While eating in a restaurant, I reprimanded my four-year-old son for speaking with his mouth full . "Mump umn Kmpfhm," was all I heard. "Drew," I scolded, "no one can understand a word you're saying. "He says he wants some ketchup," my husband said calmly A woman sitting nearby leaned over and asked, "How in the world did you understand him?" "I'm a dentist," my husband explained. Notes: (1) reprimand v.申斥 (2) scold v.责备 (3) ketchup n.番茄酱 (4) How in the world did you understand him?你究竟如何明白他的话的呢?句中“ in the world”用来表示强调,加强语气。 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题: ① Where did the story take place? ② How old was the son? ③ Why did the mother scold her son? ④ What did the father say the boy want? ⑤ Why could the father understand the son? 102.我懂他的话 在饭店吃饭的时候,我申斥我4岁的儿子,因为他满嘴食物在说话。“喔、呢”,我听到的就是这些。 “祖,”我责备道,“没人明白你在说什么。” “他说他要一些番茄酱,”我丈夫平静地说。 坐在旁边的一位妇女靠过来问道:“你究竟如何明白他的话的呢?” “我是牙医。”我丈夫解释道。 练习参考答案: ① In a restaurant. ② He was four years old ③ Because he had spoken with his mouth full. ④ Some ketchup. ⑤ Because he was a dentist.
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