英语幽默小故事-Boy， Oh Boy
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When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting." As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . " Notes: (1) tend to（do）倾向；趋向 (2) mayhem n.大混乱；大灾害 (3) put one's foot down开始抗议 (4) sternly adv.严厉地 (5) whine v.哭闹 (6) tease v.取笑 (7) tattle v.扯淡 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题： ① How old is the son? ② What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together? ③ What does "Put one's foot down" mean here? ④ Did the boy obey the father's order? ⑤ What did they do then? 61.让人无奈的孩子 我五岁的儿子和他的表弟在一起的时候，总要招来大乱。一个星期六，我开始抗议了。“好啦，你们两个，”我严厉地说，“不许叫喊，不许乱拿，不许哭闹，不许乱敲，不许取笑，不许扯淡，不许弄坏玩具，不许乱抓，不许打架。” 我刚转身要走，就听我儿子说：“来，斯蒂文，我们来把自己弄脏吧。” 练习参考答案： ① Five. ② They tend to cause mayhem. ③ it means "to make up one's mind to stop sth from happening". ④ No, he didn't ⑤ They began to get dirty. |
