作者：小雅和英美友人

PLAYING CARS 玩小汽車

Matchbox Cars 玩具車

Child: Mommy, will you play cars with me?

寶寶：媽媽，你愿意和我一起玩小汽車嗎？

玩“玩小汽車”這個游戲，用play cars，玩某個具體的小汽車用play with the car。

Mother: Yes, of course!

媽媽：是的，當然！

Which cars should we play with?

我們玩哪個車呢？

Child: These!

寶寶：這些！

I love them.

我非常喜歡它們。

Mother: Okay, great!

媽媽：好的！

They are lots of fun.

它們很好玩。

We have to push them ourselves to make them go.

我們得自己推著它們走。

We can push these cars along on your car mat

我們可以在玩具汽車地墊上推這些車，

and make a vroom vroom sound.

發出嗚嗚的聲音。

We can make them go forwards and backwards

我們可以讓它們往前或者往后開，

and park them too if we want.

如果我們愿意，也可以停車。

Which color is your favorite?

你最喜歡哪個顏色？

Child: I like this blue one and the green one.

寶寶：我喜歡這個藍色的和綠色的。

You can play with the red one and the yellow one.

你可以玩這個紅色的和黃色的。

Pullback Cars 回力車

Child: Mommy, I want to play with this box of cars now.

寶寶：媽媽，我想玩這箱小汽車了。

Mother: These are great fun as well!

媽媽：這些也很好玩！

They are called pullback cars

它們叫回力車，

because you have to pull them back first

因為你必須先把它們往后拉，

and then you let them go

然后放開它們，

and they will race ahead without having to push them.

它們就不需要推，也能往前跑了。

Shall we each pick one

我們每人選一輛，

and have a race to see which car is the fastest?

比賽看哪輛車最快，好不好？

They can zoom across the room all by themselves!

它們可以自己在房間里飛馳！

Child: Cool!

寶寶：太棒了！

Yes, please!

來吧！

Mother: Now, let's play together.

媽媽：現在咱們一起玩吧。

You send it to me,

你把它傳給我，

and I'll send it to you.

我把它傳給你。

Child: Like this?

寶寶：這樣嗎？

Mother: Yes, but you're not pulling it back enough.

媽媽：是的，但是你往回拉的勁兒不夠大。

I'll show you.

我來教你。

Child: Got it.

寶寶：明白了。

Watch this!

看我的！

Mother: Oops, it's off course.

媽媽：哎呀，偏了。

It's okay.

沒事。

Just do it one more time.

再來一次。

Remote Control Cars 遙控汽車

Child: Oh Mommy, I forgot about this car!

寶寶：喔，媽媽，我忘了這輛車了！

I want to play with my remote control car.

我想玩我的遙控汽車。

Mother: Great idea!

媽媽：好主意！

Let me check if it has batteries in it first.

我先檢查一下里面有沒有電池。

Yes, it is ready to go.

是的，準備好可以開了。

You need to use the remote control to make this car move.

你得用遙控器才能讓這輛車動起來。

Push this button to make it go forward

按這個按鈕讓它往前開，

and this button to make it go backward.

按這個按鈕讓它往后開。

You also need to use this button to turn the car

你還需要用這個按鈕讓車轉向

in the direction you want to steer it.

駕駛它去你想要去的方向。

Child: Oh no, my car hit the couch.

寶寶：糟糕，我的車撞到沙發了。

It flipped over.

翻車了。

Mother: Don't worry.

媽媽：沒事。

It takes some time, but you'll get the hang of it.

多練練，慢慢就能掌握它了。

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