时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration 1 at her five-year-old sister, Charlotte, "You, you... you editor!"


Notes:


  (1) impression n.印象


  (2) absorb v.吸收(知识等)


  (3) overhear v.偶然听到


  (4) frustration n.挫折


Exercises:


根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):


  ① The woman and her husband are both journalists.


  ② The parents try to educate their children during dinner.


  ③ Lucy is the youngest of the children.


  ④ Lucy had a quarrel with Charlotte.


  ⑤ To Lucy, "editor" means a bad person


94.坏印象


  我丈夫和我都是作家。晚夕谈话中,我们经常给孩子们谈到我们的工作。没人清楚他们听懂了多少。直到有一天,我偶然听到七岁的女儿卢希烦恼地向她五岁的妹妹喊道:“你,你----你这个编辑!”


练习参考答案:


①F②T③F④T⑤T



n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
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