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Jane : Your arithmetic is not very good Adele.

你的算术不是很好啊，Adele。

Adele : It is dull, I do not care for it.

太无聊了，我才不管呢。

Why can't you do something else?

我们不能干别的吗？

Jane : It's my job to give you a good education.

给你良好的教育是我的工作。

Learning arithmetic is an important part of that.

学好算术是其中重要的一环。

Adele : Mama said it was important to learn singing and dancing.

妈妈说学跳舞唱歌才重要呢。

That was until...

后来才…

Jane : If you're a good girl, I'll teach you to play the piano.

如果你乖乖的，我会教你弹钢琴。

Adele : Will you? When?

真的？什么时候？

Jane : Perhaps tomorrow.

明天吧。

Adele : Why not now?

为什么现在不行？

Jane : Arithmetic today, piano lessons tomorrow.

今天学算术，明天才学钢琴。

I'm going for a walk。And when I come back, I want to see how many of those sums...you've got right.

我出去散散步，回来的时候，我想看看你总共做对多少。

Adele : But they're so difficult.

可是太难了。

Jane : You can do it, I know you can.

你能做对的，我知道你行的。

重点讲解

生词和短语：

arithmetic：n.算术

dull： a.乏味的；无趣的

sum：n.算术

care for : 喜欢

do something else：做别的事情

give sb a good education：给......接受良好的教育

an important part of：......中重要的一部分

play the piano：弹钢琴

get right：作对，算对

重点单词：

Dull

【释】lacking interest or excitement; boring; monotonous 枯燥无味的; 令人厌烦的; 单调的

【例】The conference was deadly dull. 会议开得死气沉沉的。

重点短语：

care for

【释1】like 喜欢

【例】As for me, I don' t care for tea.就我来说，我是不喜欢喝茶的。

I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there.我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。

I don't much care for impulsive people like him.我不太喜欢像他这样浮躁的人。

【释2】照顾

He's entrusted his children to me/to my care for the day.他托我照看一天孩子。

It seemed to be her mission to care for her brother's children.照顾她兄弟的孩子似乎成了她一生的使命。

【释3】mind 介意，在乎，讲究

【例】I do not care for the things women care for.女人们讲究的东西，我不讲究。

He works hard, but he doesn't care for his health.他工作努力, 惟注意身体不够。

He doesn't care for what he eats.他对吃的东西并不计较。

I thought you would never care for anything but your art.我以为你绝不会关心任何事物，除了你的艺术之外。