WHERE ARE MY BINOCULARS?  我的雙簡望遠鏡在哪兒？

Jack, Jenny和Paula正在大掃除。Jack在找東西。

Jack   No, not there. Where doulc they be?

Jenny  What are you looking for, Jack/ Perhaps I can help.

Jack  I’m looking for a pair of binoculars.

Jenny  Did you buy them here?

Jack   No, I bought them in the States before I came here.

Jenny  Are you sure you brought them with you?

Jack   I think so, but I guess I might have left them in the States.

Jenny  Paula, have you seen any binoculars anywhere?

Paula  No, sorry. You must have left them in the States.

Jack   Well, I might have, but I don’t think so.

Jenny  Oh, I know where they might be. Have you looked in the attic?

Jack   No. I should have looked there first, shouldn’t I?

Jenny  Well, they could be there, What do you want them fro?

Jack   On the news, they said that there’s a comet that we might be able to see tonight, and they said binoculars might help. I’ll go and look in the attic.

Jenny  OK>

Paula  What’s a comet, Jenny?

Jenny  It’s like a huge snowball, I think, that goes round and the Sun. And it can take tens or even hundreds of years to do one orbit.

Paula  What does a comet look like?

Jenny  Well, if you’re lucky, it looks like a bright star with a long tall.

Paula   Wom, that sounds fun.

Jack   I’ve found them.

Paula   Good!

*binocular  n.雙筒望遠鏡         *attic  n. 閣樓         *comet  n. 彗星          *be able to將可能           

*huge  adj.巨大的           *orbit  n.運行軌道          *snowball  n.雪球         *tail  n.尾巴

 

英國英語里，如果閣樓是房間的話，就稱做attic,若是儲物間的話就叫做loft。