Fred Farmer has a lot of friends in the city and is very popular with the neighbourhood kids. 佛瑞德。法默在城里有很多朋友，而且附近小孩都很喜欢他。
Everyone remembers him as a professional baseball player. 大家都知道他曾经是位职业棒球运动员。
Fred used to be with a team in Los Angeles several years ago.几年前， 佛瑞德在洛杉矶的一个球队打球。
He had to give up baseball when he injured his arm in an automobile accident. 他在一次车祸中伤了胳膊，于是就放弃打棒球了。
At the time,everyone expected him to take a job at his father's ice cream factory. 当时，大家都认为他会到他父亲的冰激凌工厂上班。
But Fred would rather eat ice cream than sell it. 但是佛瑞德宁愿吃冰激凌，也不愿意卖冰激凌。
Once he tried working for an insurance company downtown. 他曾经试着在市区的一家保险公司上班。
He had to be on the job at 8:30 in the morning. but that was too early for Fred and he quit after the first month.他早晨8点半就要到公司上班，这对佛瑞德来说太早了，所以干完第一个月后，他就辞去了这份工作。
Besides, he didn't like being in an office all day. 此外，他也不喜欢整天坐在办公室里。
Nowadays, Fred spends most of his time in the park. 现在，佛瑞德的大部分时间都在公园里度过。
He enjoys teaching boys in the neighbourhood how to play baseball. Whenever Fred needs a little money he sells hot dogs at the sports stadium. 他乐于教邻近的小孩怎么打棒球。需要一点钱的时候，他就在体育馆卖热狗。
