My infant daughter began crying as I drove home from the store, and since she was harnessed to her safety seat in the back, I couldn't console her. Stopping for a red light, I turned around and waved my hands, calling her name to distract her. I gave her my biggest smile and blew her a kiss. The sound of a horn from the car behind us prompted me to look up. The young man at the wheel was smiling broadly .He waved and then blew me a kiss.

Notes:

　　(1) harness （to）v.系于；綁于He is harnessed to his job. 他脫不開身。

　　(2) console v.給予安慰或同情

　　(3) distract v.轉(zhuǎn)移注意力；使分心

　　(4) prompt v 初中物理.驅(qū)使

　　(5) the man at the wheel駕駛員

　　(6) broadly adv.咧嘴地

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文填空：

　�、� My infant daughter began_____ as I drove home from the store.

　�、� And since she was harnessed_____ her safety seat in the back, I couldn't console her.

　　③ Stopping _____a red light, I turned around and waved my hands, calling her name to distract her.

　�、� I gave her my biggest smile and her a kiss.

　�、� The young man _____the wheel was smiling broadly.

駕車的小伙子

　　從商場開車回家的路上，我的小寶貝女兒開始哭鬧起來。由于她被套在后面的安全座里，所以我無法安慰她。紅燈停車的時候，我轉(zhuǎn)過身來，對她擺手，叫她的名字來引她。我給她以滿臉笑容，并給她一個飛吻。從我們車后傳來的喇叭聲立刻使我抬頭望去。駕車的小伙子正對我咧著大嘴笑。他向我擺手并給了我一個飛吻。

練習(xí)參考答案：

① crying ② to ③ for ④ blew ⑤ at


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