妈妈: Little Tom, come here, I have something want to ask you.
小汤姆,过来,我有件事要问你。
汤姆: What is the matter, Mom?
什么事啊,妈妈?
妈妈: Do you know who put the chicken into the lake?
你知道是谁把小鸡放进湖里的吗?
汤姆: It is me,Mom, I want the chilcken to learn swimming.
是我,妈妈。我想让小鸡学游泳。
妈妈: You made a mistake, did you realize?
你犯错了,你知道吗?
汤姆: I don’t know what kind of mistake I made?
我不知道我犯什么错了?
妈妈: The chicken can’t swim. You put it into the lake,it would be drowned.
小鸡是不会游泳的,如果你把它放进湖里,它会淹死的。
汤姆: Sorry, I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to.
对不起,我不知道不能这样做。
妈妈: So remember, the duck can swim but the chicken can’t.
记住咯,鸭子会游泳,但是小鸡不会。
汤姆: I know,Mom.
我知道了,妈妈。