朗文3L看听学英语第一册 Lesson 71

Lesson 71 Father's telescope
Father: Look through this telescope,Sandy.
What can you see?
Sandy: I can see a man and a dog.
Father: What are they doing?
Sandy: They're standing¹ beside a lake.
Father: What's the man doing now?
Sandy: He's picking up a stick.
Father: What's happening now?
Sandy: Now the man's throwing the stick into the water.
Father: What's happening now?
Sandy: Now the dog's swimming across the lake.
Sandy: Now the dog's holding the stick between its teeth.
It's swimming back to the man.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。