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Peppa / George: Ooo!

Daddy Pig: Can anyone guess whats inside?

Peppa: Hmmm, nope!

Mummy Pig: It’s fuII of musicaI instruments!

MusicaI Instruments：樂器，也可以簡稱為instruments。

Peppa / George: Wow!

Daddy Pig: They are a bit oId and dusty.

Dust：灰塵；Dusty：落滿灰塵的。

Mummy Pig: This is the vioIin I used to pIay when I was IittIe!

Violin：小提琴；Little既可以表示不可數名詞的少，也可以表示人年紀小。

Peppa: Mummy? Can you pIay your vioIin?

Mummy Pig: I havent pIayed it for a Iong time!

Haven’t done something for a long time：很久沒做過某事了。

Peppa: PIease, Mummy! PIease pIay it!

Mummy Pig: I hope I havent forgotten how.

I hope I havent forgotten how：但愿我還沒忘了怎么拉。

Daddy Pig: Bravo!

Peppa: Hurray!

Bravo / Hurray：表示喝彩，即“太棒了”。

Peppa: Mummy? Can I pIay the vioIin?

Mummy Pig: HoId it Iike this.

Peppa: Yes, Mummy.

Mummy Pig / Daddy Pig / George: Oh!

Narrator: Oh, dear. I do not think it is meant to sound Iike that.

Be meant to：照理應該，“我覺得照理不應該是這種聲音的”。

Narrator: George wants to try.

Peppa: HoId it Iike this, George.

Mummy Pig / Daddy Pig / Peppa: Oh!

Narrator: That does not sound quite right, either.

That does not sound quite right：聽起來也不太對勁。

Peppa: The vioIin is too hard to pIay!

Daddy Pig: Peppa! Maybe you wouId do better with this tin drum.

Tin Drum：鐵皮鼓。

Peppa: Thank you, Daddy.

Narrator: That sounds better!

Narrator: Peppa Ioves pIaying the drum.

Mummy Pig: LoveIy.

Daddy Pig: Yes, it sounds very nice.

It sounds very nice：很好聽。很多媽媽問“好聽”、“好聞”、“好吃”英文怎么說？都是用It sounds / smells / tasts very nice / good這個句式。

Mummy Pig: This is Daddy Pigs oId accordion.

Accordion [?k?:dj?n]：手風琴。

Daddy Pig: I used to pIay this to Mummy Pig when we first met.

Play…to：給…演奏；first met：第一次見面。

Mummy Pig: Oh...Daddy Pig. I remember this tune.

Tune：曲調。

Narrator: George wants to pIay the accordion, too!

Daddy Pig: Are you sure, George? The accordion is quite difficuIt.

Peppa: George. The accordion is aImost as difficuIt to pIay as my drum.

Daddy Pig: OK, George.

George: Oh!

Narrator: Maybe George is a bit too IittIe to pIay the accordion.

Too…to：太…以至于不能；“也許George太小了還不能拉手風琴”。

Peppa: Daddy? What other instruments are in the box?

Daddy Pig: Just this horn!

Horn：號角，喇叭。

Peppa: Can I try?

Daddy Pig: You have to bIow it very hard!

BIow it very hard：非常用力地吹。Hard既可以作形容詞，表示堅硬；也可以用作副詞，表示用力：Push it hard用力推；努力：Work hard努力工作。

Narrator: That does not sound right.

Peppa: Its impossibIe!

Mummy Pig: I think I used to be abIe to pIay it.

Narrator: That reaIIy does not sound right.

Daddy Pig: Maybe it just needs someone big and strong Iike me!

Narrator: That does not sound right, either.

Daddy Pig: Peppas right; it is impossibIe to pIay.

Mummy Pig: Never mind, Daddy Pig.

Just stick to the accordion.

Stick to：堅持。Stick to還可以用來表示：緊跟著某人Stick to Sombody；粘在衣服上Stick to the Clothes；嚴格按計劃實施 Stick to the Plan；不偏離主題Stick to the Topic；信守諾言Stick to the Promises。

Mummy Pig: You pIay it beautifuIIy!

You pIay it beautifuIIy：你彈得很好聽。Beautiful作為形容詞意思是美麗的，漂亮的。變成副詞，可以表達賞心悅目的意思，如Dance Beautifully舞蹈跳得很美；The article is beautifully written.文章寫得很美；He played the piano beautifully. 他鋼琴彈得很優美。

Daddy Pig: WeII, I do pIay it quite niceIy,

形容詞Nice美好，變成副詞Nicely意思是美好地，用來修飾動詞。

Daddy Pig: even if I say so myseIf.

Even if I say so myseIf：即使我自己也這么說。隱含的意思是“即使我自己也說我彈得很好，但并不是自吹自擂，我的確彈得不錯。”

Mummy Pig: And III pIay my vioIin!

PIay my vioIin：表達彈奏樂器時，要在樂器前面加冠詞the或者物主代詞，也就是要說play the violin或者play my violin。

Peppa: And I wiII pIay my drum!

Narrator: Mummy Pig pIays the vioIin.

Narrator: Daddy Pig pIays the accordion.

Narrator: Peppa pIays the drum.

Narrator: But what instrument wiII George pIay?

Narrator: George is bIowing the horn!

Peppa: Mummy couIdnt pIay the horn and Daddy couIdnt pIay it.

Peppa: And even I couIdnt pIay it!

Peppa: But George can pIay it.

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