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27.Humour — What Is a Teenager?

 清勤居士 2008-04-27
Humour — What Is a Teenager?
幽默——少年是什么样的人?
A teenager is ...
... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room.
... a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can‘t make a bed.
... a connoisseur of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud.
... an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too tired to dry the dishes.
... a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week.
... a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needs cleaning.
... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.
课文词汇
block        街区 
whiz         天才,能手 
operate      操作 
connoisseur  内行,鉴赏家 
enthusiast   热心的人,热情的人 
energy       精力 
romantic     浪漫主义者 
suspect      怀疑 
original     新颖的,独创的 
positive     肯定的 
课文译文
少年是……
……一个隔着三个街区也能听到他最喜欢的歌手的声音但却听不到隔壁房间母亲叫声的人。
…… 一个不用上一节课就可以操作最新电脑的能手,但却不会铺床。
……两种音乐的鉴赏家——吵闹的和非常吵闹的音乐。
……一个充满热情,精力充沛的人,他可以骑车骑几英里,但却经常因为觉得太累而擦不干碟子。
……一个浪漫主义者,他不经常恋爱,一周绝对少于一次。
……一个每星期六都要睡到中午,却总是怀疑房间需要打扫的人。
……是一个有独创精神的思想家,他断定他的母亲不是从少年时期走过来的。
根据下列提示,练习复述故事2-3遍
A teenager is ...
... someone who can hear his favourite ... three blocks away but not his ... calling from the next ...
... a whiz who can operate the latest ... without a ... but can‘t make a ...
... a connoisseur of two kinds of fine ... — loud and very...
... an enthusiast who has the ... to bike for ... but is usually too tired to ... the dishes.
... a romantic who never falls in ... more than once a ...
... a boy who can sleep till ... on any Saturday and suspects the... needs cleaning.
... an original thinker who is ... that his mother was never a ...

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