you had a million dollars?如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

5 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

6 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

7 cream   

n.乳脂，(鲜)奶油；奶油色

参考例句：

• Please put cream in her coffee.请在她的咖啡里加奶精。
• Ice cream is on special this week only!冰淇淋特价优惠，只限本周！

8 instead   

adv.代替；顶替

参考例句：

• She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
• Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗？

9 everybody   

pron.每人，人人(=everyone)

参考例句：

• Christmas is a holiday for everybody.圣诞节是所有人的节日。
• It is difficult to find a time that suits everybody.很难找到一个对每人都合适的时间。

10 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

11 running   

n.赛跑，流出，运转；adj.流动的，跑着的，连续的

参考例句：

• I like running.我喜欢跑步。
• The water is running out.水流出来了。

12 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

13 seals   

n.海豹( seal的名词复数 )；批准；（火漆）封印；印章v.密封( seal的第三人称单数 )；决定；确定；封上（信封）

参考例句：

• A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They saw many seals off the Coast of Alaska. 他们在阿拉斯加海岸外看见很多海豹。 来自《简明英汉词典》