ISCIENCE HOMEWORK  科學課的家庭作業

現在是周末，Jack,Paula, Jenny三個人在家里。

Paula  I’m bored. What can we do?

Jack   Don’t you hav eany homework to do this weekend?

Paula  I have to go into the garden and make a list of all the creatures that I find. Then I have to write one thing about each creature.

Jenny  That sounds fun.

Jack  What do you expect to find in the garden, Paula?

Paula  Um, bugs, bees, spiders, worms.

Jenny  Yes. Anything else?

Paula  Maybe I’ll find a snake.

Jack  Well, it’s not impossible, but it’s unlikely in Britain.

Jenny  What else would you expect to find, Paula?

Paula  Um, birds.

Jenny  Yes.

Paula  Perhaps a frog. Are there any racoons in England?

Jack  Unfortunately not. But there are a lot of rabbits and squirrels.

Jenny  yes, there’s often a squirrel in the apple tree. Let’s go and see if there’s one there now.

* bored  adj.           *creeature  n.                *bug  n.  (美)蟲子         *worm  n. 幼蟲，蛀蟲

*spider  n. 蜘蛛        *unlikely  adj. 不可能的      *unfortunately adj.不幸地     *racoon  n.  浣熊

*squirrel  n.松鼠

bug

bug在英國英語中有，但它在美國英語中更經常使用。雖然是insect的比較口語化的詞，但有時候也被作為“讓某人煩

惱”或者“讓某人感覺心煩”的動詞而使用：

That noise is really bugging me!