008 小鸡上学

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The third graders had just put away their math books

三年级的学生们刚把数学书收好。

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Suddenly they heard a buzz from the speaker on the wall

突然，他们听到墙上的喇叭传来一阵嗡嗡声。

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The voice of the principal, Ms. Olson, rang through the classroom

校长奥尔森女士的声音响彻教室。

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" Joy Donovan, please come to the office."

"乔伊·多诺万，请到办公室来。"

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" Grandpa is here with the chicks!" cried Joy

"爷爷带着小鸡来了！"乔伊喊道。

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" Hooray!" cheered Katie

"太好啦！"凯蒂欢呼道。

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" May I go to the office, Mr. Higgins?"

"希金斯老师，我可以去办公室吗？"

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asked Joy as she jumped up from her desk

乔伊从座位上跳起来问道。

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" Yes, you may," said the teacher

"是的，你可以去，"老师说。

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Joy stopped at Katie's desk

乔伊在凯蒂的桌旁停了下来。

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" Go ahead and draw the chicken," she whispered loudly

她大声地悄悄说：“去画那只**鸡**吧。”

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Mr. Higgins nodded to Katie, and she walked to the whiteboard

希金斯先生朝凯蒂点了点头，她便走向了白板。

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She took a marker and drew a big chicken

她拿起一支马克笔，画了一只大鸡。

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Just as Katie finished the tail, Joy marched back into the room

凯蒂刚画完尾巴，乔伊就大步走回了教室。

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Grandpa walked behind her with a large cardboard box

爷爷跟在她身后，抱着一个大纸箱。

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" Let's all say hello to Mr. Donovan," instructed Mr. Higgins

“让我们一起向多诺万先生问好，”希金斯先生指示道。

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The third graders clapped and called," Hello, Mr. Donovan!"

三年级的学生们鼓起掌，喊道：“你好，多诺万先生！”

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" Hello, kids," Grandpa said, smiling

“你们好，孩子们，”爷爷笑着说。

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He carried the box to a table in the front of the room

他把箱子搬到教室前面的一张桌子上。

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Then he sat down on a small chair

然后他在一把小椅子上坐了下来。

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" I've already seen the chicks,"

“我已经见过小鸡了，”

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Luke whispered to the boy next to him

卢克小声对旁边的男孩说。

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" They're cheeping!" cried Laura Layman

“它们在叽叽叫！”劳拉·雷曼喊道。

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Joy walked to the front of the class and stood beside Katie

乔伊走到教室前面，站在凯蒂身旁。

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" We're going to look at the chicks in the box

“我们要观察盒子里的小鸡。

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But first Katie will tell you about her drawing."

不过首先，凯蒂会给大家讲讲她的画。”

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" In five or six months, these little chicks will look like this

“再过五六个月，这些小鸡就会长成这样。

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This is a grown-up hen

这是一只成年的母鸡。

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That's what you call a female chicken," Katie explained to the class

它就是雌性的鸡，”凯蒂向全班解释道。

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" Here is the hen's beak." She pointed to the whiteboard

“这是母鸡的喙。”她指着白板说。

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" This wavy thing on top is called a comb."

“顶部这个波浪状的东西叫鸡冠。”

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She tapped her finger on the comb

她用手指轻轻敲了敲鸡冠。

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" And this floppy part under the beak is called a wattle."

“喙下面这个下垂的部分叫肉垂。”

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" Cool," said Luke." Where are the feet?"

“好酷，”卢克说，“脚在哪儿呢？”

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The whole class laughed

全班都笑了起来。

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Katie had run out of space on the board and hadn't drawn the feet

凯蒂在白板上画得没地方了，所以没画脚。

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" You're silly, Luke," replied Katie

“你真傻，卢克，”凯蒂回答。

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" Thank you, Katie," said Mr. Higgins." That was very helpful."

“谢谢你，凯蒂，”希金斯先生说，“讲得很清楚。”

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Now it was Joy's turn

现在轮到乔伊了。

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" Our chicks aren't grown up yet," she said

“我们的小鸡还没长大呢，”她说。

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" They're about two weeks old."

“它们大概两周大。”

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She lifted the lid off the box

她打开了箱子盖。

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All the third graders jumped out of their seats and gathered around the box

所有三年级学生都从座位上跳起来，围到了箱子旁。

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" Hey!" exclaimed Luke." Their hair looks funny

“嘿！”卢克喊道，“它们的毛看起来好怪。

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It's sticking out."

都竖起来了。”

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The chicks were cheeping and hopping around inside the box

小鸡们在箱子里一边唧唧叫，一边跳来跳去。

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Joy lifted a chick from the box

乔伊从箱子里捧起一只小鸡。

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" They're getting real feathers on their tails and wings."

“它们的尾巴和翅膀上正在长出真正的羽毛。”

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" This one has little horns," exclaimed one of her classmates

“这只小鸡有小角，”一个同学喊道。

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" That is where its comb is starting to grow," explained Joy

“那是它开始长冠的地方，”乔伊解释说。

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" Why do some have white legs and some have yellow legs?" asked Luke

“为什么有些小鸡的腿是白色的，有些是黄色的？”卢克问。

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" They're just different," said Joy

“它们就是不一样嘛。”乔伊说。

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" Are the two white ones twins?" asked Laura

“那两只白色的小鸡是双胞胎吗？”劳拉问。

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" They look alike."

“它们长得很像。”

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" They look alike, but they're not the same," said Katie

“它们长得像，但不是完全一样的。”凯蒂说。

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She picked up one of the white chicks and put it in Laura's hand

她拿起一只白色小鸡，放到劳拉的手心里。

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" This one is nice and calm, but the other one―"

“这只很温顺又安静，但另外那只——”

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The other white chick chirped and ran around in circles

另一只白色小鸡叽叽叫着，转着圈跑。

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Everyone looked closely into the box as the chick tripped over the feeder

当小鸡被食槽绊倒时，大家都凑近了箱子仔细看。

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It knocked into some of the other chicks

它撞到了其他几只小鸡。

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" What's it doing?" asked Luke

“它在干嘛？”卢克问。

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Suddenly the squawking chick jumped and flapped its little wings

突然，那只叫唤的小鸡跳起来，扑扇着它的小翅膀。

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" It's trying to fly!" cried Laura

“它想飞！”劳拉喊道。

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All the children laughed

所有的孩子都笑了起来。

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" See?" said Joy." The chicks look alike

“看到了吧？”乔伊说，“小鸡们长得很像。

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But they're really different."

但它们其实很不一样。”

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" Just like us!" Katie couldn't help saying

“就像我们一样！”凯蒂忍不住说。

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" Hooray for Katie and Joy's chicks!" Laura said

“凯蒂和乔伊的小鸡万岁！”劳拉说。

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All the third graders clapped and cheered

所有的三年级学生都鼓掌欢呼起来。

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Katie and Joy looked at each other and smiled

凯蒂和乔伊相视一笑。

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Then they cheered too!

然后她们也跟着欢呼起来！