英語幽默小故事 The Target

　　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；目標

　　(2) detector n.探查器

　　(3) go off發射；響

　　(4) storm through衝入；闖入

　　(5) in search of搜尋；尋找

　　(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡聲

　　(7) unison n.一致

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正（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

　　我的燒飯手藝向來是家庭笑話的攻擊目標。一天晚上，晚餐我準備得有點兒太快了，廚房裏充滿了煙，結果煙霧探查器報起警來。儘管我的兩個孩子都在學校裏接受過防火安全訓練，可是他們並沒有對報警聲作出反應。我感到很惱火，滿幢房子亂衝尋找他們。

　　我在洗澡間找到他們，發現他們正在洗手。我的聲音蓋過了煙霧警報的嗡嗡聲，我叫他們辨別那聲音。

　　“是煙霧探查器，”他們異口同聲地說。

　　“你們知道那聲音意味着什麼嗎？”我責問道。

　　“當然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚飯準備好了。”

練習參考答案：

①F②F③T④F⑤T