LESSON 70 THE KETTLE AND ITS FRIENDS

第七十课 壶和他的朋友

I am a kettle. You have often seen me at work boiling water for your breakfast, dinner, or tea. Do you know what I am made of? I will tell you. I am made of iron; because iron will bear a great heat.

我是个壶，你看到我为你的早餐，晚餐，茶叶，煮沸腾的开水。知道我由什么做的么？我老告诉你。铁做的；因为铁可以承受高温。

Here is my friend the coffee-pot. Do you know what he is made of? "No."Then I will tell you. My friend the coffee-pot is made of tin. He sometimes sits beside me on the hob. I often pour water into him hot enough to scald him, if he could only feel it.

这是我的朋友咖啡壶。你知道他由什么做的么？不知道吧。我来告诉你。他由锡做的。他有时候会跟我呆在铁架上。我常常给他倾倒足够烫的热水来烫他，因为他只能感受到这个温度。

 

Now you shall see a family of my friends. Without them I should not be so useful as I am.

现在你看到的是我朋友的家庭成员。没有他们我就不会有这么大的作用。

Here they are. In the middle you see the teapot, and all around her the cups and saucers, just like a hen and her chickens. The coffee-pot and the tea-pot are my two greatest friends.

他们在这里。在中间你会看到茶壶，周边是茶杯和茶托，就像母鸡跟小鸡一样。咖啡壶和茶壶是我我两个最棒的朋友。

I have not so much to do with the cups and saucers as my two friend shave. But I often see them, and I know of what they are made.

我并不像我的两个朋友一样与杯子一起茶托有太大关系。但是我常会看到他们，我知道他们是什么材料制作的。

Cups and saucers are made of clay, and are baked in an oven to make them hard.

茶杯和茶托由粘土制造，在炉子上烘烤之后才变硬。

I must bid you good afternoon, as I am wanted to boil water for tea.

我必须跟你说下午好，因为我要去为茶煮开水了。