胡玉雯

Jason is an American boy. He is 7 years old. He is a primaryschool student. He is in Grade One. He studies English， maths，science， music， arts， PE and computerscience at school. After school， he oftenplays football with his classmates. Atweekends， he usually does his homework，watches TV， plays chess with his father andplays badminton with his elder sister.

杰森是一個(gè)美國男孩。他7 歲了。他是一名小學(xué)生。他讀一年級。他在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)英語、數(shù)學(xué)、科學(xué)、音樂、藝術(shù)、體育和信息技術(shù)。放學(xué)后，他經(jīng)常和同學(xué)一起踢足球。周末，他通常做作業(yè)、看電視、和父親下棋、和姐姐打羽毛球。

Look！ This is Jasons family photo. There are six people inthis photo. They are Jason， hisgrandfather， grandmother， mother，father and elder sister. Of course，the small boy in this photo isJason.

瞧！這是杰森的全家福。這張照片里有六個(gè)人。他們是杰森、他的祖父、祖母、母親、父親和姐姐。當(dāng)然，這張照片中的小男孩是杰森。

The old man in the photo is Jasons grandfather. He looks old， but he is strong. He works at a railway station. He goes to work by bike every day. He likes fishing very much.

照片中的老先生是杰森的祖父。他看起來雖老，但很強(qiáng)壯。他在火車站工作。他每天騎自行車去上班。他非常喜歡釣魚。

The woman on the right of Jasons grandfather is Jasons grandmother. She works at a hospital. She is a doctor. She is very kind. She is good at cooking.

杰森祖父右邊的女人是杰森的祖母。她在一家醫(yī)院工作。她是一名醫(yī)生。她很善良。她擅長烹飪。

The girl on the left of Jason is Amy. Amy is 9 years old. She is Jasons elder sister. She is very nice. She and Jason are at the same primary school， but she is in Grade Three. At school， she studies not only English， maths， science， music， arts， PE and computer science， but also Chinese. She can speak Chinese now. She can dance and sing. She can sing some Chinese songs.

杰森左邊的女孩是艾米。艾米9歲。她是杰森的姐姐。她人很好。她和杰森就讀于同一所小學(xué)，但她讀三年級。在學(xué)校，她不僅學(xué)習(xí)英語、數(shù)學(xué)、科學(xué)、音樂、藝術(shù)、體育和信息技術(shù)，還學(xué)習(xí)中文。她現(xiàn)在會(huì)說中文。她會(huì)跳舞和唱歌。她會(huì)唱一些中文歌曲。

The lady behind Amy is Mrs White. Mrs White is tall. She is Amy and Jasons mother. She is a junior middle school teacher. She teaches maths. She is always smiling. She loves her students， and all of her students love her.

艾米身后的那位女士是懷特夫人。懷特夫人個(gè)子很高。她是艾米和杰森的母親。她是一名初中教師。她教數(shù)學(xué)。她總是面帶微笑。她愛她的學(xué)生，她的學(xué)生也喜歡她。

The tall and young man is Amy and Jasons father. He alwaysworks hard. He is a courier. He drives a lorry. Every morning， hegets up very early. At about 7 oclock in the morning， he beginshis work. He usually finishes his work and comeshome at about 4 oclock in the afternoon. He ishappy every day.

這個(gè)又高又年輕的男人是艾米和杰森的父親。他總是努力工作。他是一名快遞員。他開一輛卡車。每天早上，他起得很早。早上7 點(diǎn)左右，他開始工作。他通常在下午4 點(diǎn)左右完成工作回家。他每天都很開心。

I. Put the following into Chinese.

1. primary school _________

2. Grade One __________

3. after school ____________

4. play football ___________

5. at weekends ________

6. watch TV ___________

7. play chess ________

8. on the left _____________

9. dance and sing __________

10. Chinese songs ________

II. True（√） or False（×）？ Read the passage again and judge.

1. There are seven people in Jasons family. （ ）

2. Jason is younger than Amy. （ ）

3. Amy is a junior middle school student. （ ）

4. Both Jason and Amy study Chinese. （ ）

5. Jasons grandfather works at a bus station. （ ）

6. Jasons grandmother is good at painting. （ ）

7. Jasons mother teaches maths at a junior middle school. （ ）

8. Jasons father is Mr White. （ ）

9. Jasons father is a postman. （ ）

10. Jasons father gets up early in the morning. （ ）

III. Complete the following sentences.

1. Jason is in Grade ___________.

2. Amy can sing some Chinese ___________.

3. Jasons grandfather likes ___________.

4. Jasons grandmother is a ___________.

5. Jasons mother is always ___________.

（參考答案見本期第33頁）

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