【听英文对话做选择】晚餐时间

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Father: Time to eat!

Daughter: Coming. Oh, I'm starving. [Good, good.] Oh yuck! What's that?

 

Father: Ah, now don't complain!

 

Daughter: But what is it, and where is mom?

 

Father: Now, mom put me in charge of dinner because she's not feeling well tonight.

 

Daughter: But what is it . . . and that smell!

 

Father: It's pizza. I just followed an old family recipe here, and . . .

 

Daughter: Let me see that . . . Oh, Dad. [What?] You're missing a page!

 

Father: Oh, uh, well, uh . . . well I couldn't find the second page of the recipe, but don't worry. I have plenty of experience around the house. Plenty of experience cooking.

 

Daughter: That's not what mom says.

 

Father: Well, wait, wait, here let me try a piece first. Here, let me, let me cool this off here. Ohhh, yeah. Oh, this is great stuff.

 

Daughter: Yeah right. Why are you making that face?

 

Father: Well, well, it's just, just a little rich for me. That's all.

 

Daughter: Let me try it Dad. Uh. Dad. You put a little too much salt in it and besides it's burned. [Well . . . ] And what's that?

 

Father: Oh, well, well, that's just part of my own adaptation to the recipe. I added some pumpkin¹.

 

Daughter: Oh, not another one of your surprises. Pumpkin doesn't go on pizza!

 

Father: Well, okay, well, so what? Uh, what do we do now?

 

Daughter: Well, how about some cold cereal² . . . You can't mess up on that, Dad.

1. What does the conversation imply about the mother?

A. She is busy at work.

B. She had to run some errands³.

C. She is resting in bed.

2. What is the first problem the girl notices about her father's cooking?

A. He is not following the recipe.

B. He is missing the right pan to cook the pizza.

C. He is using the directions for a different food.

 

3. How does the girl know her father doesn't like the pizza he prepared?

A. He tells her honestly what he thinks about it.

B. She can tell by his non-verbal expressions.

C. He throws it away after making it.

 

4. What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza?

A. It was too salty. 

B. It was burned.

C. It was too chewy.

 

5. What do they end up doing for lunch?

A. They decide to go out to eat.

B. They eat something different at home.

C. They eat at friend's house.

 

正确答案：

1. She is resting in bed.

2. He is not following the recipe.

3. She can tell by his non-verbal expressions.

4. It was too chewy.

5. They eat something different at home.

 

1 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

2 cereal   

n.谷类，五谷，禾谷

参考例句：

• I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
• Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。

3 errands   

n.errand的复数；差使( errand的名词复数 )；差事

参考例句：

• He often runs errands for his grandmother. 他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
• I have a few errands to do in the town. 我在城里有些差事要办。 来自《简明英汉词典》