October 27
10月27日
Read it!
讀讀看!
Carving a pumpkin isn't hard.
雕刻南瓜并不難,
But you need a sharp knife.
可是需要一把鋒利的刀子。
Taylor shows Alex some pumpkin carvings.
泰樂拿了些南瓜雕刻作品給亞力克斯看,
They are really cool.
那些作品都非常酷。
Taylor likes the owl carving.
泰樂喜歡雕刻成貓頭鷹的作品。
Alex carves his own pumpkin.
亞力克斯在他自己的南瓜上雕刻,
He carves a funny face on it.
他在南瓜上刻了一張搞笑的臉。
His pumpkin is big, but not really big.
他的南瓜有點大,但不算太大。
A pumpkin at a contest in California weighed 2,000 pounds!
在加州的一場比賽上,有一顆南瓜重達兩千磅!
Conversation A
會話A
Is carving a pumpkin hard, Taylor?
泰樂,雕刻南瓜很難嗎?
No. But you need a really sharp knife.
不會,不過你需要一把很鋒利的刀子。
Do people usually carve faces on pumpkins?
一般人通常都在南瓜上刻臉嗎?
Yes. But some people carve really cool things on pumpkins.
對,可是有些人會在南瓜上雕刻非常酷的作品。
I'll show you.
我找給你看。
Those carvings are amazing!
這些雕刻作品真是太驚人了!
There are some really cool designs.
有些設計圖樣真是酷斃了。
I like this owl carving. It looks so real.
我喜歡這件貓頭鷹的作品, 看起來好真實喔。
Maybe I should try to carve a pumpkin!
也許我該來嘗試一下雕刻南瓜!
Conversation B
會話B
Alex carved a pumpkin. Did you see it?
亞力克斯雕刻了一顆南瓜, 妳有看到嗎?
No. Can I see it, Alex?
沒有。亞力克斯,我可以看嗎?
It's at home. But I have a picture.
我放在家里, 不過我拍了一張照片,
Look.
妳看。
That's a really funny face, Alex!
亞力克斯,那張滑稽好笑的臉真有趣!
Did carving it take a long time?
你刻那張臉花了很多時間嗎?
I carved it in about an hour.
我大概在一個小時內完成,
Finding the right pumpkin took a lot longer!
可是找適當的南瓜花了我更長的時間呢!
Why didn't you carve a scary face?
你為什么沒有刻一張恐怖的臉?
Funny faces are more fun!
搞笑的臉比較好玩!
Conversation C
會話C
Your pumpkin looks pretty big, Alex.
亞力克斯,你的南瓜看起來滿大的。
It is. It was heavy to carry!
沒錯,搬那顆南瓜很重!
But I wanted to carve a big one.
不過,我想刻一顆大的。
It's pretty small compared to some pumpkins.
那顆南瓜和有些大南瓜比起來其實滿小的。
Really?
真的嗎?
Yes. One pumpkin weighed more than 2,000 pounds.
沒錯。有一顆南瓜重達兩千磅,
It won the pumpkin contest at a festival in California.
在加州一場嘉年華上的南瓜大賽中贏得冠軍。
That's huge!
那真是太大了!
Yes! You could make a lot of pumpkin pies from that pumpkin!
沒錯!可以用那顆南瓜做很多南瓜派!