My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old sister, Charlotte, "You, you... you editor!"
Notes:
(1) impression n.印象
(2) absorb v.吸收(知识等)
(3) overhear v.偶然听到
(4) frustration n.挫折
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):
① The woman and her husband are both journalists.
② The parents try to educate their children during dinner.
③ Lucy is the youngest of the children.
④ Lucy had a quarrel with Charlotte.
⑤ To Lucy, "editor" means a bad person
坏印象
我丈夫和我都是作家。晚夕谈话中,我们经常给孩子们谈到我们的工作。没人清楚他们听懂了多少。直到有一天,我偶然听到七岁的女儿卢希烦恼地向她五岁的妹妹喊道:“你,你----你这个编辑!”
练习参考答案:
①F②T③F④T⑤T