Lily's class planned a farm food fair to donate（捐赠）/ˈdoʊˌneɪt/ money to a community dining（用餐）/ˈdaɪnɪŋ/ room. The farm had a cow（奶牛）/kaʊ/, a horse（马）/hɔrs/, a pink（粉红色的）/pɪŋk/ pig（猪）/pɪg/, a duck（鸭）/dək/, and a hen（母鸡）/hɛn/ that could lay eggs. Its garden（花园）/ˈgɑrdən/ produced strawberry（草莓）/ˈstrɔˌbɛri/, watermelon（西瓜）/ˈwɔtərˌmɛlən/, pepper（胡椒）/ˈpɛpər/, and honey（蜂蜜）/ˈhəni/ near a rose（玫瑰）/roʊz/ bed. The students wanted to use local food rather than（而不是）/ˈrəðər ðən/ buy everything from a supermarket（超市）/ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt/.

Their first menu was too long. It included pork（猪肉）/pɔrk/ pizza（披萨）/ˈpitsə/, mutton（羊肉）/ˈmətən/ pie（馅饼）/paɪ/, butter（黄油）/ˈbətər/ biscuits, porridge（粥）/ˈpɔrəʤ/, tea（茶）/ti/, ice cream（冰激凌）/ˌaɪs ˈkriːm/, and six other dishes（菜肴）/dɪʃ/. “Let（让）/lɛt/ me（我）/mi/ suggest food we can prepare ourselves（我们自己）/ɑrˈsɛlvz/,” Owen said. “A lot（许多）/lɔt/ of dishes will not satisfy（使满意）/ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ/ people if none is ready on time（准时）/ɔn taɪm/.” Lily agreed that these（这些）/ðiz/ choices had to match the small kitchen and the knives（刀）/naɪvz/ that adults could use.

The students continued to work in groups（分组合作）/wərk ɪn grups/ and kept（保留）/kɛpt/ just（刚刚；只是）/ʤɪst/ four main dishes: porridge, strawberry pie, tea, and watermelon. They dropped the rich（浓郁的；丰富的）/rɪʧ/ mutton dish because it cost too much, and kept a little pepper for one simple pizza. Honey replaced（替换）/ˌriˈpleɪst/ extra（额外的）/ˈɛkstrə/ sugar. One supermarket offered to donate butter. They checked whose（谁的）/huz/ products were local and whose labels（标签）/ˈleɪbəlz/ gave no farm name.

They also discussed table manner（礼貌；方式）/ˈmænər/. Guests would pay for（为……付款）/peɪ fər/ a dish, carry it to the dining area, and put rubbish in the right bin. Children（儿童）/ˈʧɪldrən/ would not use a knife（刀）/naɪf/. Lily made pink flower（花）/flaʊər/ signs and placed those（那些）/ðoʊz/ beside each food. She seldom（很少）/ˈsɛldəm/ enjoyed making price cards, but this time every card showed what the food was worth（值得的；价值）/wərθ/ and where it came from.

The fair sold（售出）/soʊld/ even（甚至）/ˈivɪn/ more than the class expected. Food seemed to be everywhere（到处）/ˈɛvriˌwɛr/, yet the short menu stayed under control. Our（我们的）/ɑr/ class did not keep the money for ourselves; the teacher helped us（我们）/ˈjuˈɛs/ donate it. As a result（因此）/ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt/, the farm workers were especially（尤其）/əˈspɛʃəli/ pleased. They had shown that simple food, careful planning, and respect for guests could make a difference（产生影响）/meɪk ə ˈdɪfərəns/.