Patio (露台) Weather
"Mom, is it spring yet?" Jeffrey asks.
"It's March 30. But the weather doesn't say spring," Mom says. Jeffrey looks out the window. A light snow coats their new backyard (后院), the picnic table, the chairs and the grass are all 1.
It's the first time for Mom, Dad, Jeffrey, and Julie to live in a house 2 a backyard. Jeffrey wants to 3 on the patio. But the weather is still cold. "I have a good idea," Mom says. "Go and clean the tables outside".
Jeffrey 4 his winter clothes and goes outside to clean the snow with his warmly gloved hands. The air is cold, 5 when he finishes, he is all warmed up.
Inside, "Now go set the patio table," Mom says. Jeffrey looks at Mom as if she tells him to fly to the moon (月球). But he takes the plates and forks outside. He sets 6 plates, putting each fork to the left of each plate as 7 says.
Then, patio door opens. Out comes Jeffrey's 8 Julie with a big salad bowl. Behind her are Mom holding a plate of sandwiches and Dad holding glasses of milk. Jeffrey 9 as the family sits down and enjoys dinner.
"Everything tastes better outside," says Dad. "Even in the 10."
