31. Get a Job

　　 One day shortly¹ after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed³ 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 chirping⁴ 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) assume² 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 incident⁵ 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.

31.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

1 shortly   

adv.立即，不久；简略地，简言之

参考例句：

• You go along with him. I'll come shortly.你陪陪他，我马上就来。
• He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。

2 assume   

vt.假装；假定，设想；承担；呈现，采取

参考例句：

• I assume that he won't cheat you.想来他是不会骗你的。
• We can't assume anything in this case.在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。

3 assumed   

adj.假定的, 假装的 动词assume的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The assumed linearity of these equations can be related to the uniformity of space and time.所假定的这些方程的线性，可归因于空间和时间的均匀性。

4 chirping   

鸟叫，虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The birds,chirping relentlessly,woke us up at daybreak. 破晓时鸟儿不断吱吱地叫，把我们吵醒了。
• The birds are chirping merrily. 鸟儿在欢快地鸣叫着。

5 incident   

n.附带事件，小事件；事件，事变；adj.易发生的；附属的；入射的

参考例句：

• With the passage of time the incident was forgotten.随着时间的消逝，那个事件被忘却了。
• The incident had left him visibly angry and upset.那起事件显然让他既恼火又心烦。