慢速英语短文听力 小猫

New Kittens

小猫

Mama cat had six new kittens. Three kittens were black, and two were white. One kitten was black, with white feet and a white face. Nancy asked, “Mom, can we keep all the kittens?” Her mom said no. “We can’t afford to keep six kittens,” she said. “When the kittens are three months old, we will give them away.” Nancy asked if she could keep one kitten. Her mom said okay. Nancy decided¹ to keep the kitten with white feet. She called him Boots². When the other five kittens were three months old, Nancy’s mom took pictures of them. Nancy took the pictures to school. She showed the pictures to her friends. All her friends wanted a kitten. They came to her house the next day. They took all the kittens except Boots. “Boots is my kitten,” Nancy told her friends. Then her mom said, “We have to take mama cat to the cat doctor.” Nancy asked why. “We have to fix her,” her mom said. “We don’t want her to have more kittens. The doctor will fix her.”

猫妈妈生了六只小猫。三只黑的，两只白的。其中一只黑猫的脸和脚都是白的。南希问道：“妈妈，我能认养所有小猫吗？”妈妈说不行。她说到：“我们没钱供养六只猫。等小猫三个月大，我们就要把它们送人。”南希问是否能收养一只。妈妈说可以。南希决定收养那只脚是白色的小猫。她管他叫Boots。等五只小猫三个月大时，南希的妈妈为他们拍摄了照片。南希将照片带进了学校。她向同学们展示图片。所有人都想收养一只。第二天，他们来到了南希的家。除了小猫Boots，其它五只都被拿走了。南希对朋友们说：“Boots是我的。”妈妈说：“我们要带猫妈妈去看病。”南希问为什么。妈妈说；“我们要帮助她。我们不能再让她生小猫了。医生会帮助解决的。”

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 boots   

n.擦靴人；长统靴（ boot的名词复数 ）；[品牌]博姿

参考例句：

• a pair of black leather boots 一双黑皮靴
• She scraped the mud off her boots. 她刮掉了靴子上的泥。