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I Do Not Like Greens
Paul Orshoski/文 Jeffrey Ebbeler/图
朱小迪翻译、录播
My dad likes to bake. No junk for my
meal
s!
He makes me eat fish sticks with
pea
s that he peels.
meal
[
miːl
] n.
一餐，一顿饭
pea
[
p
iː
] n.
豌豆
I ask for red meat with a good bit of fat.
Yet he hands me red
beet
s that I slip to the cat.
beet
[
b
iːt
] n.
甜菜，红根菜
He stuffs me with
bran
and puts rice in my face.
If I do not eat it, he gets on my case.
bran
[br
æn
] n.
麦麸
He steams up fresh green beans ... he hopes I will like.
He feeds me small seeds ... that I send on a hike.
Here comes a
radish
he cleans with a hose ...
... and two bite-size carrots I stick in my nose.
radish
['rædɪʃ
] n.
野生萝卜
Dad treats me to salads as green as the frog, ...
... but I would much rather eat
rib
s and hot dogs.
rib
[
rɪb
] n.
排骨
I have to munch greens or I take the heat ...
... not like his old dog, who is huge in the seat.
Dad fills her with treats, as she sits on her
throne
.
And one time each week he will toss me a bone.
throne
[
θrəʊn
] n.
王座
She pigs out on chips and big chunks of meat.
She
gulp
s lots of fat and snacks that are sweet.
gulp
[
ɡʌlp
] v.
狼吞虎咽
That junk makes her sick and makes her so weak ...
... but with all my greens, I run like a
streak
