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After school one winter day, Jack's mother told him to go out and play in the snow. 'But it's so cold outside, Mother!' Jack said. 'Put on your coat and your hat and your mittens,' his mother said. 'You can build a snowman before your father comes home.' 'I'm going to need a carrot for the nose,' Jack said. 'And I'll need some things for the snowman's hat and face.' Jack got a bucket and collected everything he needed to decorate his snowman. His mother promised she would watch him build the snowman from the window. 一个冬天的下午，放学以后，杰克的妈妈让他去外面雪地里玩。 “但是外面很冷，妈妈！”杰克说。 “穿上外套，戴上帽子和手套，”妈妈说。“爸爸回来之前你可以堆一个雪人。” “我想要一根胡萝卜做鼻子，”杰克说，“还要一些东西来做雪人的帽子和脸。” 杰克拿了一个桶，里面装着他需要的所有东西。妈妈答应杰克透过窗户看着他堆雪人。 Outside, in his front yard, Jack started with a very small ball of snow. He got on his knees and rolled the snow into a big ball. At another window, someone else was watching Jack play. It was his new neighbour Naoko. Naoko asked her mother if she could go outside and help Jack build his snowman. 'It's very cold outside. Are you sure you want to go out and play?' her mother asked. 'Yes, Mother!' Naoko said. 'I will wear my coat and my hat and my mittens.' Naoko's mother helped her put on her winter clothes and promised to watch her from the window. 'You can play until your father comes home,' her mother said. Naoko ran outside to Jack's yard and asked if she could help him finish his snowman. 'Yes, please help me,' Jack said. 'My father will be home from work very soon.' 'Okay. What can I do?' Naoko asked. 'I built my snowman's body with two snowballs. I need to roll one more for my snowman's head.' 'But snowmen only have two snowballs. One is for the body and one is for the head, ' Naoko said. 'No, snowmen always have three snowballs,' Jack said. 'I don't think I need you to help me after all.' Jack picked up some snow and made it into a small snowball. He got on his knees and rolled the snow away from Naoko to make the snowman's head. 杰克来到了院子里，开始团了一个很小的雪球，他跪在雪地上，将雪球越滚越大。别的窗户里，也有人在看杰克堆雪人。原来是他的新邻居直子，直子问她的妈妈，自己可不可以出去帮助杰克堆雪人。 “外面很冷，你确定要出去玩吗？”直子的妈妈问。 “是的，妈妈！”直子说，“我会穿上外套，戴着帽子和手套。” 妈妈给直子穿上冬天的衣服，答应她会透过窗户看着她堆雪人。 “你可以玩到你爸爸回家。”妈妈说。 直子跑到杰克家的院子里，问杰克能否帮助他一起堆雪人。 “可以，请帮助我吧，”杰克说，“我爸爸就快要下班回来了。” “好的，我能做什么呢？”直子问。 “我用两个雪球做了雪人的身子，我需要再滚一个当做雪人的头。”杰克说。 “但是雪人只要两个雪球就够了啊，一个当身子，一个当头。”直子说。 “不，雪人都有三个雪球的。”杰克说，“我觉得我不需要你的帮助了。” 杰克捡起一些雪，然后做成了一个小的雪球，然后将雪球滚向别处，滚大点以后用来当雪人的头。 Naoko walked into her own yard and began to build her own snowman. 'I don't want to build a snowman with Jack anyway,' she thought to herself. 'I'm going to make my own.' Naoko rolled two big balls of snow and put them on top of each other. When she finished that she took off her hat and scarf and decorated the snowman. Lastly, she found some sticks and pine cones and made her snowman's eyes and mouth and arms. Her mother clapped from the window. Jack made a hat for his snowman with his bucket. He used his mother's sewing buttons for the eyes and mouth. Lastly, he added a carrot for the snowman's nose. After he finished, Jack's mother smiled and pointed. His father was driving up the street. Suddenly a terrible thing happened. The head fell off Jack's snowman and crashed to the ground! 'Oh no! My snowman fell apart,' Jack said, 'and my father is almost home!' Naoko heard Jack's cry and ran over to his yard to see what the problem was. 'I'll help you roll another snowball,' Naoko said. 'If we do it together we can finish it before your father gets home.' Together, Jack and Naoko rolled a new snowball. They shaped it with their mittens until it was round. Then they lifted it up onto the snowman's body and decorated it with the carrot and bucket and buttons. 'We finished it just in time,' Jack said. 'Thank you for your help.' 'You're welcome. I like your snowman better,' Naoko said. 'Mine doesn't have a nose.' 直子回到自家的院子里，开始自己做雪人。 “我再也不想和杰克一起堆雪人了。”她心想，“我要自己做一个。” 直子滚了两个大雪球，然后将它们叠在了一起。堆成以后，她脱下自己的帽子和围巾来装扮雪人。 最后，她找来一些棍子和松果来做雪人的眼睛，嘴巴和胳膊。妈妈透过窗户为她鼓掌。 杰克用篮子给雪人做了一顶帽子，用妈妈的纽扣给它做了眼睛和嘴巴。最后，由插了根胡萝卜当做鼻子。雪人堆好以后，杰克的妈妈很满意，称赞起他来。这时候，他爸爸开车也快要到家了。 突然，一件可怕的事情发生了。雪人的头滚了下来，摔在了地面上。 “哦！不！我的雪人摔两半了，”杰克说，“爸爸就要到家了！” 直子听到杰克的叫声，赶快跑过来看发生了什么事。 “我会帮助你再滚一个雪球，”直子说，“如果我们齐心合力，就能在你爸爸到家之前做完。” 于是，杰克和直子一起滚了一个雪球，他们用手套不停地搓啊搓，直到搓成了圆球状。然后他们合力将雪球放在雪人的身体上面，又用胡萝卜，篮子和纽扣装饰了一番。 “我们及时完成了，”杰克说，“谢谢你的帮助！” “不客气，我更喜欢你堆的雪人，”直子说，“我的雪人没有鼻子。” Jack walked over to look at Naoko's snowman. He loved the pine cone eyes and mouth and the sticks for arms, but he knew it wasn't finished. Jack ran back to his snowman and pulled the carrot out. He broke it into two pieces and gave half to Naoko. 'Hurry,' Jack said. 'Your snowman needs a nose and your father is driving up the street too.' 'Thank you,' Naoko said. 'You're welcome,' Jack said. 'I think our snowmen make good neighbours.' 杰克走过去看直子堆的雪人，他很喜欢雪人的松果眼睛，嘴巴和树枝胳膊。但是他明白，这个雪人还没有完成呢，于是杰克跑回去把自己雪人的胡萝卜鼻子抽了出来，折成了两半，分给了直子。 “赶快！”杰克说，“你的雪人需要一个鼻子，你爸爸也快要到家了。” “谢谢你。”直子说。 “不客气。”杰克说，“我觉得我们俩的雪人可以做一对好邻居。” |
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