英語幽默精讀【83】The Target

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　　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.

　　※ 譯文

靶子

　　我的燒飯手藝向來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。盡管我的兩個(gè)孩子都在學(xué)校里接受過防火安全訓(xùn)練，可是他們并沒有對報(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。
　　“你們知道那聲音意味著什么嗎？”我責(zé)問道。
　　“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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