A Pet for Pete
By James Dean
适合年龄:Above 2
故事介绍:Pete在宠物店买了一条金鱼，Pete给金鱼去了一个名字叫Goldie. Pete决定给Goldie 画一幅画。Pete画得太好了，妈妈、哥哥、奶奶、朋友还有同学都想要他的画。 可是Pete没有时间来画这么多画，妈妈想到了一个好主意。Pete花了一幅巨大的Goldie画，这样所有的人都能看到这幅画了。
阅读步骤：
1. 阅读故事封面，包括题目、作者和图片。
2. 欣赏故事图片内容，引导孩子如何看图，通过仔细看图认识图片中的颜色、物品、人物等。该故事涉及到很多动物的名称，如goldfish, bird, hamster, lizzard等。
3. 欣赏故事文字内容，家长可以自己阅读给孩子听或者和孩子一起阅读，体会其中的快乐。另外还有一些夸奖的话，如cute fish! Cool colors! Nice work! Great job!
4. 听故事录音或者观看视频，加强理解和记忆。
文章内容
Pete is going to the pet store.
He is going to get a pet.
Pete wants a bird, a hamster, or a lizard.
But then Pete sees a goldfish.
“That’s what I want,” he tells his mom.
Pete’s mom gets fish food.
“I’m going to call you Goldie,”
Pete says to his new pet.
“You are my first pet,” Pete tells Goldie on the way home.
Pete takes Goldie to his room.
He feeds her fish food.
“Now what?” asks Pete.
He can’t play with Goldie.
He can’t swim with Goldie.
Pete knows what he can do!
Pete paints a picture of Goldie.
He paints four fins and an orange tail.
“What a pretty painting,” says Pete’s mom.
“You can keep it,” says Pete.
“Cool painting!” says Bob.
“Can you make one for me?”
“Sure,” says Pete.
Pete paints a picture for Bob.
“Wow!” says Bob.
“It looks just like Goldie.”
Bob shows Pete’s painting to his friends Tom.
Now Tom wants a painting, too.
Pete paints another picture of Goldie to take to school for show-and-tell.
“This is Goldie, my pet fish,” Pete tells his class.
“Cute fish!”
“Cool fish!”
“Nice work!”
“I wish I had a picture of Goldie,” says Benny.
“I’ll make you one,” says Pete.
Everyone in Pete’s class wants a painting of Goldie!
Pete’s grandma wants a painting, too.
Pete has a lot to do.
He has to feed Goldie.
He has to he has to do homework.
Pete paints and paints.
He makes painting for everyone on his list.
At last Pete is done!
He worked hard.
There is no paint left.
Pete’s paintings are a big hit!
Pete is happy to be done.
But Pete is not done.
Now everyone in town wants a painting of Goldie!
Pete gets more paint.
“I don’t know what to do,” he says to his mom.
“I wish I could paint pictures for everyone. I just don’t have time.”
Pete’s mom has an idea!
She tells it to Pete.
“Great idea!” says Pete.
Pete gets right to it.
This time he works outside and makes a huge painting.
Honk! Honk!
Beep! Beep!
Here comes Pete.
He has made one painting of Goldie for everyone in town to enjoy!
What a great day!
When Pete gets home, he tells the real Goldie all about it.
