83. The Target_英语幽默故事

　　my cooking has always been the target of family jokes. one evening, as i prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they did not respond to the alarm. annoyed, i stormed through the house in search of them.

　　i found them in the bathroom, washing their hands. over the loud buzzing of the smoke alarm, i asked them to identify the sound.

　　"it's the smoke detector," they replied in unison.

　　"do you know what that sound means?" i demanded.

　　"sure," my oldest replied. "dinner's ready."

notes:

　　(1) target n.靶子；目标

　　(2) detector n.探查器

　　(3) go off发射；响

　　(4) storm through冲入；闯入

　　(5) in search of搜寻；寻找

　　(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡声

　　(7) unison n.一致

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：

　　① the mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.

　　② one evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.

　　③ when the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went off.

　　④ neither of the two children had received fire-safety training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.

　　⑤ the children knew what the alarm meant, so they did not respond to it.

83.靶子

　　我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上，晚餐我准备得有点儿太快了，厨房里充满了烟，结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练，可是他们并没有对报警声作出反应。我感到很恼火，满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。

　　我在洗澡间找到他们，发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警报的嗡嗡声，我叫他们辨别那声音。

　　“是烟雾探查器，”他们异口同声地说。

　　“你们知道那声音意味着什么吗？”我责问道。

　　“当然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚饭准备好了。”

练习参考答案：

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