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May: Daniel, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at school now?

Daniel: The same question to you.

May: Well, we shall make it a secret between us.

Daniel: Deal, Where is Gucci?

May: She is the cheer-leader. They are required to put on a performance. Look! Here they come.

Daniel: Oh, look at her. She looks like one is the basketball babies in NBA.

May: (Mumble) I want to be like her.

Daniel: Get real. Don’t be so pathetic.

May: Hey, young man! I’m your sis. Don’t talk to me like that.

Daniel: Oh, man, look at her, go! She is amazing! She should be my sis.

May: Boy, you’ve got such a crush on her, haven’t you?

Daniel: Yes, I want to be her boyfriend. Just like in the movie.

May: Are you out of your mind?

Daniel: She told me she liked my new haircut. She thought it was cool.

May: Go ahead, have a try and be a joke.

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阿美：丹尼爾，你在這里做什么，你不是應該在上課嗎?

丹尼爾：我也想問你同樣的問題。

阿美：好吧，我們就把它當成我們兩個之間的秘密吧。

丹尼爾：行，古奇在哪里?

阿美：她是拉拉隊隊長。她們等下要表演。看，她們來了。

丹尼爾：哦，你看她，她看起來就像是NBA里的籃球寶貝。

阿美：(喃喃自語)我想像她一樣。

丹尼爾：現實點吧。別那么可悲。

阿美：嗨，年輕人，我是你姐姐哎，別這么和我說話。

丹尼爾：哦，看她，那里。她真棒!她要是我姐姐就好了。

阿美：小家伙，你已經迷上她了，是嗎?

丹尼爾：是啊，我要做她的男朋友，就像電影里一樣。

阿美：你瘋了嗎?

丹尼爾：她說她喜歡我的新發型，她覺得我很酷。

阿美：那盡管去吧，試試看，(你可以)成為一個笑話。

丹尼爾：走著瞧。

經典背誦 Recitation

Daniel: I like Gucci. She is my older sister’s best friend. She is an amazing cheerleader. She thinks I’m cool, and I want to be her boyfriend though May always laughs at me, saying that I would be nothing but a joke. But I don’t care about what she says. We’ll see someday.

生詞小結

suppose vt. 應該

secret n. 秘密

cheer-leader n. 拉拉隊長

basketball baby 籃球寶貝

pathetic adj. 可悲的

amazing adj. 令人驚異的

crush n. 迷戀

joke n. 笑話

注釋

basketball babies

美國的NBA(美國職業籃球聯賽)比賽中，會在中場休息的時候有拉拉隊的表演，表演非常出色，受到很多人的喜歡，被大家稱為basketball babies(籃球寶貝)。

Scene practice 情景練習——義務和需求句型練習

仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用表達義務和需求的句型，用一用，練一練。

1. Daniel is the leader of their football team, if you were Daniel, what would you say to your team members before an important competition?

2. If you were Benjamin, you have to maintain the whole family, what would you say if you want to tell your good friend your responsibility in your family?

3. Shirley is an accountant of a factory, she is asked to tell her detail work, if you were Shirley, what would you say?

4. May wants to be a volunteer of the Olympic Games, if you were May, how would you state the responsibility of the volunteer?

5. May is the monitor of her class, if you were May, you are asked to tell your responsibility, what would you say?