阿美和丹尼尔放学回家，在布告栏处看见了停电通知。停电了，丹尼尔就看不了他最爱的动画片《奥特曼》了，同时爸爸也看不了《美国偶像》了。于是两人决定带着家里的小狗芭比去玩。
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Daniel: Oh, come on, Ultraman!
May: What’s up, Bro? What’s in the bulletin?
Daniel: It says that there will be a blackout from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in our neighborhood today.
May: Blackout? Even the TV has the limit.
Daniel: (starting at May angrily) Don’t you know you will look like a monster in the blackout?
May: Oops, no, Daddy can’t watch American Idol, either!
Daniel: That’s not the point. Come on, can you imagine that there will be no electricity on such a hot day?
May: Oh, my god! No air-conditioner!
Daniel: OK, since you are the smart one, can you come up with a better plan? So that we won’t be baked like cookies here.
May: How about playing Barbie out there in the neighborhood?
Daniel: Barbie? You know, I might be seven, but I’m not a girl.
May: Do you have a better plan?
Daniel: All right, all right.
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丹尼尔：噢，天哪，《奥特曼》！
阿美：怎么啦？弟弟。布告栏上面说的是什么？
丹尼尔：布告栏上说社区今天晚上5点到7点要停电。
阿美：停电？就连电视也不能看了。
丹尼尔：（怒视着看阿美）难道你不知道你现在看起来就像黑暗中的魔鬼吗？
阿美：啊，爸爸也看不了他的《美国偶像》了！
丹尼尔：那根本就不是重点。拜托，你能够想象在那么热的天没有电的情况吗？
阿美：噢，天哪，空调也用不了了！
丹尼尔：既然你很聪明，你能想出一个更好的计划吗？这样的话我们就不会像被烘烤的饼干一样了。
阿美：那么带小狗芭比一块儿去社区玩怎么样？
丹尼尔：芭比？虽然我只有七岁，但是我又不是女孩子。
阿美：那么你有更好的计划吗？
丹尼尔：算了，随便。
经典背诵 Recitation
May: When blackout happened in our community my little brother Daniel couldn’t watch his favorite cartoon Ultraman, and my Dad couldn’t watch American Idol either. So they would say blackout is a disaster. But for me it’s fine. I’d just play out with our dog Barbie. And that is really fun.
生词小结
limit n. 限度，限制
air-conditioner n.空调
monster n.怪物
smart adj.聪明的，漂亮的
blackout n.停电
bake vt.烘，烤
electricity n.电
bulletin n. 公告
注释
bro. = brother
You know I’m seven, but I’m not a girl.
在这一句中，丹尼尔认为只有女生才会和小狗一起出去玩。