69. Stunning Reply
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
My five-year-old son was 1 not picking 4 up his toys while 5 I was preparing 6 dinner as 2 I had 7 asked him. When I inquired 8 why he wasn't doing his chores 10, he said 11 that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated 13, I said, "Where would 14 you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"
He thought 15 for a moment and then replied 16, " A restaurant?"
Notes:
(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的；恼火的
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
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 12 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?
69.出色的回答
我在准备晚饭的时候，我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当我问他为什么没做他的差事时，他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火，就对他说：“要是我说我不想做晚饭，这时你会在哪里呢？”
他略加思索便回答说：“在饭店里？”
练习参考答案：
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.
- He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
- In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。
- Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
- We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。
- He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth. 他坐在那儿沉思，轻轻地抚弄着桌布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The artist is picking in shadows in the picture. 这位画家正在画面上画阴影。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
- He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。
- The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government. 该党领袖敦促党员着手准备筹建政府。
- The programme is geared to preparing students for the world of work. 本计划旨在为学生开始就业作准备。
- I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
- The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- The pilot inquired about the weather condition. 这飞行员查问天气情况。
- Each morning I get up and do the chore before I go out.我每天早晨起床后干些家务再外出。
- It's such a chore to do the shopping every day!每天上街买东西真烦人！
- As a child one of my chores was to feed the animals. 小时候我的杂活之一就是喂动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He is doing household chores. 他正在做家务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
- He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
- How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
- Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？
- We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
- Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。
- Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
- Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？
- It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
- She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。