英漢幽默故事選讀【37】
The Big Baby
"You'll have to take care of the baby today," a woman told her husband . " I'm not feeling well."
"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. " her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby. "
"Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll soon get better. " his wife told him.
"Shall I do the shopping for you as well?" her husband asked.
She was very pleased and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy. "
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
"You can get all these things at the supermarket," she said.
"You can put the baby in the shopping cart, then you won't have to leave him outside."
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for those that were on his list.
At first all was well, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
"Keep calm ,George, " the man said. "Don't get excited. Don't shout, George. Don't lose your temper, George.
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying these things. She walked up to him.
"I think you are wonderful," she said. "You are so patient with your little George. "
"Madam, " the man said, "I'm George. He's Edward.
Notes:
（1） shopping cart 購物手推車
（3） lose one's temper發脾氣
（2） scream v.尖聲叫喊
（4） be patient with有耐性
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① Why did the man take care of the baby?
A. it was his turn.
B. His wife was not well.
C. His wife was not at home.
D. He always looked after it.
② Why did the man take the baby to the supermarket?
A. He had to go shopping.
B. He wanted to show the baby to his friend.
C. He wanted to give the baby a ride in a shopping cart.
D. The baby liked going to the supermarket.
③ What did the baby do in the supermarket?
A. pushed the shopping cart
B. lost its temper
C. made a lot of noise
D. helped his father
④ Who was the man telling to keep calm?
A. the baby
B. Edward
C. the woman
D. himself
⑤ Finally we can infer from the story that_____ .
A. the man was very calm when the baby was crying
B. the woman was very pleased to see the man
C. the woman mistook George for the baby, while in fact the man was named George
D. the man was very busy in shopping, but he couldn't find all the goods on the list
大嬰兒
“今天你得照看孩子，”女人對丈夫說，“我身體不舒服。”
“親愛的，那你呆在床上休息，”丈夫說，“我很高興照顧我們的孩子。”
“謝謝。今天我將清靜一下了，我很快就會好點的。”
“我為你去買東西，好嗎？”
她很高興地說：“這幫我很大忙呢。我給你列個要買的東西的單子。”
她列好單子，遞給他。
“在超級市場你能買到這些東西，”她說。
“你把孩子放在購物手推車里，就不用把孩子留在外面了。”
男人帶著孩子到超市，把他放在推車里。然后推著車子沿著貨架走，尋找單子列出的東西。
開始一切都進行得很順利，接著孩子開始哭起來。
然后孩子開始尖聲喊叫。
尖叫。
又尖叫。
“保持鎮靜，喬治，”男人說，“不要沖動。不要喊叫，喬治。不要發脾氣，喬治。”
一個女人在超市聽到他說的這些話。她走到他跟前。
“我覺得你真不錯，”她說，“你對你的小喬治真有耐心。”
“夫人，”男人說，“我是喬治，他是愛德華。”
練習參考答案：
①B②A③C④D⑤C
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