英语幽默小故事-The Target
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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 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 of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound. "It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison. "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。” 练习参考答案： ①F②F③T④F⑤T |
