第104期雙語笑話加練習題 找個工作(1)
One day shortly after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed it had fallen from its nest. Wanting to return the tiny creature to its home, my dad went to get a ladder . When he got back, he found another baby bird on the ground.
Suddenly he heard a loud chirping from above. Looking up, my father saw the mother bird giving a third baby the boot from its nest. With that, Dad walked into our house, took one look at me watching television and barked, "Get a job!"
Notes:
(1) assume v.猜測
(2) chirping n.啁啾聲
(3) give sb the boot開除;趕出
(4) bark v.咆哮著說出;吼叫
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F):
?、?Probably the son had just graduated from college when the incident took place.
② The father saw a hurt bird under a tree.
?、?The father sent the first baby bird back to its home.
?、?Altogether, the father had found three baby birds on the ground before he stepped into the house.
?、?The father, having seen the mother bird kicking the young birds, thought that his son was old enough to feed himself.
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