Hot Springs

A: Tom, look at your shoes. How dirty they are! You must clear¹ hem².

汤姆，看看你的鞋子，多脏呀，你必须洗一洗了。

B: Oh. Mother, but I cleaned them only yesterday.

噢，妈妈，可我昨天才洗过的。

A: But they are dirty now. You must clean them again.

可现在它们又脏了，你再洗一次吧。

B: I don't want to clean them today. Even³ if I clean them today, they will be dirty again tomorrow.

我今天不想洗，我即使今天把鞋洗了，明天还会脏的。

A: OK, don't clean them then.

好吧，那就别洗了。

(ln the evening Tom came⁴ back from school. He was very hungry.

晚上汤姆放学回到家，他非常饿。)

B: Mother, give me something to eat, please.

妈妈，请给我拿些吃的吧？

A: You had⁵ your breakfast in the morning, Tom, and you had your lunch at school．

汤姆，你早晨吃了早饭，在学校吃了午饭。

B: But I am hungry now.

可我现在又饿了。

A: Oh, really? But even if I give you something to eat today, you will be hungry again tomorrow.

噢，真的吗？可是即使今天我给你吃的明天你还会饿呀。