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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.


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