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The Target
2012-02-29 18:05
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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
(2) detector n.探查器
(3) go off發射;響
(4) storm through衝入;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.
靶子
我的燒飯手藝向來是家庭笑話的攻擊目標。一天晚上,晚餐我準備得有點兒太快了,廚房裡充滿了煙,結果煙霧探查器報起警來。儘管我的兩個孩子都在學校裡接受過防火安全訓練,可是他們並沒有對報警聲作出反應。我感到很惱火,滿幢房子亂衝尋找他們。
我在洗澡間找到他們,發現他們正在洗手。我的聲音蓋過了煙霧警報的嗡嗡聲,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麼嗎?」我責問道。
「當然,」我的大孩子回答道,「晚飯準備好了。」
練習參考答案:
①F②F③T④F⑤T
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