慢速英语短文听力 彩虹生活

Life is a Rainbow

彩虹生活

We do not live in a black and white world. We live in a rainbow world. Colors are everywhere. Colors are beautiful. A toilet bowl is white. A panda is white and black. A crow¹ is black. The sky and the ocean are blue. An apple is red or green. An orange is always orange, but the sun is sometimes orange. A stop light is red, yellow, and green. A lemon is yellow. People are white, brown, or black. Fishes and birds are many different colors. Hair is white, gray, brown, black, or red. A golf² ball and a baseball are white. A basketball is orange. A tennis ball is green. A fire engine³ is red. A police car is black and white. The moon and the stars are white. Grass is green, but dirt⁴ is brown. A fried⁵ egg is yellow and white. Your blood is red. Your teeth are white. A stop sign is red and white. You cannot talk about colors to blind people. They have never seen colors. That is sad.

我们并没有生活在黑白世界。我们生活在彩虹般的世界。到处是颜色。颜色是美丽的。抽水马桶是白色的。熊猫是黑白相间的。乌鸦是黑色的。天空和海洋是蓝色的。苹果有红色有绿色。橘子永远是橙色的，但太阳有时也是橙色的。信号灯是红色、黄色和绿色的。柠檬是黄色的。人有白种人、黄种人和黑种人。鱼类和飞禽的颜色也各有不同。头发有白色、灰色、棕色、黑色和红色。高尔夫球和棒球是白色的。篮球是橙色的。网球是绿色的。消防车是红色的。警车是黑白相间的。月球和星星是白色的。草是绿色的，但土是棕色的。炸鸡蛋是黄白相间的。血是红色的。牙齿是白色的。停车标是红白相间的。不要对盲人谈论颜色。他们从没有看到过颜色。这是非常遗憾的事情。

1 crow   

n.鸦；乌鸦

参考例句：

• Oh!The crow has a piece of meat.It looks great.哦！乌鸦有一块肉。看起来不错呀。
• His hair was as dark as a crow's wing.他的头发象乌鸦翅膀一样乌黑。

2 golf   

n.高尔夫球；v.打高尔夫球

参考例句：

• They played a round of golf.他们打了一场高尔夫球。
• Many people go in for golf.许多人喜欢打高尔夫球。

3 engine   

n.引擎，发动机，机车，机械；vt.安装发动机于

参考例句：

• The engine started up suddenly.发动机突然发动起来了。
• The engine will not fire.这发动机发动不起来。

4 dirt   

n.泥土；污物；污垢

参考例句：

• The children were outside playing happily in the dirt.小孩在外面的泥土里玩得很开心。
• She swept the dirt out.她扫除了灰尘。

5 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。