新课标小学英语阅读100篇 63

　　63  A Lovely Weekend一个可爱的周末

　　It is a fine Saturday morning. 这是一个很好的周六上午。

　　Bob and his family get up later¹ than usual², 鲍勃和他的家人得到比平时起得晚,

　　because he isn't going³ to school 因为他不去学校

　　and his father and mother aren't going to work.和他的父亲和母亲不去工作。

　　They are all staying at home, 他们都呆在家里,

　　but they are not idle⁴.但他们不是空闲的。

　　Each of them is doing a different thing.每个人都在做不同的事。

　　Bob's father is in the garage⁵. 鲍勃的父亲是在车库。

　　He is washing⁶ his car. 他正在洗他的车。

　　His mother is in the kitchen.他的母亲是在厨房里。

　　She is busy preparing⁷ a good meal⁸ for the family. 她正在忙着准备一顿美餐的家庭。

　　Sometimes, Bob helps his mum with the cooking⁹,有时,鲍勃帮助他妈妈做饭,

　　and sometimes he goes to the garage 有时他去车库

　　and watches his father wash his car . 和手表他父亲洗他的车。

　　His elder¹⁰ brother, Jack¹¹, usually stays in his study till¹² lunchtime¹³. 他的哥哥,杰克,总是呆在书房,直到午饭时间。

　　His two sisters are listening to some beautiful music 他的两个姐姐正在听一些优美的音乐

　　while¹⁴ they're cleaning the house. His younger¹⁵ brother,虽然他们打扫房子。他的弟弟

　　Tom, is training¹⁶ his puppy¹⁷.汤姆,是训练他的小狗。

　　He is having a lot of fun. Around 12 : 30 , 他是有很多的乐趣。大约12:30,

　　the whole¹⁸ family is seated¹⁹ around the table enjoying a wonderful meal.整个家庭都围坐在桌边享用一顿美餐。

　　WORD BANK

　　idle／‘aidl／adj．空闲的，懒惰的

　　停顿的

　　garage n．车库；

　　修车厂；汽车间

　　elder adj．年长的，

　　资格老的

1 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

2 usual   

adj.通常的；平常的

参考例句：

• I got up at six that morning as usual.像往常一样那天早上我六点起床。
• It's usual to have a holiday in summer.夏天休假是惯例。

3 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

4 idle   

adj.空闲的，闲置的；无用的；懒散的；v.空费

参考例句：

• Mike doesn't study at all.Instead,he sits idle all day.迈克根本不肯读书，相反地，他终日游手好闲。
• How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!生活中有多少麻烦不都是由闲谈引起的么！

5 garage   

n.汽车库，汽车间，汽车修理厂

参考例句：

• There is a garage in the southeast corner of his house.他房子的东南角有一个车房。
• The garage did such a bad repair.修车厂的活干得如此之差。

6 washing   

n.洗，洗涤，洗衣，洗脸，洗澡，冲洗，冲刷

参考例句：

• A washing machine is run by a small electric motor.洗衣机由一台小电动机驱动。
• She hung the washing on the line to dry.她把洗好的衣服晾在绳子上。

7 preparing   

adj.准备的，预备的v.准备( prepare的现在分词 )；预备（饭菜）；配备；使（自己）有准备

参考例句：

• The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government. 该党领袖敦促党员着手准备筹建政府。
• The programme is geared to preparing students for the world of work. 本计划旨在为学生开始就业作准备。

8 meal   

n.膳食，一餐，谷物粗粉；vi.进餐

参考例句：

• Did you enjoy the meal?你喜欢这顿饭吗？
• Mother cooked us a good meal.妈妈给我们做了一顿可口的饭。

9 cooking   

n.烹调；烹饪

参考例句：

• What do you mean,you don't like my cooking?你是什么意思，你是不喜欢我做的饭？
• I have little knowledge of cooking.我几乎不懂烹饪技术。

10 elder   

adj.年龄较大的，年长的；n.长者，长辈

参考例句：

• She has an elder brother.她有一个哥哥。
• He's the second child;he has an elder sister.他排行老二，他有个姐姐。

11 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

12 till   

conj.直到(...为止)；n.(账台中)放钱的抽屉；prep.直到；pron.直到...为止，直到；vt.耕种

参考例句：

• It was not till 11 o'clock that he came back last night.昨晚直到11点他才回来。
• You can come to my house till all hours.你多晚来我家都没关系。

13 lunchtime   

n.午餐时间

参考例句：

• We only had a little snack at lunchtime.我们午饭只吃了一点小吃。
• It was close to lunchtime when the children arrived.孩子们到家时，已近午饭时间。

14 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。

15 younger   

adj.年轻的；n.年纪较小的人

参考例句：

• My younger brother hides behind the door. 我弟弟躲在门后。
• She is older than me but my other sisters are younger. 她比我大，其余都是我妹妹。

16 training   

n.训练，培养，锻炼

参考例句：

• She is training for the school sports meet.她在为参加学校运动会进行锻炼。
• I haven't had any real training.我没有受过什么真正的训练。

17 puppy   

n.小狗，幼犬

参考例句：

• You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
• Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。

18 whole   

adj.整整的；全部的；完整的

参考例句：

• It snowed for two whole days.雪下了整整两天。
• The whole village was sleeping.整个村庄一片寂静。

19 seated   

adj.就座的；固定的；有…座位的；根深蒂固的v.使就座( seat的过去式和过去分词 )；使就职；使获得座位（或席位）；可容纳若干座位

参考例句：

• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。
• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。