基礎英語 · Book 5
Everyday Topics — 第五冊
每課：看圖 → 讀短文（真人朗讀）→ 生字與進階學習 → 小測驗。
Today is a very special day because it is little Jimmy’s first birthday. All of his family has come to celebrate with him. There is a beautifully decorated cake in the middle of the table. Jimmy looks hungrily at the cake as everyone claps and sings “Happy Birthday” to him.
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Jimmy received many presents.
吉米收到很多的禮物。
They eat the cake on paper plates.
他們吃紙盤上的蛋糕。
Jimmy’s brother hides behind grandpa and giggles excitedly.
吉米的弟弟躲在爺爺的後面，並且很興奮地咯咯笑。
The white and yellow icing looks like a big egg on the cake.
黃白相間的糖衣看起來就像在蛋糕上面的一個大雞蛋。
Grandma happily leads the family in singing.
奶奶開心地帶領家人唱歌。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「慶祝」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「禮物」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「帶領」是哪一個英文字？
Marty always rides his bike carelessly. He daydreams and sings while he rides. One day he is going to have a serious accident. This time he luckily crashed into a wall. Next time it might be a car or truck. He needs to learn the rules of the road.
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Ben badly scraped his knee on the road.
班在路上嚴重地擦傷了膝蓋。
The basket on his bike is terribly bent.
他腳踏車上的籃子嚴重地彎曲。
Carl lies on the ground in pain.
卡爾痛苦地躺在地上。
This is not his first wipeout.
這並不是他第一次跌倒。
When he finally gets up, he carefully hobbles home.
當他最後爬起來時，他非常小心地跛行回家。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「粗心大意地」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「嚴重地」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「跛行」是哪一個英文字？
Travis loves the smell of the bakery. It makes him instantly hungry. He quickly grabs a tray and a pair of tongs. He slowly walks down the aisle and stares hungrily at all the baking. There are so many choices that he can’t make up his mind.
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The bread is baked fresh every morning.
麵包都是每天早上現烤的。
The cream puffs make Travis drool hungrily.
奶油泡芙讓崔必斯飢餓地垂涎三尺。
The jelly-filled donuts are his favorite.
塗滿果醬的甜甜圈是他的最愛。
The baker is constantly baking new delicious sweets.
麵包師傅不停地烘焙新鮮美味的甜點。
The prices are marked in front of each item.
價格標示在每樣商品的前面。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「立即」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「新鮮的」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「價格」是哪一個英文字？
Penelope is filling her thermos with water before she goes to work. She pushes down on the blue handle. The water pours out of the bottle into her thermos. Then she puts the lid back on the thermos. Now she will have water all day long at work.
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There is a small cup attached to the top of the thermos.
保溫瓶上面附了一個小小的杯子。
The water filter cleans the water.
淨水器能使水質乾淨。
There is cold water in the water cooler.
飲水冷卻器裡有冰水。
The large bottle of water has a tap attached to it.
這大瓶水上面裝了一個出水龍頭。
She cleans her thermos regularly.
她定期地清洗她的保溫瓶。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「保溫瓶」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「附加」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「定期地」是哪一個英文字？
Luke needs to prepare for his English class. He carefully places a worksheet in the photocopier and closes the lid. Then he punches in the number of copies he wants. Once that is done, he pushes the start button.
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A photocopier can quickly print things.
影印機可以快速地影印。
Do you know how to clear a paper jam in the copier?
你知道如何清除影印機卡紙嗎？
. Pull out the top tray and put more paper in.
把最上面的紙匣拉出來，然後放更多的紙張進去。
The copier can even staple papers together.
這台影印機甚至可以把紙張裝訂起來。
Put the original document face down.
將原稿的正面朝下放好。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「影印機」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「印」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「原始的」是哪一個英文字？
Laura’s family doesn’t have a clothesline. Instead, they use chairs to air out their blankets in the driveway. They lay the blankets across the chairs so that they don’t touch the dirty ground. I hope they don’t hang their underwear outside, too!
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Sunshine kills germs that live on blankets.
陽光會殺死住在被子裡的細菌。
The sun can fade colors and make things look old quickly.
陽光會使顏色褪色，而且很快地讓東西看來變得老舊。
A nice breeze helps to make sheets fresh again.
宜人的微風使床單又變得非常清新。
Don’t hang out your laundry if it is too humid.
若天氣太潮溼的話，別把你的衣服掛在外面。
Take the fresh blankets in before it gets dark.
在天黑之前，把潔淨的被子收進來。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「曬衣繩」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「細菌」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「黑暗的」是哪一個英文字？
Little Tim is spending the day on the seashore. He loves to play in the sand. He digs holes to see what he can find. Sometimes he finds little crabs. Sometimes he finds clams. Maybe someday he will find treasure.
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Let’s build a sandcastle.
我們一起來建造一座沙堡。
Tim looked around for seashells.
提姆四處找尋貝殼。
You shouldn’t litter when you are at the beach.
當你在海邊時，不應該亂丟垃圾。
He could hear the waves hitting the shore.
他可以聽到海浪拍打海岸的聲音。
Don’t go on the dock without your parents.
沒有父母親的陪伴不要去碼頭。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「海濱」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「沙堡」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「碼頭」是哪一個英文字？
Janice goes to the playground every Sunday. She meets other neighborhood girls there and they play together. She really likes the slide. It is fun to climb to the top and slide down. Janice giggles happily as she slides to the bottom.
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There is also a see-saw at the playground.
在遊樂場裡也有一座翹翹板。
The girls hang from the bars on the jungle gym.
