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Vocabulary
monster: n. 怪兽
make sense: 有道理
It makes perfect sense. 非常有道理/这个再正常不过了。
seem: v. 似乎，像是
It seems to make sense. 好像很有道理的样子。
unless: 除非
Listen to the story. Who calls Nelly?
“Are monsters real?” asks Nelly, looking up from her comic(漫画书).
“Yes,” says her dad.
“Well, I’ve never seen one,” says Nelly.
“That’s because they never go out,” says her dad.
“Why don’t monsters ever go out?” asks Nelly.
“Because they can never get a baby-sitter,” says her dad.
Nelly thinks about what her dad says. It certainly seems to make sense. After all, her mum and dad never go out unless they can find a baby-sitter.
“I wouldn’t mind being a monster-sitter,” thinks Nelly.
The next day, Nelly puts an ad in the local newspaper. It reads: Monster-sitting. After school and weekends. Call Nelly.
That evening, Nelly is eating her dinner when the phone rings.
“Hello,” says Nelly in a bright and cheerful voice.
“Hullo,” growls a monster in a deep, scary voice. “Can I speak to Nelly the monster-sitter please?”
“That’s me!” says Nelly.
“We were wondering if you might monster-sit for us?” growls the deep scary voice. “My wife and I haven’t been out since our lovely, furry baby was born. We’d so like to go to the cinema. Can you help?”
Stay tuned!
欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。
Key sentences:
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1. That’s because they never go out.
because引出原因。
- Why is Uncle Bear so heavy?
- (That’s) because he eats a lot of meat every day.
2. After all, her mum and dad never go out unless they can find a baby-sitter.
after all: 毕竟
unless: 除非，可以直接跟完整句子
After all, Uncle Bear can’t lose any weight unless he starts to eat little meat every day.
3. I wouldn’t mind being a monster-sitter.
I wouldn’t mind doing… 我不介意做…
I wouldn’t mind driving the car.
Uncle Bear wouldn’t mind eating a lot of vegetables now.
Helen wouldn’t mind being a teacher.
4. We were wondering if you might monster-sit for us?
… was/were wondering if … …想知道是否…（很礼貌的请求）
Uncle Bear was wondering if he could ask you out for dinner.
What’s going to happen next?
接下来会发生什么？
Is it a real monster that calls Nelly?
给Nelly打电话的真的是怪兽吗？
Continue the story!
请你来猜猜故事下面会发生什么吧！
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