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My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired 1 why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated 2, I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"Notes:
(1) pick up捡起；拾起(2) chore n.杂务；不愉快的工作(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 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？”
- 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。
- 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。