让人无奈的孩子
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？
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.
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