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Mom: That’s OK, Ben, just let it go. I thought you were just a little too much into it.
Dad: I wasn’t kidding before, OK, I’m fine now.
Mom: Honey, have you ever heard that there are a lot of stray cats now.
Dad: Yes.
Mom: Now they are collected by some volunteers, and people can adopt them or make a donation for the shelters.
Dad: What are you saying? You are acting weird today.
Mom: I want to adopt a cat, and it can be Barbie’s boyfriend too.
Dad: Haha, very funny, but it doesn’t make any sense to me.
Mom: That’s all right. At least I got myself left.
Dad: Seriously, if we will adopt any animals, we’d gotta to talk to Daniel.
Mom: I hope that he would grant me with that.
Dad: Hope so.
聽看學
媽媽：好了，本，都過去了。我還以為你只是有點奇怪。
爸爸：我剛才可沒有開玩笑，不過我現在已經好了。
媽媽：親愛的，你聽說了現在有很多流浪貓嗎?
爸爸：嗯。
媽媽：現在有一些志愿者們將貓們聚集起來，然后人們可以收養，或者是給他們捐款建住所。
爸爸：你想說什么?你今天有點奇怪。
媽媽：我想領養一只小貓，然后他也可以成為芭比的男朋友。
爸爸：哈哈，太有趣了。但是對于我來說卻沒有任何意義。
媽媽：好的，至少我堅持我自己的意見。
爸爸：說真的，如果我們要領養任何動物的話，我們得先和丹尼爾談談。
媽媽：我希望他會答應。
爸爸：希望吧。
經典背誦 Recitation
Dad: Shirley says that there are a lot of stray cats in the street, and she wants to adopt one, thinking it may be our dog Barbie’s boyfriend. It’s kind of her to think of that, but it’s surely weird to make a cat be a dog’s boyfriend. Honestly speaking, our son Daniel would just get mad if he hears about his mother’s idea.
生詞小結
stray adj. 迷途的，丟失的
collect vt. 收集
donation n. 捐贈
shelter n. 庇護所
adopt n. 收養
funny adj. 有趣的
grant vt. 同意
注釋
Toplet it go. 順其自然
It doesn’t make any sense to me. 對于我來說卻沒有任何意義。
Get myself left. 堅持自己的意見。
情景練習 Scene practice
拒絕句型練習
仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用拒絕句型，用一用，練一練。
1.Someone offers Benjamin a cigarette. If he wants refuse politely, what would he say?
2.If you were Shirley, you have just bought a set of furniture. Someone offers to help you. You refuse politely. What do you say?
3.A friend offers to buy May some CDs, she refuses, what would she say?
4.If you were Daniel, a stranger offers you a drink. You refuse directly. What do you say?
5.A friend of Benjamin offers him a ticket for circus show, if you were Benjamin, you want to refuse it politely. What do you say?
