Daniel: Don't worry. No big deal. Just a common cold.

 

May: Mom called just now saying that she and Dad will be back later. Do you want to speak to them on phone?

 

Daniel: No. You can never count on the grown-ups when there is something.

 

May: Whatever. Have a drink of water.

 

Daniel: Come on, sister. This is the seventh glass already.

 

May: Maybe later. I think we have a medicine-kit.

 

Daniel: Do we? Where is it?

 

May: Probably on the of the cabinet. I'll go and get it.

 

Daniel: Be careful. Now I have no one but you to depend on.

 

May: Oh, here it is. Patulin. Oh, no!

 

Daniel: What's the new strike?

 

May: Keep lying down. The matter is that all the medicine here is past expiration.

 

Daniel: Poor me!

 

 

 

听看学

 

阿美：可怜的丹丹。你那么虚弱！

 

丹尼尔：别担心。没什么大不了的。只是普通的着凉。

 

阿美：妈妈打电话来说她和爸爸会晚一点回来，你想跟他们打电话吗？

 

丹尼尔：不用了。有事发生的时候你别指望依靠大人。

 

阿美：不管怎样。喝杯水吧。

 

丹尼尔：拜托，姐姐。这已经是第七杯水了。

 

阿美：那晚点（再喝）吧。我想我们有一个药箱。

 

丹尼尔：我们有吗？在哪里？

 

阿美：很可能在橱柜上面。我去拿来。

 

丹尼尔：小心点。我现在只能依靠你了。

 

阿美：哦，在这里。感冒药。天啊，不会吧？

 

丹尼尔：又有什么新的灾难？

 

阿美：躺着，别动。问题是这里所有的药都过期了。

 

丹尼尔：可怜的我啊！

 

 

 

经典背诵 Recitation

 

Daniel: I catch a cold from time to time. And I find that you can never count on the grown-ups when there is some emergency. Instead I choose to depend on my sister May, though sometimes she can't even find our medicine-kit. So maybe it's wise to stay put, then everything would be just fine.