a Firefighter
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
My name’s Tillie, and I’m about to start third grade.
我名叫Tillie,
My uncle’s a firefighter, and today I get to visit him at the fire station.
我叔叔是消防员,
Uncle Jason is waiting at the door to greet me.
杰森叔叔在门口等着迎接我
He gives me a big hug and introduces me to the other firefighters.
他给了我一个大拥抱, 并介绍我的其他消防员。
The fire station looks like a house, except it has shiny red fire trucks parked in the garage.
消防站看起来像一栋房子,除了车库里停有闪亮的红色消防车.
Firefighters work in shifts, and each shift lasts twenty-four hours.
消防员轮班工作,每班24小时.
If the station doesn’t get any emergency calls, Uncle Jason gets to sleep.
如果电台没有接到紧急电话,
During a busy shift, he might stay up all night, fighting fires and helping people.
在忙碌的轮班期间,他可能熬夜,扑灭火灾和帮助人.
Uncle Jason Tillie I shake hands with Captain Chuck Williams.
杰森・提利叔叔 我和查克·威廉姆斯船长握手
He’s been a firefighter for 31 years!
他当消防员31年了!
I get a tour of the fire station.
我参观了消防站
Just like my house, it has a kitchen, but this kitchen has three refrigerators!
和我的房子一样,它有一个厨房, 但这个厨房有三个冰箱!
Each firefighting shift has a refrigerator for food.
每班消防员都有冰箱做饭
Each shift keeps their refrigerator locked so other firefighters won’t eat their food.
每班都锁好冰箱,
(I think that’s kinda hilarious.)
(我觉得这有点好笑。 )
There’s plenty of ice cream, and black cherry is their favorite flavor.
他们喜欢吃黑樱桃,
Like a family, the firefighters shop for food and prepare dinner together.
像一家人一样,消防员购物吃东西,一起准备晚餐.
On the menu tonight is salad with chicken strips.
今晚的菜单上是沙拉 有鸡肉条
The firefighters take turns washing dishes and making sure the station is tidy.
消防员轮流洗碗,确保站台整洁.
Right now, the firefighters are busy doing chores.
现在消防员忙着做活
They tinker with communication radios at the kitchen table to make sure they work properly.
他们用通讯收音机在厨房桌子上修理,以确保工作正常.
When an emergency call comes in over the radios or the station speaker, they need to hear it loud and clear.
当一个紧急呼叫通过收音机或电台扬声器进来时,他们需要大声而清晰地听到.
Next stop on the tour is Uncle Jason’s bedroom, which has a television, couch, and bed.
参观的下一站是杰森叔叔的卧室,卧室有电视、沙发和床位。
After sleeping, he puts fresh sheets on the bed for the next firefighter.
在睡觉后,他为下一位消防员在床上放出新鲜的被单.
Next, Uncle Jason shows me the day room, where the firefighters hang out after chores are done.
接下来,杰森叔叔给我看日间房间 消防员们在做家务后在外面闲逛
I climb into one of the big, comfy chairs and watch television with the guys.
我爬入一个大而舒适的椅子 和男人看电视。
Sometimes they play video games.
有时也会玩电子游戏.
Most of the time, though, they’re busy helping people and making sure their equipment is ready.
但大部分时间,
Next, we go to the most exciting part of the fire station—the garage.
接下来,我们去消防站最激动人心的地方——车库。
Two fire trucks are waiting, ready to handle any emergency.
两辆消防车在等 随时待命
Uncle Jason usually drives the water truck, which is bright red and has a gigantic water tank.
杰森叔叔通常开着水车 水车是红色的 有巨大的水箱
The tank holds two thousand gallons of water!
水箱里有两千加仑的水!
Firefighters can use one thousand gallons of water in a minute.
消防员可以在一分钟内用上一千加仑的水.
They use the water in the truck whenever no fire hydrant is nearby.
只要附近没有消防栓,他们就会使用卡车里的水。
On the truck is the equipment that firefighters need, including medical supplies and a snake box!
卡车上有消防员需要的设备,包括医疗用品和蛇盒!
Since we live in the desert, the fire station gets calls from people with snakes in their yards.
自从我们住在沙漠里,消防站 接到那些有蛇的人的电话
If the snakes are venomous, firefighters capture them with a metal pole called a snake grabber.
如果蛇是毒蛇,消防员用被称作"捉蛇者"的金属杆来捕捉.
The snakes are locked safely in the box, then let go far from any houses or businesses.
蛇被安全地锁入盒子,然后放出远离任何房屋或生意.
Uncle Jason shows me a rattlesnake.
杰森叔叔给我看响尾蛇
It gives me the creeps, but it’s cool, too.
这让我毛骨悚然,
Hooking up a fire hose to a fire hydrant is only the first step.
把消防管挂到消防栓上只是第一步
The water then runs into the truck.
水随后冲入卡车.
