Mom: Not all things are useful. It's up to you. If you think it isn't of much use, you may throw them out.

 

May: OK, but it seems it's not easy for me. Many of them remind me of my childhood. I feel myself unable to throw them away.

 

Daniel: Come on. Go ahead, little girl. Be off with the old, on with the new.

 

Mom: Do as you like. Keep something that has memory for you and something decorates out new house.

 

(a short while)

 

Daniel: Oh, my God. It's unfair, Mom. May's job is just to tidy up the bookcase but I must clean up all the dirty things. We haven't used them for so long time. They are so dirty.

 

Mom: Yes, you are a superman, so we arrange something that is just suitable for a man like you.

 

Daniel: There are so many things to do! It's a pity that I can't be in two places at once.

 

May: Never mind. You may want to do it faster or we will not be able to finish the moving in two days. But if we had a maid to clean the windows, it would be much better.

 

Daniel: A maid? And clean the glass of a high building? Isn't the Spiderman?

 

May: Spiderman works on the glass outside, and we just have to clean them from the inside. That's OK. And I told you I had called this room with the balcony.

 

Daniel: Oh, come on. Nobody was there to see you call it!

 

May: Ur, Mom, what should I do about the old newspaper? Nobody ever read them. And some of them were older than Daniel.

 

Daniel: Really? I'll have a look.

 

Mom: You may sell them for some money, and share the money equally between you two. That would be your income for today.

 

Daniel: Oh, Mom, it's mean of you to allow us with little money.

 

听看学

 

阿美：妈妈，这些旧东西都放到这盒子里吗？

 

妈妈：有些东西已经没用了。你决定吧，如果觉得没多大用，就扔了吧。

 

阿美：好吧，但是对我来说好像很难。好多东西都让我回想起我的童年，我舍不得扔它们。

 

丹尼尔：好了，扔吧，小女孩儿。旧的不去，新的不来。

 

妈妈：想怎么做就怎么做，留下些让你回忆的和可以装饰我们新家的东西。

 

（过了一小会儿）

 

丹尼尔：噢，我的天哪。妈妈，这不公平。阿美的活儿只是整理书柜，但是我得清理所有这些脏东西。我们很久都没用这些东西了，真是太脏了。

 

妈妈：是啊，你是超人，所以我们安排你做些适合你这样的男子汉做的事情。

 

丹尼尔：那事情也太多了吧！真可惜我不会分身。

 

阿美：不要紧。你快点做，要不我们在两天内就搬不完了。但是如果有个钟点工来擦玻璃就好多了。

 

丹尼尔：钟点工？擦高楼的玻璃？那不是蜘蛛侠吗？

 

阿美：蜘蛛侠擦的是外面的玻璃，我们只要擦里面的玻璃就行了。好了，我告诉过你我占了这个有阳台的房间了。

 

丹尼尔：噢，算了吧，没人看见你占了那个房间。

 

阿美：呃，妈妈，我们怎么处理这些旧报纸呢？没人再读了，有些比丹尼尔的年纪还大。

 

丹尼尔：真的？我看看。

 

妈妈：你们可以把它们卖钱，然后你们俩平分。那是你们今天的劳动所得。

 

丹尼尔：噢，妈妈，就给那么点儿钱啊，你太吝啬了。

 

Recitation 经典背诵

 

May: Not all things are useful but many of them remind me of my childhood. I feel that I'm unable to throw them out. I will keep something that has the memory for me and something to decorate our new house. Tidying up the room is hard work. If we have a maid to help, it will be much better.