时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:趣味英语


英语课

    My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector 1 went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they did not respond to the alarm. Annoyed, I stormed through the house in search of them.

    I found them in the bathroom, washing their hands. Over the loud buzzing 2 of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound.

    "It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison 3.

    "Do you know what that sound means?" I demanded.

    "Sure," my oldest replied. "Dinner's ready."Notes:

    (1) target n.靶子;目标(2) detector n.探查器(3) go off发射;响(4) storm through冲入;闯入(5) in search of搜寻;寻找(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡声(7) unison n.一致Exercises:

    根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):

    ① The mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.

    ② One evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.

    ③ When the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went off.

    ④ Neither of the two children had received fire-safety training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.

    ⑤ The children knew what the alarm meant, so they did not respond to it.

    83.靶子

我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上,晚餐我准备得有点儿太快了,厨房里充满了烟,结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练,可是他们并没有对报警声作出反应。我感到很恼火,满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。

    我在洗澡间找到他们,发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警报的嗡嗡声,我叫他们辨别那声音。

    “是烟雾探查器,”他们异口同声地说。

    “你们知道那声音意味着什么吗?”我责问道。

    “当然,”我的大孩子回答道,“晚饭准备好了。”



n.发觉者,探测器
  • The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
  • Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。
adj.嗡嗡响的v.发出嗡嗡声( buzz的现在分词 );(发出)充满兴奋的谈话声[闲话,谣言];忙乱,急行;用蜂鸣器(发信号)
  • The computer made a buzzing noise that she found off-putting. 计算机发出的嗡嗡声让她心烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Bees are humming [buzzing] around from flower to flower. 蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地飞来飞去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.步调一致,行动一致
  • The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
  • My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。
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