My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasn't doing his chores, he said that he didn't feel like it. Exasperated, I said, "Where would you be right now if I didn't feel like making dinner?"

　　He thought for a moment and then replied, " A restaurant?"

　　Notes:

　　(1) pick up捡起;拾起

　　(2) chore n.杂务;不愉快的工作

　　(3) exasperated adj.愤怒的;恼火的

　　Exercises:

　　根据短文回答下列问题：

　　① How old was the son?

　　② What was the mother doing when she asked her son to pick up his toys?

　　③ Why didn't the son do as his mother had asked him?

　　④ How did the mother feel when her son replied that he didn't feel like it?

　　⑤ Why did the son think that he would be at a restaurant?

　　出色的回答

　　我在准备晚饭的时候，我叫年仅五岁的儿子把玩具都收拾起来。当我问他为什么没做他的差事时，他说他不想做。我感到有些恼火，就对他说：“要是我说我不想做晚饭，这时你会在哪里呢?”

　　他略加思索便回答说：“在饭店里?”

　　练习参考答案：

　　① Five years old.

　　② She was preparing dinner.

　　③ Because he didn't feel like it.

　　④ She was exasperated.

　　⑤ Because he thought that if his mother were not preparing dinner and they would have to eat, the only place to go to was a restaurant.