004 手语小伙伴

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My name is Robby, and this is my friend Zack

我叫罗比，这是我的朋友扎克。

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" Hi! It's nice to meet you."

“嗨！很高兴见到你。”

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Zack moved here three years ago

扎克三年前搬到了这里。

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I still remember his first day in our classroom

我还记得他第一天来到我们教室时的情景。

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A woman was with him

有位女士陪着他。

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" I'm Mrs. Ray," the woman said

“我是雷女士，”那位女士说。

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She explained that Zack is deaf

她解释说扎克是聋人。

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" I'm an interpreter

“我是一名手语翻译。

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My job is to help Zack learn and communicate at school."

我的工作是在学校帮助扎克学习和交流。”

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I raised my hand." Does Zack read lips?"

我举起手。“扎克会读唇语吗？”

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" Yes," said Mrs. Ray." And he wears hearing aids

“会，”雷女士说，“而且他戴着助听器。

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In the classroom he and I will use sign language to communicate."

在教室里，他和我用手语来交流。”

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Soon our teacher began a math lesson

很快，老师开始上数学课。

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I watched Mrs. Ray explaining things to Zack

我看着雷女士向扎克讲解内容。

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They both moved their arms and hands fast

他们俩的手臂和手都动得很快。

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Their faces changed expression a lot

他们的面部表情变化很大。

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" Wow," I thought." Sign language is cool!"

“哇，”我想。“手语真酷！”

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Zack and I sat together every day in the cafeteria

扎克和我每天在食堂坐在一起。

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Zack got really good at reading my lips

扎克越来越擅长读我的唇语了。

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I could tell because he always laughed at my jokes!

我能看出来，因为他总是被我的笑话逗笑！

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One day Mom and I started planning my sleepover party

有一天，妈妈和我开始计划我的睡衣派对。

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I looked down at the guest list

我低头看着客人名单。

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" What's wrong, Robby?" asked Mom

“怎么了，罗比？”妈妈问。

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" I want to invite Zack

“我想邀请扎克。”

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But it will be hard for him when everyone is talking or playing games

但大家聊天或玩游戏时，他会很吃力。

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He'll feel left out

他会觉得自己被冷落。

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I wish I could talk with him more easily."

真希望我能更轻松地和他聊天。”

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" Hmm," said Mom

“嗯，”妈妈说。

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" I saw a poster about a sign language class at the library. Want to go?"

“我看到图书馆有手语课海报。想去吗？”

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" Yes!"

“想去！”

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Mom and I went to the sign language class together

我和妈妈一起去上了手语课。

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We found out there are many different kinds of sign languages

我们发现手语有很多不同的种类。

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All sign languages use hand, face, and body movements to communicate words and ideas

所有手语都用手部、面部和肢体动作来传递词句和想法。

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Mom and I learned American Sign Language

我和妈妈学的是美国手语。

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First, we learned simple words

我们先学了简单的词语。

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Hello. Good-bye. Thank you

你好。再见。谢谢。

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Then we learned the alphabet

然后我们学了字母表。

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A, B, C

A、B、C。

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Soon we were signing sentences!

很快我们就能用手语表达句子了！

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How are you?

你好吗？

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It's raining today

今天下雨了。

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I couldn't wait until my sleepover party

我迫不及待想开睡衣派对。

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When Zack arrived, I was waiting at the door

扎克到的时候，我就在门口等着。

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" Hi, Zack. Thank you for coming."

“嗨，扎克。谢谢你来。”

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Zack grinned." You know sign language, Robby! Awesome!"

扎克咧嘴笑了。“罗比，你会手语！太棒了！”

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I'm still learning sign language

我还在学手语呢。

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But I've gotten really good at talking with my buddy Zack

但我已经能很熟练地和朋友扎克聊天了。

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Now I can laugh at his dumb jokes!

现在我都能听懂他那些傻笑话了！

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" What fish only swims at night?

“什么鱼只在晚上游？

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A starfish!"

海星鱼（谐音：星星鱼）嘛！”