Brother Neat

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Pablo was messy.

巴勃罗很乱

He liked to draw whenever he could.

他喜欢随时画画

Nico was neat.

尼可很干净

He liked to organize whatever he could.

他喜欢组织他能做的。

When their sister Maria was born, the boys had to share a room.

他们的妹妹玛利亚出世后,孩子们不得不同住一室.

“I’m not sharing a room with that slob,” Nico said.

尼可说:“我不会和那个笨蛋同住一间屋子。

“How can I do anything fun when everything is so clean?”

“当一切都这么干净时,我怎么能做任何有趣的事呢? “

Pablo asked.

巴勃罗问道.

“Find a way to work it out,” their mother said.

他们的母亲说,

Their first week together, Pablo slept in the closet.

他们在一起的第一个星期,巴勃罗睡在衣柜里.

“It’s too clean out there,” Pablo said.

「外面太干净了」,

The closet was too dark at night, though.

不过衣柜晚上太黑了

Pablo moved back into their room.

巴勃罗搬回房间了

The second week, Nico put tape on the floor.

第二周,尼可把胶带放倒地上.

“You stay on your side,” Nico said.

Nico说,

Nico had to cross the line every day to leave the room, though.

尼可每天都要过线才能离开房间

He pulled up the tape.

他拔出磁带。

The third week, they decided to come up with rules.

第三个星期 他们决定制定规则

“First rule is you can’t organize my stuff without asking me,” Pablo said.

Pablo说,

“Second rule is you can’t use my stuff without asking me, ” Nico said.

尼可说:「第二条规则是,

They thought up a list of fifteen rules they promised they wouldn’t break.

他们想出了15条规则,

At the end they both agreed on one more thing.

最后他们都同意了一件事

“We need to paint our room!”

“我们需要画出我们的房间! “

Lucky for them, they both agreed on what to paint.

幸运的是 他们都同意画什么