August 26 8月26日

Do You Like Puzzles? 喜欢解谜游戏吗？

Read it! 读读看！

Alex is playing sudoku. 亚力克斯正在玩数独，

It's a fun number puzzle. 这是一种很好玩的数字解谜游戏，

A lot of people play it. 许多人都会玩。

Abby likes jigsaw puzzles. 雅碧喜欢拼图，

She has one with 1,000 pieces. 她有一幅一千片的拼图。

Susie is doing a crossword puzzle. 苏希正在玩纵横填字谜，

She askes Taylor to help her. 她请泰乐帮助她。

She needs another word for "big". 她需要“大”的同义词，

Taylor suggests "large" or "huge". 泰乐提议“large”或“huge”

"Huge" is the answer! “huge”是正确答案！

Conversation A 会话A

Hi, Alex. What are you doing? 嗨，亚力克斯，你在做什么？

Hi, Taylor. I'm playing sudoku. 嗨，泰乐，我在玩数独。

Is that the number puzzle? 是数字的解谜游戏吗？

I don't play sudoku. Is it hard? 我不玩数独， 那会很难吗？

It can be. But it's fun. 数独有时很难， 但是很有趣。

A lot of people around the world play sudoku. 世界各地有许多人都玩数独。

Why? 为什么？

It's good for your mind. 这个游戏对头脑有帮助，

It helps you think better. 能够提升你的思考能力。

Really? Maybe I can try sudoku. 真的吗？说不定我可以尝试玩数独，

I need to think better. 我需要提升思考能力。

Conversation B 会话B

Hi, Abby. What's in the box? 嗨，雅碧，盒子里是什么？

It's a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. 是一幅一千片的拼图，

You can help me work on it. 你可以帮我一起拼。

Now? Jigsaw puzzles take a long time. 现在吗？拼图需要花上很长的时间呢。

I know. We can work on it for a little while. 我知道，我们可以先拼一下，

Then I can leave the puzzle here. 然后我会把拼图放在这里，

Then other people can work on it, too. 这样其他人就也可以拼。

OK. That's a good idea. 好，这主意不错。

Conversation C 会话C

Taylor, what's another word for "big"? 泰乐，“大”有哪些同义词？

"Large" is another word for "big". “large”是大的同义词。

I need a word with four letters. 我需要一个四个字母的字。

How about "huge"? “huge”怎么样？

Great! That works. 太好了！这个行得通。

Are you doing a crossword puzzle? 妳在玩纵横填字谜吗？

Yes. Now I need a 6-letter word for "give trouble to." 是啊。现在我需要一个“打扰别人”的同义词，要六个字母的字。

That's easy. B-O-T-H-E-R. 很简单， “B-O-T-H-E-R”。

Thanks. 谢了。

Am I bothering you? 我有打扰妳吗？

Yes! 有！