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）傾向；趨向


　　(2) mayhem n.大混亂 初中英語；大災(zāi)害


　　(3) put one's foot down開始抗議


　　(4) sternly adv.嚴(yán)厲地


　　(5) whine v.哭鬧


　　(6) tease v.取笑


　　(7) tattle v.扯淡


Exercises:


根據(jù)短文回答下列問題：


　�、� How old is the son?


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


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


　　④ Did the boy obey the father's order?


　�、� What did they do then?


讓人無奈的孩子


　　我五歲的兒子和他的表弟在一起的時(shí)候，總要招來大亂。一個(gè)星期六，我開始抗議了。“好啦，你們兩個(gè)，”我嚴(yán)厲地說，“不許叫喊，不許亂拿，不許哭鬧，不許亂敲，不許取笑，不許扯淡，不許弄壞玩具，不許亂抓，不許打架。”


　　我剛轉(zhuǎn)身要走，就聽我兒子說：“來，斯蒂文，我們來把自己弄臟吧。”


練習(xí)參考答案：


① Five.


　�、� They tend to cause mayhem.


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


　　④ No, he didn't


　�、� They began to get dirty.

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