新课标英语阅读 40：一个男孩和一个女孩
40.A boy or a girl一个男孩和一个女孩
Many boys and girls in western countries wear the same clothes. 许多男孩和女孩在西方国家穿同样的衣服。
Many of them have long hair, so it is hard to 他们中的许多人有长头发,所以很难
tell whether they are boys or girls.辨别他们是男孩还是女孩。
One day an old man is sitting on a chair near a pool. 一天,一个老人正坐在一把椅子靠近池。
A person is beside him. 一个人在他身边。
The old man asks the person, 老人问那个人,
"Is that a boy or a girl in the pool?" The person answers,“那是一个男孩或女孩在游泳池吗?“人的答案,
"A girl. she is my daughter. "“一个女孩。她是我的女儿。“
"Oh, sorry, " the old man says. “哦,对不起,”老人说。
"I didn't know you were her mother. " “我不知道你是她母亲。“
"You are wrong," the person says.“你错了,”这个人说。
"I'm her father. "“我是她的父亲。“
WORD BANK
westem/’west?n/adj.西的
西方的
whether conj.是否
不管，不论
pool/pu:l/n.游泳池
person n.人
