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In today's English lesson, I'm going to tell you two stories.

在今天的英語課上，我要給大家講兩個故事。

One of the stories will be true.

其中一個故事將是真實的。

The other story will be a lie and you'll need to try and figure out which one is which.

另一個故事將是一個謊言，您需要嘗試找出哪個是哪個。

I like English lessons like this because as an English learner, you really need to understand each story in order to make a decision.

我喜歡這樣的英語課，因為作為一個英語學習者，你真的需要理解每個故事才能做出決定。

So I'll tell you two stories, two stories about me.

所以我會告訴你兩個故事，兩個關于我的故事。

One will be true, one will be a lie.

一個將是真實的，一個將是謊言。

Are you ready?

你準備好了嗎？

(bright upbeat music) Story number one.

（明亮歡快的音樂）第一個故事。

Let's call this story The Kite.

讓我們稱這個故事為風箏。

once when I was a kid, my mom's uncle visited us from the Netherlands.

小時候有一次，我媽媽的叔叔從荷蘭來看我們。

He flew over on a plane and he came to visit us here on the farm, and he brought gifts.

他坐飛機飛過來，來農場看望我們，還帶來了禮物。

He brought gifts for me and my brothers and sisters.

他給我和我的兄弟姐妹們帶來了禮物。

We were very, very excited.

我們非常非常興奮。

The gift that I received was a kite, a really cool, orange kite.

我收到的禮物是一只風箏，一只很酷的橙色風箏。

It was really big.

真的很大。

It came in a box and I remember I had to put it together.

它裝在一個盒子里，我記得我必須把它放在一起。

I had two sticks and I had to attach all of the strings and the fabric.

我有兩根棍子，我必須連接所有的繩子和布料。

And when I was all done, the kite was ready to test out but it wasn't windy on the day I got the kite, so I couldn't go outside with my mom's uncle and try it out.

當我全部完成后，風箏已經準備好進行測試，但我拿到風箏那天沒有風，所以我不能和我媽媽的叔叔一起出去試一試。

But I do remember putting it all together.

但我確實記得把它們放在一起。

It was a really nice-looking kite.

那是一只非常漂亮的風箏。

The next day, my mom's uncle came back for tea or coffee or something, and it was a windy day, so we went outside and we spent some time.

第二天，我媽媽的叔叔回來喝茶或喝咖啡什么的，那天刮風，所以我們出去玩了一會兒。

He taught me how to fly the kite.

他教我放風箏。

I would hold the string and he would go and throw the kite in the air and I would run, and eventually the kite was flying.

我拉著線，他去把風箏拋到空中，我就跑，最后風箏飛了。

It was super fun.

非常有趣。

So I let the kite go really high in the air and eventually the string broke, and the kite flew away and landed down by the river.

所以我讓風箏飛得很高，最后線斷了，風箏飛走了， 落在了河邊。

I ran down really quickly and I found the kite.

我跑得很快，找到了風箏。

Luckily, it wasn't broken.

幸運的是，它沒有壞掉。

I was very, very happy that it wasn't broken.

我非常非常高興它沒有壞掉。

Then, my mom's uncle and I went with my dad to the hardware store and we bought really strong fishing line.

然后，我和我媽媽的叔叔和爸爸一起去了五金店，我們買了非常結實的釣魚線。

Fishing line is something you use with a fishing rod and it's very thin but it's very strong.

釣魚線是與釣魚竿一起使用的東西，它很細但很結實。

When we came back home, we attached the fishing line to the kite instead of the string that came with it.

當我們回到家時，我們把釣魚線系在風箏上，而不是風箏附帶的線。

And then, we tried flying the kite again and it worked way better.

然后， 我們再次嘗試放風箏，效果更好。

I was super happy.

我超級開心。

It was a fun experience.

這是一次有趣的經歷。

I flew the kite quite a bit when I was a kid, lots of fun.

我小時候經常放風箏，非常有趣。

I don't know if you've ever had a kite.

我不知道你有沒有放過風箏。

Anyways, that's story one, The Kite.

無論如何，這是第一個故事，風箏。

Do you think it's true or do you think it's a lie?

你認為這是真的還是謊言？

Story number two, let's call this one Basketball.

第二個故事，我們稱之為籃球。

When I was a kid, I really wanted to be on the basketball team at school but I wasn't a very good basketball player.

當我還是個孩子的時候，我真的很想加入學校的籃球隊，但我并不是一個很好的籃球運動員。

A lot of my friends lived in town or they lived in the city and they could practice basketball all the time but I lived out here on the farm.

我的很多朋友住在城里，或者他們住在城里，他們可以一直練習籃球，但我住在農場。

There are no really good spots to bounce a basketball and I didn't have a basketball net but I really, really, really wanted to play basketball.

