在开始读故事之前，可以让孩子根据书的封面和故事的名称想象一下这会是一个怎样的故事，故事中会发生什么。亲子共读过程中可以考虑以下活动：                     

1.和孩子一起读标题和看封面。问：你认为这个故事是关于什么的？        

2.问：Biff是什么表情？你觉得她怎么了呢？

Dad wanted a meeting.

" I have had a good idea," he said.

  Chip groaned." I don't like the sound of this,"he said.

  Dad had a big piece of paper.

" I don't like the look of it, either,"said Biff.

爸爸想要开一个会议。

”我有个好主意，”他说。

Chip抱怨。“我不喜欢听到这个。”他说。

爸爸有一大张纸。

“我也不喜欢它的样子，”Biff说。

" It's no fun on holiday," went on Dad," if Mum and I do all the work."

  "That's true," said Mum." There are still lots of jobs to be done."

  "This is where my idea comes in," said Dad.

"This is the pocket money chart."

“如果我和妈妈做所有的工作，"爸爸继续说，“假期就没意思了。”

“是的，”妈妈说，“还有很多工作要做。”

“这就是我的想法，”爸爸说。“这是零花钱图。”

Biff, Chip and Kipper looked at the chart.

It had their names on it next to a list of jobs.

"  The idea is that everyone has to help!"said Dad." It's brilliant!"

"  But why is it called a pocket money chart?"asked Kipper.

Biff、Chip和Kipper看了看图表。

在工作列表旁边列了他们的名字在上面。

“我们的想法是，每个人都必须帮忙！”爸爸说。”真是太明智了!”

“但是为什么叫零花钱图呢?”Kipper问。

Dad tapped the chart.

"  If you do the jobs without a fuss, "he said,

"you get extra pocket money."

Mum liked the idea.

" You need extra pocket money on holiday,"she said.

" I suppose so, "said Biff.

爸爸轻拍手里的图表。

他说:“如果你做这些工作时毫无怨言，就会得到额外的零花钱。”

妈妈喜欢这个主意。

“你们度假时需要额外的零花钱，”她说。

“我想是的，”Biff说。

So Biff washed up and Kipper dried.

Chip took Floppy for a walk.

Dad blew up the beds with a pump.

" I like the idea of this pocket money chart,"said Mum.

" I don't, "said Kipper.

所以Biff洗了衣服，Kipper把它晒干。

Chip带着Floppy散步。爸爸用泵给床充气。

妈妈说:“我喜欢这张零花钱表的主意。”

“我不喜欢，”Kipper说。

The next day they went to the beach.

It was cold and windy so nobody wanted to sit on the sand.

Mum and Kipper played with Floppy.

He chased a ball into the sea.

Biff, Chip and Dad went to look for shells.

第二天他们去了海滩。天气又冷又刮风，所以没有人愿意坐在沙子上。

妈妈、Kipper和Floppy在玩耍。

他把球追到了海里。Biff，Chip和爸爸去找贝壳。

Biff looked a long the beach for shells.

She picked up a strange-looking rock.

" Look at this, "she called. "It's a rock with a spiral pattern in it."

She showed it to Chip.

" It looks like a shell made of rock, "he said.

Biff在海滩上寻找贝壳。她拾起一块奇形怪状的石头。

“看看这个，”她喊道。“这是一块带有螺旋图案的岩石。”

她把它拿给Chip看。他说:“它看起来像一个岩石做成的贝壳。”

 "You've found a fossil," said Dad. "Once it was a shellfish.

Now it has turned into a rock."They showed it to Mum.

" It's millions of years old, "she said.

" Millions of years!" said Biff. "That's amazing.."

“你找到了一个化石，”爸爸说。“它曾经是贝类，现在它变成了一块石头。"

他们把它给妈妈看了。

“它已经有几百万年的历史了，”她说。

“几百万年了!”“太神奇了……”

They all began to look for fossils. Chip found a broken one.

Biff liked looking for fossils. She wanted to find a really good one.

" It's time for supper," said Mum. "Come on!Let's go back to the campsite."

他们都开始寻找化石。Chip发现了一个碎掉的。

Biff喜欢寻找化石。她想找一个非常好的。

“该吃晚饭了，”妈妈说。“来吧!让我们回到营地。”

On the way back they stopped at a shop.

Biff, Chip and Kipper had time to look round.

The shop sold all kinds of things.

It sold she ll sand beach toys. Kipper wanted to buy a boat.

"I haven't got enough pocket money," he said.

在回来的路上，他们在一家商店停了下来。Biff、Chip和Kipper四处看看。

这家商店出售各种各样的东西。它出售各种沙滩玩具。Kipper想买一艘船。

“我没有足够的零花钱，”他说。