Mary was an English girl, but she lived in Rome. She was six years old. Last year her mother said to her, “You’re six years old now, Mary, and you’re going to begin going to a school here. You’re going to like it very much, because it’s a nice school.”
玛丽是个英国女孩，但是她住在罗马。她六岁了。去年她的妈妈跟她说：“现在你六岁了，玛丽，你要开始在这儿上学了。你会非常喜欢的，因为那是一个很好的学校。”
“Is it an English school?” Mary asked.
“那是一所英语学校吗？”玛丽问道。
“Yes, it is,” her mother said.
“对，是的，”她的妈妈说。
Mary went to the school, and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon. Last Monday her mother went to the school at 4 o’clock, and Mary ran out of her class.
玛丽去上学了，而且非常喜欢她的功课。她的妈妈总是早上把她送到学校去，下午把她接回家。上星期一，她的妈妈4点去了学校，然后玛丽从班里跑出来。
“We’ve got a new girl in our class today, Mummy,” she said. “She’s six years old too, and she’s very nice, but she isn’t English. She’s German.”
“今天我们班来了一个新女生，妈妈，”她说。“她也六岁了，她很好，但她不是英国人。她是德国人。”
“Does she speak English?” Mary’s mother asked.
“她说英语吗？”玛丽的妈妈问。
“No, but she laughs in English,” Mary said happily.
“不，但是她用英语大笑呢，”玛丽高兴地说。
