在线儿童小故事Boy, Oh Boy

　　Boy, Oh Boy的在线儿童小故事阅读：

　　　　When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."

　　　　As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "

　　Notes:

　　　　(1) tend to（do）倾向；趋势

　　　　(2) mayhem n.大混乱；大灾害

　　　　(3) put one's foot down开始抗议

　　　　(4) sternly adv.严厉地

　　　　(5) whine v.哭闹

　　　　(6) tease v.取笑

　　　　(7) tattle v.扯淡

　　Exercises:

　　根据在线儿童小故事短文回答下列问题：

　　　　① How old is the son?

　　　　② What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together?

　　　　③ What does "Put one's foot down" mean here?

　　　　④ Did the boy obey the father's order?

　　　　⑤ What did they do then?

　　　　在线儿童小故事翻译：

　　　　我五岁的儿子跟他的表弟在一起的时候，总要招来大乱。一个星期六，我开始抗议了。“好啦，你们两个，”我严格地说，“不许叫唤，不许乱拿，不许哭闹，不许乱敲，不许取笑，不许扯淡，不许弄坏玩具，不许乱抓，不许打架。”

　　　　我刚转身要走，就听我儿子说：“来，斯蒂文，咱们来把自己弄脏吧。”

　　练习参考答案：

　　    ① Five.

　　　　② They tend to cause mayhem.

　　　　③ it means "to make up one's mind to stop sth from happening".

　　　　④ No, he didn't

　　　　⑤ They began to get dirty.