英漢幽默故事選讀【69】
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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(wù)；不愉快的工作
（3） exasperated adj.憤怒的；惱火的
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文回答下列問(wèn)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(zhǔn)備晚飯的時(shí)候，我叫年僅五歲的兒子把玩具都收拾起來(lái)。當(dāng)我問(wèn)他為什么沒(méi)做他的差事時(shí)，他說(shuō)他不想做。我感到有些惱火，就對(duì)他說(shuō)：“要是我說(shuō)我不想做晚飯，這時(shí)你會(huì)在哪里呢？”
他略加思索便回答說(shuō)：“在飯店里？”
練習(xí)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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