英语幽默精读【61】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?

　　※ 译文

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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