Boy, Oh Boy
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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, whining1, 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;大灾害

 

  (3) put one's foot down开始抗议

 

  (4) sternly adv.严厉地

 

  (5) whine2 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?

 

61.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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1 whining whining     
n. 抱怨,牢骚 v. 哭诉,发牢骚
参考例句:
  • That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
  • The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那条狗坐在门外狺狺叫着(要进来)。
2 whine VMNzc     
v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣
参考例句:
  • You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
  • The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上,一声尖厉的呼啸,跳飞开去。
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