5. An Adult Decision_英语幽默故事

　　the year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but i refused to sign permission for one. he argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. sure enough, a few days after his 18th birthday, he come home with a tattoo. although i was not happy about this, i was curious to see what symbol of masculinity he had chosen. there, on his shoulder, was a two-inch image of mickey mouse.

notes:

　　(1) constantly adv. 不断地

　　(2) tattoo n. 文身

　　(3) permission n. 允许

　　(4) masculinity n. 阳性，男性

　　(5) image n . 形象，肖像

　　(6) mickey mouse 米老鼠

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：

　　① when the son pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, the mother thought her son was old enough to make an adult decision.

　　② a few days before his birthday, the son came home with a tattoo.

　　③ the mother wondered what symbol her son had chosen.

　　④ the image of mickey mouse on the son's shoulder was three inches long.

　　⑤ from the passage, we can see that the son really made an adult decision.

成年人的抉择

　　我儿子十八岁前的那一年，他常常向我提出准许他文身。但我拒绝允许他这样做。他争辩说他不久就要成为男子汉了，并说他应该能够作出成年人的抉择了。果然，十八岁生日的几天后，他文了身，回到家里。尽管我对此感到不高兴，但出于好奇，我想看看他选择了什么雄性象征物。原来是他在肩上文了一个两英寸长的米老鼠像。

练习参考答案：

① f ② f ③ t ④ f ⑤ f