女孩們吊掛在攀爬架的橫槓上面。
They push each other on the swings.
他們互相推鞦韆。
Janice thinks she is too old to play in the sandbox.
珍妮斯認為她年紀太大，不適合在沙坑裡玩了。
The playground is very busy on Sundays.
這座遊戲場在星期日時很熱鬧。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「鄰近地區」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「翹翹板」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「熱鬧的」是哪一個英文字？
Jillian’s favorite place is the park. She comes here whenever she wants to be alone. Then she carefully climbs up the tree in the middle of the park. No one can bother her up in the tree. Sometimes she even sleeps up there on a big limb.
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Those branches move in the wind.
那些樹枝隨風搖曳。
This tree has very tiny leaves.
這棵樹的樹葉很小。
She tries to get a grip on the next branch.
她試著緊緊的抓住旁邊的樹枝。
The bark is very thick and rough.
這棵樹的樹皮又厚又粗糙。
My father built a tree house for me.
我爸爸為我搭建了一間樹屋。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「每當」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「樹枝」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「樹屋」是哪一個英文字？
Ruby is playing on the swing set with her mom. They are having a contest to see who can go the highest. Ruby leans back and pushes out her legs on the way forward. Then she tucks her legs in on the way back. This makes her go faster and higher.
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Ruby holds the chains tightly.
露比緊緊地握住鏈條。
The seat on the swing is soft.
鞦韆上的座位是很軟的。
Drag your feet on the ground to slow down.
用你的腳在地上拖行，讓速度減緩下來。
If you twist the chains around, you can spin quickly.
如果你扭轉鏈條，你可以快速地旋轉。
Ruby could swing back and forth for hours.
露比可以前後來回擺盪上幾個小時。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「一套；一部」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「鏈條」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「來回地」是哪一個英文字？
These young ladies are taking a pottery class. They listen to the teacher’s directions. Then they watch her mold the clay. After that, they can try doing it by themselves. The teacher can show them what to do if anyone has a problem.
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Roll the clay between your hands to make a ball.
將陶土放在你的雙手之間滾動，讓它成為一個圓球。
Press down on the clay to flatten it out.
將黏土往下壓，使它成為扁平的形狀。
Use your fingers to shape the clay.
用你的手指來塑造陶土的形狀。
The pottery will be put in a kiln.
陶器將被放進窯裡。
Firing dries out the clay and makes it hard.
焙燒可以讓黏土變得又乾又硬。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「陶藝」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「使滾動」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「(陶器等的)焙燒；燒製（陶器、磚等）」是哪一個英文字？
A big watermelon sits on a table covered with newspaper. Kyle sees the watermelon and suddenly becomes hungry. He grabs a slice and begins to eat it. Bits of watermelon fly everywhere. In no time, the whole watermelon is gone. Oh no! He didn’t spit out the seeds.
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The rind tastes a little sour.
外皮吃起來有點酸。
Can I have a piece of watermelon?
我可以吃一片西瓜嗎？
Mom sliced the watermelon into small pieces.
媽媽將西瓜切成一片一片的。
Watermelons can grow to enormous sizes.
西瓜可以長到很大顆。
Kyle devoured several juicy pieces of watermelon.
凱爾狼吞虎嚥地吃了好多片多汁的西瓜。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「西瓜」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「種子」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「多汁的」是哪一個英文字？
There are lots of different games to play at the arcade, but Eugene likes the racing game the best. It is almost like driving a real car. It has a steering wheel, a gearshift, a gas pedal and a brake. Unlike a real car, this car runs on coins and not on gas.
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Matt beats the other cars and wins the race.
麥特勝過了其它的車子，贏得了這場比賽的勝利。
He gets to continue playing as long as he wins.
只要他贏的話，他可以繼續玩。
Daniel pretends he is really driving.
丹尼爾假裝他真的在開車。
The game is over when he loses.
當他輸掉比賽時，遊戲就結束了。
Each level gets more and more difficult.
每一關會變得愈來愈難。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「電動玩具遊樂場」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「打敗」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「級別；等級」是哪一個英文字？
Two students are getting ready to race. But this isn’t a normal race. They have to quickly roll a tire across the finish line. It sounds easy, but it is hard to roll the tire straight. And sometimes the tire rolls faster than you can run.
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You need to keep the tire balanced.
你需要使輪胎保持平衡。
The tire might wobble out of control.
輪胎可能會搖晃失控。
David tripped over the tire and fell down.
大衛絆到輪胎而跌倒了。
The teacher begins the countdown, “5, 4, 3, 2, 1…go!”
老師開始倒數計時，「五、四、三、二、一，開始!」
It was a close finish.
到達終點的時間非常接近。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「正規的」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「平衡的」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「接近的」是哪一個英文字？
Tina and her friend have come to the supermarket to buy fresh vegetables. There are so many different vegetables in the cooler. Some are already packaged and some you put in a bag yourself. Tina checks out the mushrooms while her friend looks for a cabbage.
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Vegetables are kept cool so they don’t spoil.
蔬菜冷藏起來才不會腐壞掉。
The lettuce and celery are wrapped in cellophane.
萵苣和芹菜用保鮮膜包起來。
You can buy carrots that are already peeled.
你可以買到已經削皮的胡蘿蔔。
The cherry tomatoes come in a plastic container.
小蕃茄用塑膠容器裝起來。
I need one head of lettuce.
我需要一顆萵苣。
小測驗 Quick Check
1. 「超市」是哪一個英文字？
2. 「變爛；腐敗」是哪一個英文字？
3. 「(蔬菜的)結球」是哪一個英文字？
＊本冊共 15 課。