Lesson 55 The Sawyer family索耶一家人
Listen to the tape then answer this question. When do the children do their homework?听录音，然后回答问题。孩子们什么时候做功课？ The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
索耶一家住在国王街87号。
In the morning, Mrs Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school.
早上，索耶先生去上班，孩子们去上学。
Their father takes them to school every day.
父亲每天送孩子们去上学。
Mrs Sawyer stays at home every day. She does the housework.
索耶夫人每天呆在家里。她料理家务。
She always eats her lunch at noon.
她总是在正午吃午饭。
In the afternoon, she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together.
下午，她总是会见她的朋友。她们经常在一起喝茶。
In the evening, the children come home from school. They arrive home early.
傍晚，孩子们放学回家。他们到家很早。
Mr Sawyer comes home from work. He arrives home late.
索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。
At night, the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed.
晚上，孩子们总是做作业，然后去睡觉。
Mr Sawyer usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
索耶先生总是读报纸，但有时和他的妻子一起看电视。
New Word and expressions生词和短语
live
v. 住，生活
stay
v. 呆在，停留
home
n. 家；
adv. 到家
housework
n. 家务
lunch
n. 午饭
afternoon
n. 下午
usually
adv. 通常
together
adv. 一起
evening
n. 晚上
arrive
v. 到达
night
n. 夜间
Notes on the text课文注释
1 the Sawyers是指索耶一家。在英文中，姓氏后面加-s，前面加定冠词the，用来指一家人，特别是丈夫和妻子。
1 the Sawyers是指索耶一家。在英文中，姓氏后面加-s，前面加定冠词the，用来指一家人，特别是丈夫和妻子。
