第68期双语笑话加练习题 年长者阶层
My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated, 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？”
练习参考答案：
① Five years old.
② She was preparing dinner.
③ Because he didn't feel like it.
④ She was exasperated.
⑤ Because he thought that if his mother were not preparing dinner and they would have to eat, the only place to go to was a restaurant.
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