简单慢速英语阅读:New Kittens

Mama cat had six new kittens. Three kittens were black, and two were white. One kitten was black, with white feet and a white face. Nancy asked, “Mom, can we keep all the kittens?” Her mom said no. “We can’t afford to keep six kittens,” she said. “When the kittens are three months old, we will give them away.” Nancy asked if she could keep one kitten. Her mom said okay. Nancy decided¹ to keep the kitten with white feet. She called him Boots². When the other five kittens were three months old, Nancy’s mom took pictures of them. Nancy took the pictures to school. She showed the pictures to her friends. All her friends wanted a kitten. They came to her house the next day. They took all the kittens except Boots. “Boots is my kitten,” Nancy told her friends. Then her mom said, “We have to take mama cat to the cat doctor.” Nancy asked why. “We have to fix her,” her mom said. “We don’t want her to have more kittens. The doctor will fix her.”

 

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 boots   

n.擦靴人；长统靴（ boot的名词复数 ）；[品牌]博姿

参考例句：

• a pair of black leather boots 一双黑皮靴
• She scraped the mud off her boots. 她刮掉了靴子上的泥。