Taxi driver: Will do.
Mom: How frustrating! The bus is still not coming.
Taxi driver: Ma’am, take your kid to school?
Mom: Yes. I am in a hurry. Please take a shortcut.
Taxi driver: No problem. Don’t worry, the taxi is faster than the bus.
Mom: The traffic is terrible on Monday morning. It takes us almost 1 hour to get to school.
Taxi driver: My son is the same. But he always makes an early start in the morning, and enjoys listening to the English programmer “Let’s talk in English” on the way.
Mom: That’s wonderful. He is killing two birds with one stone.
Mom: Sir, please turn right at the next corner. And stop at the taxi stand.
Taxi driver: OK!
Mom: What is the fare?
Taxi driver: It’s 14.5 Yuan.
(Mother gives 15 Yuan to the taxi driver.)
Mom: Keep the change!
Taxi driver: Thanks, Ma’am.
聽看學
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媽媽：麻煩去卓成小學。
出租車司機：好的。
媽媽：真讓人煩躁!公交車到現在都還沒到。
出租車司機：女士，您是送孩子上學吧?
媽媽：是啊，我趕時間。請走近路吧。
出租車司機：沒問題，別擔心，出租車可比公交車快多了。
媽媽：周一早晨，交通總是很糟糕。到學校要花近一個小時的時間呢。
出租車司機：我兒子也是這樣的。但他早晨總會早些出發，在路上他喜歡聽“讓我們一起來學英語”這個英語節目。
媽媽：這太好了。他還真是一箭雙雕啊。
媽媽：師傅，請在下一個路口右轉。停在出租車站牌那邊好了。
出租車司機：好的!
媽媽：多少錢?
出租車司機：十四塊五。
(媽媽給師傅十五塊錢。)
媽媽：不用找了!
出租車司機：那謝謝您了。
經典背誦 Recitation
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Taxi driver: Hello, I am a taxi driver. I enjoy talking with my passengers. Every morning I take my son to school. And he enjoys listening to the English programmer on the way. One of my passengers once said my son is very clever to kill two birds with one stone.
生詞小結
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frustrating adj. 令人沮喪的
kid n. 孩子
be in a hurry 趕時間
shortcut n. 近路，捷徑
terrible adj. 嚴重的
programmer n. 節目
fare n. 費用
change n. 零錢
注釋
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He is killing two birds with one stone.
“一箭雙雕。”或者也可以翻譯為“一石二鳥”。多用來形容用更少的力氣，一次完成兩件或多件事情。
Keep the change! “不用找零了。”
Functional structure 功能性句型擴展
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事物簡單比較的句型
請朗讀一下句型，家長和孩子交替進行。
1.同級比較
(1)as…as句型(和……一樣)
She is still as busy as a bee. 她仍十分忙碌。(和蜜蜂一樣忙)
He is as greedy as a wolf. 他貪得無厭。(和狼一樣貪婪)
Our life is as sweet as honey. 我們的生活像蜜一樣甜。
(2)not as…as或者not so…as句型(不同于……)
The food isn’t as good as yesterday. 今天的飯菜沒有昨天的好。
It isn’t so cold as yesterday. 今天沒有昨天冷。
2.比較級句型
(1)more than句型
Dancing is more interesting than singing. 跳舞比唱歌要有趣。
(2)the more…the more句型
The more you learn, the more you know. 學得越多，知道得也就越多。
3.最高級句型
Yellow is the most beautiful color. 黃色是最漂亮的顏色。
Father is the tallest in our family. 爸爸是我們家最高的人。
Where is the nearest bus-stop? 最近的公共汽車站在哪?
