慢速英语短文听力 农场里的动物们

Farm Animals

农场里的动物们

The chicken and the duck were friends. They lived on a farm. They walked around together. They swam in the pond¹ together. They talked about many things. They talked about the cat. They thought the cat was tricky². They thought the cat was dangerous. The cat looked at them a lot. They didn't trust the cat. "We must always keep our eyes open when the cat is around," they both agreed. They talked about the dog. The dog was very friendly. The dog wanted to play. The dog had lots of energy. It barked³ a lot. It ran around a lot. They both liked the dog. They talked about the farmer. The farmer brought them food. The farmer took care of them. The farmer took care of all the animals. He fed the cow. He fed the pig. He fed the goat⁴. He fed the sheep. He fed the rabbit. They liked the farmer. He took good care of everyone. He was a nice man. "Farmers are good," said the chicken. "We need farmers," said the duck.

鸡和鸭是好朋友。它们住在一个农场里。它们一起散步。它们一起在池塘里游泳。它们会谈论很多事情。它们会谈论那只猫。它们觉得那只猫很狡猾。它们觉得那只猫很危险。那只猫总是会看着它们。它们不相信那只猫。“那只猫在附近的时候，我们都一定要警惕点。”它们都同意这一点。它们会谈论那只狗。那只狗很友好。那只狗想玩耍。那只狗总是精力充沛。它经常叫。它经常到处跑。它们都很喜欢那只狗。它们会谈论那个农民。农民会给它们带来食物。农民会照顾它们。农民照顾所有的动物们。他会喂奶牛。他会喂猪。他会喂山羊。他会喂绵羊。他会喂小兔子。它们很喜欢农民。他把大家都照顾得很好。他很善良。“农民都很好。”鸡说。“我们需要农民。”鸭说。

1 pond   

n.池塘；vt.堵河成湖；vi.形成池塘

参考例句：

• Tom walked around the pond.汤姆绕着池子走。
• The pond was iced over.池子给冰封起来了。

2 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

3 barked   

v.吠叫( bark的过去式和过去分词 )；大声喊出；擦破（或蹭掉）…的皮；厉声发令

参考例句：

• He fell down the steps and barked his shins. 他从台阶上跌下来，擦破了小腿上的皮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• I barked my shin on a tree stump. 我磕到了树桩上，胫部擦破了皮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 goat   

n.山羊，替罪羊；坏人，色鬼

参考例句：

• A goat is different from a sheep.山羊与绵羊不一样。
• They have goats and sell goat's milk.他们有山羊，卖羊奶。