English for Everyday Activities 31-33

31. Watching Television

• Tom picked up the remote for the TV…
• …and turned the TV on.
• A game show was on.
• Tom didn’t want to watch it…
• …so he used the remote …
• …to change channels.
• He turned up the volume so he could hear better.
• During a commerial…
• …he went to the kitchen for a snack.
• He watched the news,…
• …and when it ended,…
• …he turned the TV off.

32. Watching a Video

• Jenny rented a video from a video store.
• At home,she took the tape out of the case.
• With the remote ,she switched to the video setting…
• …and turned the VCR on.
• She loaded the video into it…
• …and started the tape.
• SHe and Tom watched the video.
• To see something again,they rewound/rɪwˈa‍ʊnd/ 倒带 the tape.
• Jenny paused it when Tome left for a minute.
• At the end of the video,she stopped the tape,…
• …rewound and ejected it.
• Later,she returned it to the store.

33. Babysitting保姆

Tom babysat his cousins-took care of them while their parents were gone.

• Tom’s aunt and uncle dropped the children off at Tom’s house.
• Tom took them to a playgroud.
• Back at Tom’s house,they played with blocks木块,…
• …drew pictures with crayons/ˈkreɪˌɑn/ 蜡笔…
• …and put a puzzle together.
• Tom changed the baby’s diaper/ˈdaɪpɝ/尿布…
• and put them to bed in the crib/ˈkrɪb/ 婴儿床.
• The other children took a bath.
• Tom read them a story…
• …and they watched a cartoon on TV.
• Later,their parents picked the children up.