The truck has pumps that help control the water’s pressure.
卡车有水泵,
Once the water exits the truck and flows into the second hose, the water is ready to do its job.
一旦出水出卡车并流入第二道水管,水便可以做好自己的工作.
The firefighters show me the gear they wear in a fire, and I get to put it on.
消防员给我看他们在火中穿的装备,我就可以穿上了.
There’s a special coat, pants, a helmet, and an oxygen tank.
有个特别的大衣、裤子、头盔和氧气罐。
It’s like wearing a winter coat in the summer—heavy and hot!
这就像夏天穿一身冬衣,
Then, I get to sit in the fire truck!
然后,我坐消防车!
I pull on a cord, and the air horn blasts.
我拉起绳子, 和气角爆炸。
Fire trucks aren’t the only things in the garage.
消防车并不是车库里唯一的东西。
There’s exercise equipment, and I ask what it’s for.
有锻炼设备,
“We like to stay fit,’’ my uncle says.
“我叔叔说,我们愿意保持健康。
“It takes a lot of work to carry someone out of a burning house.’
“将一个人带出一个被烧毁的房子需要做大量工作。 " ; "
If there’s ever a fire at home, Uncle Jason warns me never to hide under my bed or behind my curtains because that would make it hard for firefighters to find me.
Jason叔叔警告我不要躲在我的床下或窗帘后,
Uncle Jason lets me try out the headphones.
杰森叔叔让我试试耳机
Suddenly, there’s a call—it’s a fire!
突然间,
The firefighters grab their gear and they’re off, with their sirens blaring.
消防员拿起他们的装备,
I stay at the station with my dad while they fight the fire.
我和我爸一起待在车站里 他们去救火
When they return, exhausted and dirty, Uncle Jason tells me all about the call.
当他们回来,疲惫和肮脏, 杰森叔叔告诉我所有的电话。
A man was working on his car in his garage when a fire started.
起火时,有一个人在车库里修车。
He and his wife and daughter escaped to the sidewalk, but Fluffy, their poodle, was stuck inside.
他和他妻子和女儿逃到人行道上,但是他们的狗毛绒被困在里面.
The firefighters pulled out their hoses and went to work.
消防员拔出水管去工作.
Uncle Jason searched the house and found Fluffy hiding under a bed.
杰森叔叔搜查了这所房子,发现毛绒被藏在床下.
He also found a fishbowl and two parakeets in a cage.
他还在笼子里发现了一头鱼ow和两只鹦鹉.
Uncle Jason and the other firefighters saved the day!
杰森叔叔和其他消防员救了一天!
They rescued the pets and put out the fire.
他们救出宠物并扑灭了火.
The car was destroyed, but the rest of the house was okay.
车被毁坏了,但房子的其余部分都没事.
Back at the fire station, the firefighters stow away their gear.
回到了消防站,消防员们把装备拖走.
The trucks are ready for another call.
卡车准备再呼叫一次
Uncle Jason says the toughest part about being a firefighter is being away from his wife and four-year-old son.
杰森叔叔说做消防员最艰难的部分是远离他的妻子和四岁的儿子.
He misses them when he’s working, but he loves helping people as a firefighter.
他工作时很想念他们,
It’s time for me to go home for dinner, and the firefighters start cooking their dinner, too.
消防员也开始做饭。
They’re like one big family!
他们就像一个大家庭!
Glossary emergency (n.)
词汇紧急情况(n.)
a sudden and very serious situation that requires immediate action (p.
需要立即采取行动的突发和非常严重的局势(第2页)。
4) equipment (n.)
4) 设备(不详)
tools used in work or play (p.
工作或游戏中使用的工具(p.
8) firefighter (n.)
8) 消防员 (n.
a person whose work is putting out fires (p.
工作正在扑灭火灾的人(第2页)。
3) rescued (v.)
3)被救出(五.
saved from danger (p.
从危险中取出(p.
14) shifts (n.)
14) 班次 (n.
scheduled periods of time when a person or group of people work together; the workers on a job during a period of time (p.
(b) 在一段时期内从事某项工作的工人(p.
4) tour (n.)
4) 巡视 (n.
a trip through a place to learn more about it (p.
穿越一个地方去了解更多情况(p.
5) Do You Know?
5)你知道吗?
We all know that firefighters put out fires.
我们都知道消防员会灭火
Did you know they also help people in many other ways?
你知道他们也在很多方面帮助别人吗?
They are called when someone is sick or injured and needs to be rushed to the hospital.
当有人生病或受伤,需要赶去医院时,就叫他们。
They are often called to help people at the scene of a car crash.
他们经常被叫来帮助车祸现场的人.
Firefighters might be called if someone is hiking and has a bad fall or even is stung by a swarm of bees.
如果有人徒步旅行,摔得不好,甚至被一群蜜蜂刺死,可能会叫消防员。
Every day, firefighters help people.
每天,消防员帮助人们.