沒有真正適合打籃球的地方，我也沒有籃球網，但我真的、真的、真的很想打籃球。

So my parents got me a basketball and I would practice in the barn.

所以我的父母給我買了一個籃球，我會在谷倉里練習。

And eventually, they got me a basketball net.

最后，他們給了我一個籃球網。

They bought me a basketball net and we mounted it on the wall of the barn.

他們給我買了一個籃球網，我們把它掛在谷倉的墻上。

Many, many evenings I would practice shooting the basketball, bouncing the basketball.

很多很多晚上我都會練習投籃，彈跳籃球。

We also call it dribbling by the way.

我們也順便叫它運球。

I would practice a lot.

我會練習很多。

I would try and get my brothers and sisters to practice with me but none of them wanted to play basketball with me.

我會試著讓我的兄弟姐妹和我一起練習，但他們都不想和我一起打籃球。

So I just practiced by myself and I got better.

所以我只是自己練習，我變得更好了。

I got better and better, and I knew that basketball tryouts were coming up in a few months, so I practiced almost every night of the week.

我變得越來越好，而且我知道幾個月后就要進行籃球試訓，所以我幾乎每周晚上都在練習。

I became really good at dribbling.

我變得非常擅長運球。

I became really good at shooting the basketball and getting it in the net.

我變得非常擅長投籃和入網。

So basketball tryouts came.

所以籃球試訓來了。

I went, I signed up on a piece of paper at school that I wanted to try out.

我去了， 我在學校的一張紙上簽了名，我想試試。

I went to the basketball tryouts and I showed off all of my basketball skills as best as I could.

我參加了籃球選拔賽，盡我所能展示了我所有的籃球技巧。

And then I waited because after, I think there were two tryouts, after two tryouts, the coach was going to post the list of who made the team.

然后我等待，因為之后， 我認為有兩次試訓，在兩次試訓之后，教練將發布誰組成球隊的名單。

So I was very nervous.

所以我很緊張。

On that day, I remember going to school and I looked at the list and my name was not on the list.

那天，我記得去學校看名單，名單上沒有我的名字。

I was heartbroken.

我很傷心。

I was very, very sad.

我非常非常難過。

I had spent all this time learning to play basketball and I didn't make the team.

這段時間我一直在學習打籃球，但我沒有入選球隊。

So that was story number two, Basketball.

所以這是第二個故事，籃球。

Do you think it's true or do you think it's a lie?

你認為這是真的還是謊言？

Okay, so you've heard both stories and now you need to decide which one you think is true and which one you think is a lie.

好吧， 你已經聽過這兩個故事，現在你需要決定哪個是真的，哪個是謊言。

If you need to, you can go back and listen to each story again.

如果需要，您可以返回并再次收聽每個故事。

Maybe you'll hear a few hints in one of the stories that make you think it's either true or that it is a lie.

也許您會在其中一個故事中聽到一些暗示，讓您認為它是真的還是謊言。

I'll let you think about it for a few seconds here.

我會讓你在這里考慮幾秒鐘。

And then, I'll tell you which one is which, one, two, three.

然后，我會告訴你哪個是哪個，一，二，三。

The story about the kite is true.

關于風箏的故事是真實的。

The story about me trying to learn how to play basketball and make the basketball team, that was just a lie.

關于我努力學習如何打籃球并組建籃球隊的故事，那只是一個謊言。

I know I probably told it in a way where you believed it but that one was not true.

我知道我可能以一種你相信的方式告訴它，但那不是真的。

I do remember a time when my mom's uncle came from Holland and he gave me a kite.

我確實記得有一次我媽媽的叔叔從荷蘭來，他給了我一只風箏。

It was super fun.

非常有趣。

I had never had a kite before, and so I did a lot of kite flying, I guess you would say.

我以前從未放過風箏，所以我放了很多風箏，我猜你會說。

And I do remember that the string broke and we went to the hardware store and bought fishing line to use instead.

我確實記得繩子斷了，我們去五金店買了釣魚線來代替。

Anyways, once again, sorry for lying to you.

無論如何，再次抱歉對你撒謊。

Sorry for telling you a story that wasn't true but I hope both stories allowed you to learn just a little bit more English.

很抱歉告訴你一個不真實的故事，但我希望這兩個故事能讓你多學一點英語。

Anyways, if this is your first time here, don't forget to click that red subscribe button over there.

無論如何， 如果這是您第一次來這里，請不要忘記點擊那邊的紅色訂閱按鈕。

Give me a thumbs up.

給我豎起大拇指。

Leave a comment about what you thought of this lesson and if you have some time, why don't you stick around and watch another English lesson?

留下您對這節課的看法，如果您有時間，為什么不留下來再看一節英語課呢？

(bright upbeat music)

（明亮歡快的音樂）