英汉幽默故事选读【31】

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Get a Job

　　One day shortly after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed it had fallen from its nest. Wanting to return the tiny creature to its home, my dad went to get a ladder . When he got back, he found another baby bird on the ground.

　　Suddenly he heard a loud chirping from above. Looking up, my father saw the mother bird giving a third baby the boot from its nest. With that, Dad walked into our house, took one look at me watching television and barked, "Get a job!"

　　Notes:

　　（1） assume v.猜测
　　（2） chirping n.啁啾声
　　（3） give sb the boot开除；赶出
　　（4） bark v.咆哮着说出；吼叫

　　Exercises:

　　根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
　　① Probably the son had just graduated from college when the incident took place.
　　② The father saw a hurt bird under a tree.
　　③ The father sent the first baby bird back to its home.
　　④ Altogether, the father had found three baby birds on the ground before he stepped into the house.
　　⑤ The father, having seen the mother bird kicking the young birds, thought that his son was old enough to feed himself.

找个工作

　　一天，我刚刚从学院回到家里，我父亲正在院子里面做活。他发现树下有一个雏鸟，猜想可能是从窝里掉下来的。父亲便去搬梯子，他想把这个小东西送回它的家。梯子搬来了，可父亲发现地上又多了一个雏鸟。

　　突然他听到树上有大声的唧唧声。父亲抬起头，看见母鸟正在把第三只雏鸟往巢外踢。

　　看到这些，父亲走进屋，看了一眼在看电视的我，大声叫道：“找个工作去！”

　　练习参考答案：

　　①T②F③F④F⑤T

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