Sign Language Buddies

My name is Robby, and this is my friend Zack. “ Hi! It’s nice to meet you. ” Zack moved here three years ago. I still remember his first day in our classroom. A woman was with him. “ I’m Mrs. Ray, ” the woman said. She explained that Zack is deaf. “ I’m an interpreter.

我叫罗比，这是我的朋友扎克。“嗨！很高兴见到你。” 扎克三年前搬到这里。我还记得他在我们教室的第一天。 一个女人和他在一起。“我是雷太太，”女人说。 她解释说扎克是聋子。“我是一名翻译。

My job is to help Zack learn and communicate at school. ” I raised my hand. “ Does Zack read lips?” “ Yes, ” said Mrs. Ray. “ And he wears hearing aids. In the classroom he and I will use sign language to communicate. ” Soon our teacher began a math lesson. I watched Mrs. Ray explaining things to Zack.

我的工作是帮助扎克在学校学习和交流。” 我举手。“扎克会读唇语吗？”“会的，”雷太太说。 “他还戴着助听器。在教室里，我和他会用手语交流。” 很快我们的老师开始上数学课。我看着雷太太向扎克解释东西。

They both moved their arms and hands fast. Their faces changed expression a lot. “ Wow, ” I thought. “ Sign language is cool! ” Zack and I sat together every day in the cafeteria. Zack got really good at reading my lips. I could tell because he always laughed at my jokes!

他们都迅速地移动着手臂和手。他们脸上的表情变化很大。 “哇，”我想。“手语很酷!” 扎克和我每天都坐在自助餐厅里。扎克很擅长读唇语。 我能看出来，因为我讲笑话他总是笑!

One day Mom and I started planning my sleepover party. I looked down at the guest list. “ What’s wrong, Robby?” asked Mom. “ I want to invite Zack. But it will be hard for him when everyone is talking or playing games. He’ll feel left out. I wish I could talk with him more easily. ”

一天，我和妈妈开始计划我的过夜派对。我低头看了看宾客名单。 “怎么了，罗比?”妈妈问。 “我想邀请扎克。但当所有人都在聊天或玩游戏时，他就很难做到这一点。 他会觉得被冷落了。我希望我能更轻松地和他交谈。”

“ Hmm, ” said Mom. “ I saw a poster about a sign language class at the library. Want to go?” “ Yes! ” Mom and I went to the sign language class together. We found out there are many different kinds of sign languages. All sign languages use hand, face, and body movements to communicate words and ideas.

“嗯，”妈妈说。“我看到一张关于图书馆开设手语课的海报。想去吗?”“是的!” 妈妈和我一起上了手语课。 我们发现有很多种不同的手语。 所有的手语都使用手、脸和身体动作来交流语言和思想。

Mom and I learned American Sign Language. First, we learned simple words. Hello. Good-bye. Thank you. Then we learned the alphabet. A, B, C. Soon we were signing sentences! How are you? It’s raining today.

我和妈妈学习了美国手语。首先，我们学习了简单的单词。 你好。再见。非常感谢。然后我们学习了字母表。A、 B，C。 很快我们就在句子上签名了！你好吗？今天下雨了。