新概念英語第一冊第55-56課:The Sawyer family

　　Lesson 55 The Sawyer family索耶一家人

　　Listen to the tape then answer this question. When do the children do their homework?
　　聽錄音，然后回答問題。孩子們什么時候做功課？　　The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
　　索耶一家住在國王街87號。

　　In the morning, Mrs Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school.
　　早上，索耶先生去上班，孩子們去上學。

　　Their father takes them to school every day.
　　父親每天送孩子們去上學。

　　Mrs Sawyer stays at home every day. She does the housework.
　　索耶夫人每天呆在家里。她料理家務。

　　She always eats her lunch at noon.
　　她總是在正午吃午飯。

　　In the afternoon, she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together.
　　下午，她總是會見她的朋友。她們經常在一起喝茶。

　　In the evening, the children come home from school. They arrive home early.
　　傍晚，孩子們放學回家。他們到家很早。

　　Mr Sawyer comes home from work. He arrives home late.
　　索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。

　　At night, the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed.
　　晚上，孩子們總是做作業，然后去睡覺。

　　Mr Sawyer usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
　　索耶先生總是讀報紙，但有時和他的妻子一起看電視。

　　New Word and expressions生詞和短語
　　live
　　v. 住，生活

　　stay
　　v. 呆在，停留

　　home
　　n. 家；
　　adv. 到家

　　housework
　　n. 家務

　　lunch
　　n. 午飯

　　afternoon
　　n. 下午

　　usually
　　adv. 通常

　　together
　　adv. 一起

　　evening
　　n. 晚上

　　arrive
　　v. 到達

　　night
　　n. 夜間