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Laura: So, this is the temple fair, right?

Shirley : Yeah. Would you like to appreciate the Buddhist statues?

Laura: Sure. But let’s go there first. People are gathering there. I’m getting curious about it.

Shirley: Oh, it’s the “Blessing Wall”. That’s a good place to go.

Laura: Why do people put these cards on the wall after they write some stuff on them?

Shirley: The “Blessing Wall” is said to be magical. The thing you write on the cards will come true one day.

Laura: Interesting. I have many blessings to give. So, can you wait for me for a while?

Shirley: Take your time.

(After putting her card on the “Blessing Wall”, Laura comes back to Shirley.)

Laura: Aunt Shirley, what are you doing there?

Shirley: I’m trying to drop a coin into the mouth of the fish statue in the well.

Laura: Why do you do this? Are there any interesting stories behind it?

Shirley: Yeah. People say that, if you drop coins in the mouth of the fish statue, you will be lucky. But it seems that I’m not that lucky.

Laura: Let me have a try.

Shirley: Good luck to you.

(Laura successfully drops a coin into the mouth of the fish statue.)

Laura: Oh, look, I did it. By the way, what do they do with the money collected in this way?

Shirley：For charity. I think it’s really a good thing.

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罗拉：那么，这就是庙会了，对吧?

雪莉：是啊。你想去拜拜佛像吗?

罗拉：当然。不过，我们先去那边吧。那里围了好多人。我很好奇那是什么。

雪莉：哦，那是“许愿墙”，是个很好玩的地方。

罗拉：为什么大家在卡片上写了东西之后，还把它们挂在墙上呢?

雪莉：据说“许愿墙”是很神奇的。在卡片上写的东西有一天会成真呢。

罗拉：有趣。我有很多祝福要送出呢。那么，你可以等我一下吗?

雪莉：你慢慢来。

(罗拉把卡片挂到“许愿墙”上之后，过去找雪莉。)

罗拉：雪莉阿姨，你在这儿做什么呢?

雪莉：我在试着把硬币投进井里这个鱼雕像的嘴巴里。

罗拉：你为什么这么做呢?这里面有什么有趣的故事吗?

雪莉：对啊，人们说，如果你把硬币投进鱼雕像的嘴巴里，你就会走运。但是看来我不是很幸运哦。

罗拉：让我试试看。

雪莉：祝你好运。

(罗拉成功地把一枚硬币投进了鱼雕像的嘴巴里。)

罗拉：哦，快看，我投进了。对了，他们会拿这些搜集的钱做什么呢?

雪莉：做慈善活动啊。我觉得这是一件很好的事情啊。

经典背诵 Recitation

Laura: I went to the temple fair today. It was fun. There was a “Blessing Wall” which was said to be magical. So I put a card on the wall after writing some stuff on it. I hoped the thing I wrote on the card would come true some day. There was also a fish statue in a well, whose mouth was widely opened. People said that if you managed to drop a coin into its mouth, you would be lucky.

生词小结

temple n. 寺院

Buddhist adj. 佛教的

blessing n. 祝福

successfully adv. 成功地

Functional structure 功能性句型扩展

表示祝愿的句型

请朗读一下句型，家长和孩子交替进行。

…wish sb. sth. ……祝某人……

…wish sb. to do sth. ……祝某人……

…hope (that)… ……祝愿……

Have a wonderful time on…(时间) ……时玩得痛快。

May sb. do sth. 祝某人……

…(名词) to sb. 祝某人……

With…wish/ wishes for… ……祝愿……