详解阅读题--让人无奈的孩子

编辑: 逍遥路 关键词: 初中英语 来源: 高中学习网

  When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."


  As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "


Notes:


  (1) tend to(do)倾向;趋向


  (2) mayhem n.大混乱 初中英语;大灾害


  (3) put one's foot down开始抗议


  (4) sternly adv.严厉地


  (5) whine v.哭闹


  (6) tease v.取笑


  (7) tattle v.扯淡


Exercises:


根据短文回答下列问题:


  ① How old is the son?


  ② What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together?


  ③ What does "Put one's foot down" mean here?


  ④ Did the boy obey the father's order?


  ⑤ What did they do then?


让人无奈的孩子


  我五岁的儿子和他的表弟在一起的时候,总要招来大乱。一个星期六,我开始抗议了。“好啦,你们两个,”我严厉地说,“不许叫喊,不许乱拿,不许哭闹,不许乱敲,不许取笑,不许扯淡,不许弄坏玩具,不许乱抓,不许打架。”


  我刚转身要走,就听我儿子说:“来,斯蒂文,我们来把自己弄脏吧。”


练习参考答案:


① Five.


  ② They tend to cause mayhem.


  ③ it means "to make up one's mind to stop sth from happening".


  ④ No, he didn't


  ⑤ They began to get dirty.

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