美国小学英语教材4:第207课 圣诞欢歌(5)

 Dick. Oh, Mother! We have been to the baker¹’s shop. 迪克：哦，妈妈！我们去过面包店了。

Fanny. We smelled our goose, Mother! The baker says it is nearly done. There are a dozen geese in his big oven². Oh, how good they smell! 范妮：我们闻到了烤鹅的香味，妈妈！面包师说快烤好了。他的大烤箱里有许多鹅。噢，它们闻起来真香！

Dick. And the sage³ and onions, too. Oh! oh! oh! oh! 迪克：还有鼠尾草和洋葱。噢！噢！噢！噢！

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Fanny. Oh, Dick, see Peter’s new collar! How fine he looks in it! Dick. It is father’s collar. Some day I can have one of father’s collars, too. Then I will go to walk in the Park. Doesn’t Peter look beautiful? 范妮：哦，迪克，快看彼得的新衣领！他看起来真帅气！迪克，这是爸爸的衣领。总有一天我也会拥有爸爸的一个衣领，然后我就去公园散步。彼得看起来难道不帅气吗？

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Mrs. Cratchit. Where can your dear father be? 克拉特基特夫人：你们亲爱的爸爸去哪了？

And your brother, Tiny Tim? And Martha wasn’t as late as this last Christmas! 还有你们的弟弟，小提姆？玛莎不会像去年圣诞节那样迟到那么久吧！

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Fanny. Here’s Martha, Mother. Oh, Martha, there’s such a goose in the baker’s oven! 范妮：玛莎来了，妈妈。噢，玛莎，面包师的烤炉里烤着一只鹅！

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Martha. We worked till very late in the shop last night. Then we had to get up early this morning to clear everything away. 玛莎：我们昨晚在店铺工作到很晚，今天早上我们得早起，把所有东西都清理干净。

Mrs. Cratchit. Well, never mind, so long as you have come. Sit down before the fire, my dear, and get warm. 克拉特基特夫人：没关系，你来了就好。坐在火炉前吧，亲爱的，烤暖和点。

Dick. Here’s Father coming! Hide, Martha, hide! 迪克：爸爸回来了！藏起来，玛莎，藏起来！

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为什么我们的玛莎没来？ 

Fanny and Dick. Not coming! 范妮和迪克，也没来！

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不来了吗？在圣诞节这天？ 

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Mrs. Cratchit. We must not make Father sad with our jokes. No, Martha is not coming, because she is already here. 克拉特基特夫人：我们不能让爸爸因为我们开的玩笑而感到伤心。不，玛莎不来了，因为她已经在这里了。

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1 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

2 oven   

n.烤炉；烤箱

参考例句：

• You put food inside an oven to cook it.你把食物放进烤箱里热一下。
• She baked bread in an oven.她用烤炉烤面包。

3 sage   

n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的

参考例句：

• I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
• The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。