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.責備 (3) ketchup n.番茄醬 (4) How in the world did you understand him？你究竟如何明白他的話的呢？句中“ in the world”用來表示強調，加強語氣。 Exercises: 根據短文回答下列問題： 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.我懂他的話 在飯店吃飯的時候，我申斥我4歲的兒子，因爲他滿嘴食物在說話。“喔、呢”，我聽到的就是這些。 “祖，”我責備道，“沒人明白你在說什麼。” “他說他要一些番茄醬，”我丈夫平靜地說。 坐在旁邊的一位婦女靠過來問道：“你究竟如何明白他的話的呢？” “我是牙醫。”我丈夫解釋道。 練習參考答案： 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.
