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撿起；拾起

(2) chore n.雜務(wù)；不愉快的工作

(3) exasperated adj.憤怒的；惱火的

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文回答下列問題：

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?

出色的回答

我在準備晚飯的時候，我叫年僅五歲的兒子把玩具都收拾起來。當我問他為什么沒做他的差事時，他說他不想做。我感到有些惱火，就對他說：“要是我說我不想做晚飯，這時你會在哪里呢？”

他略加思索便回答說：“在飯店里？”

練習參考答案：

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.