My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated, I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"

He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"

Notes:

(1) pick up捡起；拾起

(2) chore n.杂务；不愉快的工作

(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的；恼火的

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

① How old was the son?

② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys?

③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?

④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it?

        ⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?

69.出色的回答

我在准备晚饭的时候，我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当我问他为什么没做他的差事时，他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火，就对他说：“要是我说我不想做晚饭，这时你会在哪里呢？”

他略加思索便回答说：“在饭店里？”

练习参考答案：

        ① Five years old.

② She was preparing dinner.

③ Because he didn't feel like it.

④ She was exasperated.

⑤ Because he thought that if his mother were not preparing dinner and they would have to eat, the only place to go to was a restaurant.