背诵为王 第 一 册 第 94 课

             94             A Happy Grandparent

Mr. Brown had a daughter who had two daughters and two sons. One day the daughter telephoned and said that she had a new daughter. Mr. Brown was very happy and decided¹ to visit her.

On Friday morning, Mr. Brown got into a train. He was very happy. "I'm going to see my new grand-daughter,"he said. 

There were three empty places in the train. There was an old man beside one empty place, and Mr. Brown went to him and said nicely, "Are you a grandfather?""Yes,"the man answered, "I have three granddaughters²."Mr. Brown went to the second empty place. A nice woman sat beside that. Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandmother?"The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters and two grandsons."Mr. Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man beside that, and Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandfather?""Do, I'm not,"the man answered. Mr. Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good. He sat down in the empty place and said to the man kindly³, "Dow I'll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons.

   nicely 和善地，和颜悦色地

                                 快乐的外公

布朗先生有一个女儿，他女儿有两个女儿、两个儿子。有一天，布朗先生的女儿打电话告

诉他，她又生了一个女儿。布朗先生非常高兴，他决定去看望她。 

星期五早上，布朗先生坐上了火车。他非常愉快。他说：“我要去看我的新外孙女了。” 

火车上有三个空座位。其中一个空位旁坐着一位老人。布朗先生朝他走过去，友善地说：

“你是个祖父吗？”  “是的，”那个老人回答他，“我有三个孙女。”  布朗先生于是走到第二个空位。一位和蔼的女士坐在这个空位旁边。布朗先生问：“你做了祖母吗？”  那位女士回答：“是的，我有两个孙女、两个孙子。”布朗先生又走到第三个空位子。坐在旁边的是位男士，布朗先生又问：“你做了祖父吗？”  “不，我不是。”那位男士回答他。  布朗先生高兴得笑着说：“好极了。”他在空位上坐下来，和蔼地对那位男士说：“现在，我想和你说说我的外孙和外孙女们。” 

 

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 granddaughters   

n.（外）孙女( granddaughter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• That married woman likes her granddaughters very much. 那位妇人很爱她的孙女们。 来自辞典例句
• Only leaving the sick grandpa brought up these three granddaughters. 只剩下身体有病的爷爷带着3个孙女一起生活。 来自互联网

3 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。