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The Target

时间:2010-06-05 03:07:41

(单词翻译:单击)

    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 detector1 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 buzzing2 of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound.
    "It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison3.
    "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。”


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