5. An Adult Decision
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
The year before my son turned 18, he constantly 1 pleaded 2 to be allowed to a tattoo 3, but I refused to sign permission for one. He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. Sure enough, a few days after his 18th birthday, he come home with a tattoo. Although I was not happy about this, I was curious to see what symbol of masculinity 4 he had chosen. There, on his shoulder, was a two-inch image of Mickey Mouse.
Notes:
(1) constantly adv. 不断地
(2) tattoo n. 文身
(3) permission n. 允许
(4) masculinity n. 阳性，男性
(5) image n . 形象，肖像
(6) Mickey Mouse 米老鼠
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）：
① When the son pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, the mother thought her son was old enough to make an adult decision.
② A few days before his birthday, the son came home with a tattoo.
③ The mother wondered what symbol her son had chosen.
④ The image of Mickey Mouse on the son's shoulder was three inches long.
⑤ From the passage, we can see that the son really made an adult decision.
成年人的抉择
我儿子十八岁前的那一年，他常常向我提出准许他文身。但我拒绝允许他这样做。他争辩说他不久就要成为男子汉了，并说他应该能够作出成年人的抉择了。果然，十八岁生日的几天后，他文了身，回到家里。尽管我对此感到不高兴，但出于好奇，我想看看他选择了什么雄性象征物。原来是他在肩上文了一个两英寸长的米老鼠像。
练习参考答案：
① F ② F ③ T ④ F ⑤ F
- The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
- We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。
- She pleaded with him not to go. 她恳求他不要离开。
- She wept and pleaded until he agreed to do as she wished. 她哭着恳求他，一直到他答应按她的愿望去做。
- I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
- He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。
- He felt it was a threat to his masculinity.他觉得这对他的男子气概是一种威胁。
- Football is a bastion of masculinity in this area.在该地区足球是男子汉的天地。