83. The Target
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector 1 went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they did not respond to the alarm. Annoyed, I stormed through the house in search of them.
I found them in the bathroom, washing their hands. Over the loud buzzing 2 of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound.
"It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison 3.
"Do you know what that sound means?" I demanded.
"Sure," my oldest replied. "Dinner's ready."
Notes:
(1) target n.靶子；目标
(2) detector n.探查器
(3) go off发射；响
(4) storm through冲入；闯入
(5) in search of搜寻；寻找
(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡声
(7) unison n.一致
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.
② One evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.
③ When the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went off.
④ Neither of the two children had received fire-safety training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.
⑤ The children knew what the alarm meant, so they did not respond to it.
83.靶子
我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上，晚餐我准备得有点儿太快了，厨房里充满了烟，结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练，可是他们并没有对报警声作出反应。我感到很恼火，满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。
我在洗澡间找到他们，发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警报的嗡嗡声，我叫他们辨别那声音。
“是烟雾探查器，”他们异口同声地说。
“你们知道那声音意味着什么吗？”我责问道。
“当然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚饭准备好了。”
练习参考答案：
①F②F③T④F⑤T
- The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
- Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。
- The computer made a buzzing noise that she found off-putting. 计算机发出的嗡嗡声让她心烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Bees are humming [buzzing] around from flower to flower. 蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地飞来飞去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》