英語幽默小故事 Stunning Reply

　　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；不愉快的工作

　　(3) exasperated adj.憤怒的；惱火的

Exercises:

根據短文回答下列問題：

　　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?

69.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。當我問他爲什麼沒做他的差事時，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，這時你會在哪裏呢？”

　　他略加思索便回答說：“在飯店裏？”

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.