The farm
农场
My uncle is a farmer.
我叔叔是个农民。
He lives on a farm.
他住在农场里。
He has many different types of animals.
他养了许多不同类型的动物。
In the barn, there are horses and cows.
畜棚里有马和牛。
The cows swish the flies away from themselves with their tails.
母牛用尾巴把苍蝇赶走。
It sounds very loud if a cow says “moo” when you are standing there.
当你站在那里的时候，如果一头牛说“哞”的话，声音会很响。
The cows eat the grass from my uncle’s field.
奶牛吃我叔叔田里的草。
He gets milk from the cows.
他从奶牛那里挤出牛奶。
I put a saddle on one of the horses and went for a ride.
我给其中一匹马套上马鞍，然后去骑马。
There are pigs in the pigpen.
猪圈里有猪。
He has goats.
他有山羊。
He says that the goats will eat just about anything.
他说山羊几乎什么都吃。
He has a chicken coop with chickens in it.
他有一个鸡笼，里面有鸡。
The chickens lay eggs.
鸡会下蛋。
Have you ever seen baby chicks?
你见过小鸡吗？
They are very cute.
它们很可爱。
My uncle collects the eggs every morning.
我叔叔每天早上去收鸡蛋。
There is a rooster too.
还有一只公鸡。
The rooster crows when the sun comes up.
太阳一出来，公鸡就叫。
My uncle also has a goose.
我叔叔还有一只鹅。
The goose makes a honking noise.
鹅发出鸣叫声。
I don’t think that the goose likes me.
我觉得这只鹅不喜欢我。
It nips me when I go near it.
当我走近它时，它会咬我。
Many cats live in my uncle’s barn.
许多猫住在我叔叔的谷仓里。
They are stray cats, but he lets them stay there because they keep the mice away.
它们是流浪猫，但他让它们呆在那里，因为它们能把老鼠赶走。
My uncle feeds the cats.
我叔叔喂猫。
My uncle says that he would like to get some sheep for his farm.
我叔叔说他想为他的农场买些绵羊。
You can get wool from sheep.
你可以从绵羊身上得到羊毛。
There are a lot of animals on my uncle’s farm.
我叔叔的农场里有很多动物。
单词解析：
1. swish [swɪʃ] v.刷地(或嗖地、呼地等)挥动
2. pigpen [ˈpɪɡpen] n.猪圈；猪场
3. coop [kuːp] n.(关鸡等的)笼子
4. honk [hɑːŋk] n.鹅叫声;汽车喇叭声
5. nip [nɪp] v.夹;掐;啃咬;咬住;
6. stray [streɪ] adj. 走失的；无主的
