May: Daddy, are you going to the park with us this weekend?

Dad: Honey, I have a lot of work to do.

May: So you can't go with us, right?

Dad: No.

May: Daddy, you always arrange your schedule so tight on weekdays. You should have a rest on weekends.

Dad: What park do you want to go to?

May: Daniel wants to go to the aquarium. While Mom wants to visit the Summer Palace.

Dad: Haven't we been these places already?

May: Yeah. I don't agree with them, but I don't have a better choice.

Dad: What about the Olympic park?

May: Right, ah. It is so close to our home. How come we've never thought of that?

Dad: The Olympic Park has a small forest. It is fit for picnic.

May: Very well, Go ahead.

阿美：爸爸，你周末会和我们一起去公园吗？

爸爸：孩子，我有许多工作要做的。

阿美：所以你不能和我们一起去，对吗？

爸爸：是的。

阿美：爸爸，你平时总是把你日程安排的那么紧。你应该在周末休息一下的。

爸爸：你们想去什么公园？

阿美：丹尼尔想去海洋馆。但是妈妈想去颐和园。

爸爸：我们不是已经去过这些地方了嘛！

阿美：是啊。我不赞成去这些地方，但是我也没有更好的选择。

爸爸：去奥林匹克公园怎么样？

阿美：好啊。那离我们家很近的。我们之前怎么没有想到那里呢？

爸爸：奥林匹克公园里有一个小森林。很适合野餐。

阿美：太好了，就去那里了。

May: On weekends our families usually drive out for fun. That's really something great to do. But the problem is it's usually hard for us to find a place we all feel like going to. So before making the final decision we always have a “fight”. The good thing is that we kids always win.

arrange vt. 安排

schedule n. 日程安排

tight adj. 紧的

have a rest 休息一下

aquarium n. 海洋馆

agree with 赞同

choice n. 选择

forest n. 森林

be fit for 适合

picnic n. 野餐

Summer Palace 颐和园。是清代的皇家花园和行宫，为我国四大名园之一。

How come we've never thought of that? 我们怎么之前没有想到那里呢？How come 表示“怎么回事”，“怎么会呢”。

Olympic park 奥林匹克公园。奥林匹克公园是北京举办2008年奥运会的心脏，容纳了44%的奥运会比赛场馆和为奥运会服务的绝大多数设施。其中还有一个占地面积7.6平方公里的森林公园。

Go ahead 用在口语中表示“可以”，“去吧”，“开始”等意思。

摩擦辅音2组

1．/f/ 和/v/ fit for visit very

发音小贴士：下唇轻触上齿，气流由唇齿间的缝隙中通过，摩擦成音

/f/ 是清辅音，声带不振动

/v/是浊辅音，发音时声带振动

对比练习 /f/ 和 /v/ fast and vast leaf and leave safe and save few and view

2．/h/和/r/ honey have rest right

发音小贴士：/h/口腔自然张开，气流不受阻碍自由冲出口腔，只在通过声门时产生摩擦发音。口型依后面元音变化，声带不振动。

/r/舌尖向上卷起，停在口腔中央，舌身两侧收拢，双唇略突出，气流从舌面和硬腭间流出发音

对比练习 /h/和/r/ hill and rill hat and rat head and read habit and rabbit