It’s Not Easy Being a Kid!做個小孩不容易

玉蘭

大人們總是羨慕我們無憂無慮，大人們總是以為我們快樂無比。其實他們不知道，做個小孩可真是不容易，有做不完的家庭作業(yè)，有父母的嘮叨，還有老師的嚴格要求！Peter就是這樣一個五年級的小學生，讓我們一起來聽聽他是怎么說的吧！

Hi！ I’m Peter. I’m in the fifth grade.

I have one thing to say： IT’S NOT EASY BEING A KID！

Being a kid might look like fun， but sometimes it’s not.

Yesterday， I was playing outside with my friend.

I was having a really good time.

Then suddenly， my mother said， “Peter， it’s time to come inside now. It’s getting dark.”

When you’re an adult， no one can tell you what to do or when to do it.

When you’re a kid， you have to get up early in the morning and go to school. At school， you have to study many subjects such as math， English， science， and history. After school， you have to do your homework.

When you’re an adult， you do not have to go to school and you never have homework.

Words

look like fun 看起來好像很有趣

outside /a?t?sa?d/ 副詞，在外面

inside /?n?sa?d/ 副詞，在里面

dark /dɑ∶k/ 形容詞，黑暗的

It’s getting dark. 天快黑了。

adult /??d?lt/ 名詞，成年人

have to 不得不（后面要跟動詞原形）

When you’re a kid， there are many things you can’t watch.

Last Saturday， there was a scary movie on TV.

It looked really exciting.

But my father would not let me watch. He said， “You’re too young for this movie， Peter.”

When you’re an adult， you can watch anything you want.

Words

scary /?ske?r?/ 形容詞，恐怖的

exciting /?k?sa?t?/ 形容詞，令人興奮的

pick on sb. 捉弄你

bother /?b?e?/ 動詞，煩擾或打擾

mad /m?d/ 形容詞，發(fā)瘋的

When you’re a kid， the older kids sometimes pick on you.

When I was walking home from school on Monday， Tom and Steve bothered me.

Steve took my schoolbag and put it on a tree.

It made me very mad.

When you’re an adult， no one may pick on you.

When you’re a kid， you cannot go anywhere by yourself.

Last Friday， I wanted to buy a birthday gift for my friend John. But I had to wait for my mom to return home.

When I want to go somewhere， I have to ride my bike or ask my mom for a ride.

When you’re an adult， you can drive a car wherever you want.

When you’re a kid， you have to go to bed early.

On school nights， my mom makes me go to bed at 9：00.

But I do have a mom and dad who love me， which is really great. So I guess I like being a kid， even though IT’S NOT EASY BEING A KID！

Words

by yourself 獨自地

return /r??t?∶n/ 動詞，返回

ride /ra?d/ 動詞，騎；ride a bike騎車

ask for a ride 請求搭便車

wherever /we?r?ev?/ 副詞，無論哪里

makes me go to bed 讓我上床睡覺（make sb. do sth.讓某人做某事）

do 加在動詞前面起強調(diào)作用，可譯為：確實。如：I do need your help. （我確實需要你的幫助。）

guess /ges/ 動詞，猜測，認為

even though 即使