Daniel: Pig Tom is over there.

May: Pig Tom?

Daniel: That's Tom's nickname.

May: You are always a naughty boy.

Daniel: It's just me.

(Tom is coming.)

Daniel: Hey, Tommy, What a coincidence!

Tom: Hi, Daniel, May. Is this your dog, Daniel?

Daniel: It's Barbie, you know that. Hey, Barbie, say hello to Pig Tom.

May: Daniel!

Daniel: Come on, it's just a joke. By the way, do you have a dog, Tommy?

Tom: I have a little white cat.

Daniel: Oh, a cat? Come on.

Tom: Come on, cats are gentle.

丹尼尔：汤姆猪在那边。

阿美：汤姆猪？

丹尼尔：汤姆的绰号。

阿美：你总是很调皮。

丹尼尔：没错，这就是我。

（汤姆来了。）

丹尼尔：汤米，真是巧啊！

汤姆：你好，丹尼尔，阿美。丹丹，这是你的狗吗？

丹尼尔：你知道的，这是芭比。喂，芭比，快和汤姆猪打招呼。

阿美：丹尼尔！

丹尼尔：开玩笑而已。对了，你养狗吗？汤米。

汤姆：我有一只猫。

丹尼尔：噢，猫？

汤姆：猫是非常温顺的。

Daniel: Pig Tom is Tom's nickname. He is my good friend, actually, but I like messing with him from time to time. He is dull sometimes, but he is a good friend. He has a cat, he thinks cats are very gentle and he loves them very much. But I don't really like cats.

nickname n. 绰号，昵称

luck n. 运气

joke n. 笑话，玩笑

gentle adj. 温和的，文雅的

know vt. 知道

Pig Tom: 这是Daniel给他的同学Tom取的绰号。

What luck! 真巧。

Tommy 是Tom的昵称。

仔细阅读下面五个场景，两人一组，使用问候句型，用一用，练一练。

1. Tom says "Good Morning!" to Daniel. How should Daniel reply?

2. May meets Mr. Jiang in front of the school gate. It's three o'clock in the afternoon. How should she greet him?

3. If Shirley says to Tom"How you are?", how should he reply?

4. May's classmate says to her"Hello, how are you today?", but May doesn't fell very well. What should she say?

5. It's Monday morning. May is sitting in the classroom. Her friend comes in. How should May greet her and ask about her weekend?