时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课

  While eating in a restaurant, I reprimanded my four-year-old son for speaking with his mouth full . "Mump umn Kmpfhm," was all I heard.


  "Drew," I scolded, "no one can understand a word you're saying.


  "He says he wants some ketchup 1," my husband said calmly


  A woman sitting nearby leaned over and asked, "How in the world did you understand him?"


  "I'm a dentist," my husband explained.


Notes:


  (1) reprimand v.申斥


  (2) scold v.责备


  (3) ketchup n.番茄酱


  (4) How in the world did you understand him?你究竟如何明白他的话的呢?句中“ in the world”用来表示强调,加强语气。


Exercises:


根据短文回答下列问题:


  ① Where did the story take place?


  ② How old was the son?


  ③ Why did the mother scold her son?


  ④ What did the father say the boy want?


  ⑤ Why could the father understand the son?


102.我懂他的话


  在饭店吃饭的时候,我申斥我4岁的儿子,因为他满嘴食物在说话。“喔、呢”,我听到的就是这些。


  “祖,”我责备道,“没人明白你在说什么。”


  “他说他要一些番茄酱,”我丈夫平静地说。


  坐在旁边的一位妇女靠过来问道:“你究竟如何明白他的话的呢?”


  “我是牙医。”我丈夫解释道。


练习参考答案:   


    ① In a restaurant.


  ② He was four years old


  ③ Because he had spoken with his mouth full.


  ④ Some ketchup.


  ⑤ Because he was a dentist.



n.蕃茄酱,蕃茄沙司
  • There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
  • Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾?
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