While eating in a restaurant, I reprimanded my four-year-old son for speaking with his mouth full . "Mump umn Kmpfhm," was all I heard.

"Drew," I scolded, "no one can understand a word you're saying.

"He says he wants some ketchup," my husband said calmly

A woman sitting nearby leaned over and asked, "How in the world did you understand him?"

"I'm a dentist," my husband explained.

Notes:

(1) reprimand v.申斥

(2) scold v.責(zé)備

(3) ketchup n.番茄醬

(4) How in the world did you understand him？你究竟如何明白他的話的呢？句中“ in the world”用來(lái)表示強(qiáng)調(diào)，加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣。

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文回答下列問(wèn)題：

① Where did the story take place?

② How old was the son?

③ Why did the mother scold her son?

④ What did the father say the boy want?

⑤ Why could the father understand the son?

102.我懂他的話

在飯店吃飯的時(shí)候，我申斥我4歲的兒子，因?yàn)樗麧M嘴食物在說(shuō)話?！班?、呢”，我聽(tīng)到的就是這些。

“祖，”我責(zé)備道，“沒(méi)人明白你在說(shuō)什么?！?/P>

“他說(shuō)他要一些番茄醬，”我丈夫平靜地說(shuō)。

坐在旁邊的一位婦女靠過(guò)來(lái)問(wèn)道：“你究竟如何明白他的話的呢？”

“我是牙醫(yī)?！蔽艺煞蚪忉尩?。

練習(xí)參考答案：

① In a restaurant.

② He was four years old

③ Because he had spoken with his mouth full.

④ Some ketchup.

⑤ Because he was a dentist.