雙語(yǔ)笑話 讓人無(wú)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）傾向；趨向
(2) mayhem n.大混亂；大災(zāi)害
(3) put one's foot down開(kāi)始抗議
(4) sternly adv.嚴(yán)厲地
(5) whine v.哭鬧
(6) tease v.取笑
(7) tattle v.扯淡
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文回答下列問(wèn)題：
?、?How old is the son?
?、?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?
?、?What did they do then?
讓人無(wú)奈的孩子
我五歲的兒子和他的表弟在一起的時(shí)候，總要招來(lái)大亂。一個(gè)星期六，我開(kāi)始抗議了?！昂美?，你們兩個(gè)，”我嚴(yán)厲地說(shuō)，“不許叫喊，不許亂拿，不許哭鬧，不許亂敲，不許取笑，不許扯淡，不許弄壞玩具，不許亂抓，不許打架。”
我剛轉(zhuǎn)身要走，就聽(tīng)我兒子說(shuō)：“來(lái)，斯蒂文，我們來(lái)把自己弄臟吧?！?
練習(xí)參考答案：
① Five.
?、?They tend to cause mayhem.
?、?it means "to make up one's mind to stop sth from happening".
?、?No, he didn't
?、?They began to get dirty.
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