31. Get a Job
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
One day shortly 1 after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed 3 it had fallen from its nest. Wanting to return the tiny creature to its home, my dad went to get a ladder . When he got back, he found another baby bird on the ground.
Suddenly he heard a loud chirping 4 from above. Looking up, my father saw the mother bird giving a third baby the boot from its nest. With that, Dad walked into our house, took one look at me watching television and barked, "Get a job!"
Notes:
(2) chirping n.啁啾声
(3) give sb the boot开除；赶出
(4) bark v.咆哮着说出；吼叫
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① Probably the son had just graduated from college when the incident 5 took place.
② The father saw a hurt bird under a tree.
③ The father sent the first baby bird back to its home.
④ Altogether, the father had found three baby birds on the ground before he stepped into the house.
⑤ The father, having seen the mother bird kicking the young birds, thought that his son was old enough to feed himself.
31.找个工作
一天，我刚刚从学院回到家里，我父亲正在院子里面做活。他发现树下有一个雏鸟，猜想可能是从窝里掉下来的。父亲便去搬梯子，他想把这个小东西送回它的家。梯子搬来了，可父亲发现地上又多了一个雏鸟。
突然他听到树上有大声的唧唧声。父亲抬起头，看见母鸟正在把第三只雏鸟往巢外踢。
看到这些，父亲走进屋，看了一眼在看电视的我，大声叫道：“找个工作去！”
练习参考答案：
①T②F③F④F⑤T
- You go along with him. I'll come shortly.你陪陪他，我马上就来。
- He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。
- I assume that he won't cheat you.想来他是不会骗你的。
- We can't assume anything in this case.在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。
- The birds,chirping relentlessly,woke us up at daybreak. 破晓时鸟儿不断吱吱地叫，把我们吵醒了。
- The birds are chirping merrily. 鸟儿在欢快地鸣叫着。