这就是珍妮

河南郑州市惠济区实验小学 张艺文 编译

Jenny is my classmate. She is an American girl. She is ten years old. She is tall and thin.Her eyes are big, and her hair is black and long.Her face is round and very nice. She came to our school last week. Jenny and I are both in Class 7,Grade 4.

珍妮是我的同学。她是一个美国女孩。她今年十岁。她又高又瘦。她的眼睛很大，头发又黑又长。她的脸圆圆的，很好看。她上周到我们学校。珍妮和我都在四年级七班。

We speak Chinese, and we can speak a little English. But Jenny speaks English only. She can not speak Chinese. However,she lives and studies in China now. She will be able to speak some Chinese soon, I believe.

我们说中文，也会说一点英语。但是珍妮只会说英语。她不会说中文。然而，她现在在中国生活和学习。我相信她很快能够说一些中文。

Jenny is active. She can sing and dance very well. She can run fast and jump high. Also, she can skate and ski.She likes Zhengzhou very much, as it often snows in Zhengzhou in winter. Then she can skate and ski.

珍妮很活跃。她唱歌、跳舞都很好。她跑得快，跳得高。她还会滑冰和滑雪。她非常喜欢郑州，因为郑州的冬天经常下雪。这样她就可以滑冰和滑雪了。

Jenny is good at music and painting. She can sing many English songs and she can draw beautiful pictures. But she does not do well in maths. I sometimes help her with her maths, and she often helps me with my English, as my English is not so good. Yes, we can help each other.

珍妮擅长音乐和绘画。她会唱很多英文歌，还会画漂亮的画。但是她的数学不好。我有时教她数学，她经常帮我学英语，因为我的英语没有那么好。是的，我们可以互相帮助。

Jenny’s parents work in Zhengzhou. They each have a car. But Jenny usually walks to school. When it is rainy or snowy, she takes a bus to school. She thinks that keeping walking to school will make her stronger and stronger.

珍妮的父母在郑州工作。他们每人都有一辆汽车。但是珍妮通常走路去学校。下雨或下雪时，她乘公交车上学。她认为坚持步行上学会使她的身体越来越强壮。

I told her that the Yellow River is the second longest river in China and it flows by Zhengzhou City. She was happy to know that. She wants to go to see the Yellow River.We’ll take her to the bank of the Yellow River to have a look this Saturday.

我告诉她黄河是中国第二长的河流，流经郑州市。她很高兴知道这一点。她想去看看黄河。这个星期六，我们将带她到黄河边去看一看。

I. Answer the following questions.

1. Where is Jenny from?

2. How old is Jenny?

3. What class is she in?

4. Can Jenny speak Chinese now?

5. Is Jenny good at maths?

6. Does the Yellow River flow by Zhengzhou City?

7. How does Jenny go to school when it is rainy or snowy?

8. Is the Yellow River the longest river in China?

9. Why does Jenny like Zhengzhou very much?

10. When will Jenny go to the bank of the Yellow River to have a look?

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given.

1. Jenny is ten ________ (year) old.

2. Jenny’s ________ (eye) are big.

3. Jenny ________ (come) to our school last week.

4. Jenny and her parents ________ (live) in Zhengzhou now.

5. Jenny ________ (study) in our school now.

6. Jenny ________ (do) not well in maths.

7. The Yellow River is the second ________ (long) river in

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China.

8. Jenny can ________ (sing) and ________ (dance) very well.

9. Jenny’s parents each ________ (have) a car.

10. Jenny want to ________ (go) to see the Yellow River this Saturday.

III. Put the following into Chinese.

1. my classmate __________2. tall and thin ______________

3. black and long _________4. very nice ________________

7. be able to _____________8. be good at _______________

9. help each other _________10. stronger and stronger ______

11. have a look ___________12. this Saturday ____________

（参考答案见本期第60页）

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