出色的回答
My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores， he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated， I said， “Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner？”
He thought for a moment and then replied， “ A restaurant？”
Notes：
（1） pick up撿起；拾起
（2） chore n.雜務；不愉快的工作
（3） exasperated adj.憤怒的；惱火的
Exercises：
根據短文回答下列問題：
① How old was the son？
② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys？
③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him？
④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it？
⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant？
出色的回答
我在準備晚飯的時候，我叫年僅五歲的兒子把玩具都收拾起來。當我問他為什么沒做他的差事時，他說他不想做。我感到有些惱火，就對他說：“要是我說我不想做晚飯，這時你會在哪里呢？”
他略加思索便回答說：“在飯店里？”
練習參考答案：
① Five years old.
② She was preparing dinner.
③ Because he didn't feel like it.
④ She was exasperated.
⑤ Because he thought that if his mother were not preparing dinner and they would have to eat， the only place to go to was a restaurant.
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