Learning English with Tangram: How to Play with Baby Using Square Shapes
作者:小雅与英美友人
Playing Tangram 玩七巧板
★ “我教你怎么玩”,英文怎么说简短而地道?
★ 对于不同大小的三角形,大、中、小,英文怎么说?
★ 一块七巧板的“块”,英文用哪个词?
Child: It's raining.
宝宝:下雨了。
What can I do inside?
我能在屋里干什么呢?
Mom: Let's play Tangram.
妈妈:咱们玩七巧板吧。
七巧板是一个游戏,因此在play后面直接加Tangram。
I'll teach you how.
我教你怎么玩。
Pull a chair up
把椅子拉过来,
and let's sit at the table.
咱们坐在桌子旁边。
Tangram is a kind of puzzle,
七巧板是一种智力游戏,
and is a good way to learn about shapes, ratios, and proportions.
是学习形状、比值和比例的好方法。
Child: Yeah, my teacher said we might be learning to do this next week.
宝宝:嗯,我们老师说我们下周可能学这个。
We'll be going over some geometry.
我们要学点几何。
Mom: Great, then you'll have a head start.
妈妈:好啊,这样你就有领先优势了。
Let's see what we can make.
看看咱们都能拼什么。
Grab the instructions, please.
请把说明书拿过来。
Child: Here. Oooh, could we make a rabbit, please?
宝宝:这个。哎,咱们拼一只兔子,好吗?
Mom: Sure. Can you tell me some of the shapes we have here?
妈妈:当然。你能告诉我这里有哪些形状吗?
Child: There's several large triangles, some squares, and a…?
宝宝:有几个大三角形、一些正方形和一个……?
I'm not sure of this one.
这个我不太确定。
Mom: That's a parallelogram.
妈妈:这是一个平行四边形。
读作 [ˌpærə'leləgræm]。
Try saying it.
试着说一下。
Child: Para … parallelogram.
宝宝:平行……平行四边形。
Mom: Very good. Now what shapes do we need to make the rabbit?
妈妈:真棒。那咱们拼兔子需要什么形状呢?
Child: We need a square, 2 large triangles, 1 medium triangle, 2 small triangles, and a parallelogram.
宝宝:我们需要1个正方形、两个大三角形、1个中三角形、两个小三角形和一个平行四边形。
Look, the 7 tiles there are all we need.
看,这7块正好是咱们需要的。
Mom: Place the ears first.
妈妈:先摆耳朵。
What do we need for those?
咱们需要什么形状?
Child: A parallelogram.
宝宝:一个平行四边形。
Mom: Make sure to turn it in the right direction.
妈妈:一定要摆对方向。
We can study concepts like angles and lines when we play Tangram.
咱们玩七巧板的时候,可以学学角和线这样的概念。
Can you tell me which of these has a right angle?
你能告诉我这些形状中,哪个有直角吗?
Child: The square.
宝宝:正方形。
Mom: It does. It has four.
妈妈:是的。它有4个。
Nice work. Let's try to make something else.
很棒。咱们试试拼点儿别的。
How about a fox? Or a swan?
狐狸怎么样?还是?
There are over 6,500 possible combinations,
有6500多种可能的组合呢,
so we could make just about anything!
所以咱们几乎能拼出任何东西!
We can even make numbers and letters.
咱们甚至还可以拼出数字和字母。
Like this. See, I made a 'K'.
像这样。看,我拼出一个“K”。
Your turn.
该你了。
Child: I'll make a 'J' since my name is Jonathan.
宝宝:我要拼一个“J”,因为我叫乔纳森。
How do you make the curve at the bottom?
底下这个曲线怎么拼呢?
Mom: Use a triangle,
妈妈:用一个三角形,
but make sure to turn it upside down so the top point is pointing down.
但是一定要倒着放,让顶点朝下。
Child: LIke this?
宝宝:像这样吗?
Mom: Exactly.
妈妈:对。
Child: I wonder what Ms. Bailey will make us do in class.
宝宝:我想知道贝利老师会在课上让我们拼什么。
Mom: Well, let's make a few shapes from your textbook.
妈妈:好,咱们再照着你的课本拼一些图形。
Let's make sure to use all 7 pieces,
咱们一定要把7块都用上,
七巧板的块,既可以用tile,表示它是小薄片,也可以用piece这种“块、片、条”的通用说法。
so that way we really get a challenge!
这样才有挑战性!
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