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；目标
(2) detector n.探查器
(3) go off 发射；响
(4) storm through 冲入；闯入
(5) in search of 搜寻；寻找
(6) buzzing n.嗡嗡声
(7) unison n.一致
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 the mother's cooking was once the target of family jokes.
2 one evening the mother prepared dinner a bit too slowly.
3 when the kitchen filled with smoke, the smoke detector went
off.
4 neither of the two children had received fire-safety
training at school, so they did not respond to the alarm.
5 the children knew what the alarm meant, so they did not
respond to it.
83.靶子
我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上，晚餐我准备
得有点儿太快了，厨房里充满了烟，结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我
的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练，可是他们并没有对报警声
作出反应。我感到很恼火，满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。
我在洗澡间找到他们，发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警
报的嗡嗡声，我叫他们辨别那声音。
“是烟雾探查器，”他们异口同声地说。
“你们知道那声音意味着什么吗？”我责问道。
“当然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚饭准备好了。”
84.day after day
a teacher was always so involved in the text being studied that
he never looked up . he would call on a student for translation
and explanation, and-without realizing it-he often chose the same
student day after day. out of respect, the student wouldn't point
this out to him.
after being called on four days in a row, a student named
goldberg asked advice from his friends. the next day when the
teacher said "goldberg, translate and explain," goldberg replied,
"goldberg is absent today ."
"all right," said the teacher. "you translate and explain.
notes:
(1) be involved in 卷入；投入(2) out of respect 出于尊敬
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1 a teacher was always so _____in the text being studied that
he never looked up.
2 he would call _____ a student for translation and
explanation.
3 _____ _____respect, the student wouldn't point this out to
him.
4 after being called on four days in a _____, a student named
goldberg asked advice from his friends.
5 the next day _____ the teacher said "goldberg, translate
and explain," goldberg replied, "goldberg is absent today."
84.日复一日
一位老师对所讲课文总是非常投入，从不抬头。他常让一个学生来
翻译和解释，并且——不自觉地——他常日复一日地叫同一个学生。出
于尊敬，学生并不给他指出这一点。
一个叫古德伯格的学生，在被一连叫了四天之后，向他的朋友寻求
建议。第二天，这位教师又说：“古德伯格，翻译并解释。”古德伯格
回答说：“古德伯格今天缺席。”
“那好吧，”教师说，“那就你来翻译并解释。”
85. post haste
my husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume
in anticipation of a job interview. he instructed me to send it
the fastest way possible.
struck by the urgency in his voice, i grabbed a handful of
change and dashed out the door. arriving at the post office, i
rushed to the counter and breathlessly explained to the clerk that
my envelope had to be delivered immediately . he casually weighed
the envelope and said it would cost $ 10.03 i fun-bled through my
pockets and tallied up my coins. "but i don't have $ 10. 03, " i
said. he punched some more buttons and said, "okay, that will be
$ 7. 40, ma am.
once more i said in dismay, "sorry, i don't have $ 7.40.
"well," he sighed, "exactly how much do you have?"
i meekly answered, "i have exactly $ 2. 15, sir."
with that, he yelled over his shoulder to a coworker, "hey,
charlie, get the pigeon ready.
notes:
(1) resume n. 履历
(2) anticipation n.期望
(3) dash v.急奔；猛冲
(4) breathlessly adv.上气不接下气地
(5) casually adv.漫不经心地
(6) fumble v.摸索
(7) tally up 算上
(8) punch v.敲；击
(9) dismay n.困惑；茫然
(10) meekly adv.谦和地
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 what did the husband asked the wife to do?
a. to get up early
b. to get out of the door
c. to post his resume
d. to go to his office
2 from the passage we can see
a. the husband was applying for a job
b. the husband was bad tempered
c. the husband was always rude to his wife
d. the husband was anticipating a new clerk
3 how was the wife when she got to the post office?
a. she was pale.
b. she was breathless.
c. she was angry.
d. she was worried.
4 how much money did the wife have in total?
a. $ 10.03
b. $ 7.40
c. $ 2.15
d. $ 9.55
5 what does the last sentence in the passage imply?
a. the woman would get the letter posted in the fastest way
b. the woman probably wouldn't get the letter posted fast.
c. a pigeon would be used to post her letter fast.
d. the clerk refused to post the letter for her.
85.邮政快递
我丈夫让我到邮局寄他的履历，期望能得到工作面试的机会。他告
诉我要用尽可能快的方式把它寄出去。
我感到他语气紧急，就抓了一把零钱，冲出了家门。到了邮局，我
冲到柜台，上气不接下气地向职员解释说我的信必须马上寄出。他漫不
经心地称了一下信的重量，说邮费是十元零三分。我翻遍了我的口袋，
把所有的硬币都算上。“可是我没有十元零三分，”我说。他又敲了几
个键，然后说：“那好吧，七元四角，夫人。”
我又一次茫然地说：“对不起，我没有七块四。”
“那，”他叹了口气，“确切地说你有多少？”
我很谦和地回答道：“我有整整两块一角五分，先生。”
听了这话，他转过头向身后的同事喊道：“嗨，查理，准备好鸽子。”
86.respone