英语幽默故事 An Adult Decision
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 18
th 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
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