83. The Target
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they did not respond to the alarm. Annoyed, I stormed through the house in search of them.
I found them in the bathroom, washing their hands. Over the loud buzzing of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound.
"It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison.
"Do you know what that sound means?" I demanded.
"Sure," my oldest replied. "Dinner's ready."
Notes:
(1) target n.靶子；目標(biāo)
(2) detector n.探查器
(3) go off發(fā)射；響
(4) storm through沖入；闖入
(5) in search of搜尋；尋找
(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡聲
(7) unison n.一致
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.
② One evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.
③ When the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went off.
④ Neither of the two children had received fire-safety training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.
⑤ The children knew what the alarm meant, so they did not respond to it.
83.靶子
我的燒飯手藝向來(lái)是家庭笑話的攻擊目標(biāo)。一天晚上，晚餐我準(zhǔn)備得有點(diǎn)兒太快了，廚房里充滿了煙，結(jié)果煙霧探查器報(bào)起警來(lái)。盡管我的兩個(gè)孩子都在學(xué)校里接受過(guò)防火安全訓(xùn)練，可是他們并沒(méi)有對(duì)報(bào)警聲作出反應(yīng)。我感到很惱火，滿幢房子亂沖尋找他們。
我在洗澡間找到他們，發(fā)現(xiàn)他們正在洗手。我的聲音蓋過(guò)了煙霧警報(bào)的嗡嗡聲，我叫他們辨別那聲音。
“是煙霧探查器，”他們異口同聲地說(shuō)。
“你們知道那聲音意味著什么嗎？”我責(zé)問(wèn)道。
“當(dāng)然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚飯準(zhǔn)備好了。”
練習(xí)參考答案：
①F②F③T④F⑤T
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