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英语幽默小故事-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;目标


(2) detector n.探查器


(3) go off发射;响


(4) storm through冲入;闯入


(5) in search of搜寻;寻找


(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡声


(7) unison n.一致


Exercises:


根据短文判断下列句子正(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


我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上,晚餐我准备得有点儿太快了,厨房里充满了烟,结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练,可是他们并没有对报警声作出反应。我感到很恼火,满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。


我在洗澡间找到他们,发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警报的嗡嗡声,我叫他们辨别那声音。


“是烟雾探查器,”他们异口同声地说。


“你们知道那声音意味着什么吗?”我责问道。


“当然,”我的大孩子回答道,“晚饭准备好了。”


练习参考答案:


①F②F③T④F⑤T


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