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(biāo)


　　(2) detector n.探查器


　　(3) go off發(fā)射；響


　　(4) storm through沖入；闖入


　　(5) in search of搜尋；尋找


　　(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡聲


　　(7) unison n.一致


Exercises:


根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：


　　① The mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.


　�、� One evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.


　�、� When the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went off.


　�、� Neither of the two children had received fire-safety training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.


　�、� 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(biāo)。一天晚上，晚餐我準(zhǔn)備得有點兒太快了，廚房里充滿了煙，結(jié)果煙霧探查器報起警來。盡管我的兩個孩子都在學(xué)校里接受過防火安全訓(xùn)練，可是他們并沒有對報警聲作出反應(yīng)。我感到很惱火，滿幢房子亂沖尋找他們。


　　我在洗澡間找到他們，發(fā)現(xiàn)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著什么嗎？”我責(zé)問道。


　　“當(dāng)然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚飯準(zhǔn)備好了。”


練習(xí)參考答案：


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