10.Today's Mail

The mailman put the mail in the mailbox. Dad went outside. He said hello to the mailman. The mailman said hello. Dad opened the mailbox and took out a magazine and two letters. One letter was from his sister. The other letter was from his brother. The magazine was for his wife. It was a garden magazine. His wife liked to work in the garden. She grew flowers and vegetables in the garden. Dad went back into the house. He opened both letters. His sister invited him to a birthday party. His brother invited him to a wedding. Dad enjoyed reading the letters. He enjoyed getting the invitations. He picked up the phone. He left a message for his sister. He would come to the birthday party. He also called his brother. He said he would come to the wedding.
重点词汇
mailman 邮递员
mailbox 邮箱 ; 电子邮箱 ; 信箱区
took out 取出 ; 带出 ; 拔 ; 取得
work in 把…加进 ; 把…混入 ; 把…掺进
grew 扩大 ; 增加 ; 增强 ; 长大 ; 长高 ; 发育 ; 成长 ; 生长 ; grow的过去式
went back 耕回
invited 邀请 ; 邀请，请求，要求 ; 招致 ; invite的过去分词和过去式
birthday party 生日聚会
invitations 邀请 ; 获得邀请 ; 请柬 ; 请帖 ; invitation的复数
come to 涉及到 ; 恢复知觉 ; 苏醒
译文：
邮递员把邮件放到邮箱里。爸爸走到外面。他向邮递员打招呼。邮递员打了个招呼。爸爸打开邮箱，拿出一本杂志和两封信。一封信是他姐姐写的。另一封信是他哥哥写的。那本杂志是给他妻子的。那是一本花园杂志。他的妻子喜欢在花园里工作。她在花园里种花和蔬菜。爸爸回到了屋里。他打开了两封信。他的姐姐邀请他参加一个生日聚会。他的哥哥邀请他参加婚礼。爸爸喜欢读这些信。他喜欢收到邀请函。他拿起电话。他给他姐姐留了言。他要来参加生日聚会。他还打电话给他哥哥。他说他会来参加婚礼。