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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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Top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

TopMay: 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

Toplimit 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

Topbro. = 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。