Daniel: Mom, I've got something to tell you.

Mom: So, please!

Daniel: Aunt Jane buys a new bike for Tom. He is putting on grand airs.

Mom: I bought you a new one last year. Isn't it handsome?

Daniel: It is great. But Tom's bike is so much better than mine.

Mom: Frankly, he is more well-behaved than you.

(Daniel murmurs.)

Daniel: Nothing of that sort!

(Mom feels a little anxious.)

Mom: Why hasn't the bus come yet? Every morning we have to wait for so long.

(Daniel behaves like an adult.)

Daniel: Mom, it's OK. I will buy a big car one day. It is faster than the bus.

Mom: Really? I am looking forward to that. What about the traffic?

Daniel: Let me see.

(Daniel thinks for a while.)

Daniel: Yes. I will buy a plane for you. There is no traffic up there.

丹尼爾：媽媽，我有事情要對你說。

媽媽：說吧！

丹尼爾：簡阿姨給湯姆買了一輛新的自行車。他現(xiàn)在可神氣呢。

媽媽：我不是去年給你買了一輛嗎？難道它不好嗎？

丹尼爾：是很好。但是湯姆的自行車比我的好。

媽媽：說實話，他也比你表現(xiàn)得好啊。

（丹尼爾小聲嘀咕。）

丹尼爾：哪有這回事！

（媽媽感到有些著急。）

媽媽：為什么公交車還沒有來啊？每天早晨我們都要等這么久！

（丹尼爾表現(xiàn)得像個大人。）

丹尼爾：媽媽，沒關(guān)系的。總有一天我會買一輛汽車的。它比公交車可快多了。

媽媽：真的？我可盼著呢。那交通問題怎么解決呢？

丹尼爾：讓我想想。

（丹尼爾考慮了片刻。）

丹尼爾：知道了。我給你買一架飛機好了，在天上就不會出現(xiàn)交通堵塞了。

Daniel: I like bikes. I've got one but I want a new one because my friend Tom's bike is so much better than mine. The traffic here is bad so it's really convenient to go around on a bike rather than wasting time stuck in traffic. Maybe I should get a car or even a plane for my Mom in the future. I don't want her to wait for the bus anymore.

grand adj. 宏觀的，壯麗的

handsome adj. 英俊的，漂亮的

frankly adv. 坦白地

well-behaved adj. 很乖的

murmur vi. 嘀咕

anxious adj. 焦急的

behave vi. 行為

adult n. 成年人

look forward to 期待

traffic n. 交通

He is putting on grand airs.

他神氣十足。

Nothing of the sort!

哪有這回事！該句用來表達否定或者不服氣的意思。

Let me see.

讓我想想。在想要表達“讓我看看”時，也可以用這句話。

表示交通工具的詞匯

基礎(chǔ)詞匯

taxi 出租車

jeep 吉普車

ship 船

boat 小船

plane 飛機

train 火車

bus 公交車

bike 自行車

提高詞匯

sports car 跑車

truck 卡車

fire engine 消防車

ambulance 救護車

canoe 獨木舟