英語幽默小故事 Thats What They All Say

　　While sitting on the bleachers during my youngest son's baseball game, I overheard another mother talking about her three-year-old daughter, who was playing with a neighbor's boy. The little girl kept saying to the boy, "Marry me. Marry me." The little boy innocently replied, "I want to play first."

　　At this, the mother turned to all of the parents on the bleachers and announced, "That's what they all say!"

Notes:

　　(1) bleachers n.（美）運動場的露天看臺

　　(2) baseball n.棒球

　　(3) keep doing不停地做

　　(4) innocently adv.天真無邪地

Exercises:

根據短文填空：

　　① While_____ on the bleachers during my youngest son's-baseball game _____ another mother talking about her three-year-old daughter.

　　② The little girl kept ______ to the boy, " Marry me. Marry me."

　　③ The little boy _____ replied, "I want to play first."

　　④_____ this, mother turned to all of the parents on the bleachers.

　　⑤We can see from the passage that little boys and girls are _____.

54.他們都是這麼說的

　　我最小的兒子在參加棒球比賽，我坐在露天座位上觀看。我聽到另一位母親在講她的三歲的女兒。她女兒和鄰居家的一個男孩玩耍。小姑娘不停地對男孩說：“娶我，娶我。”而那個男孩總天真無邪地說：“我想先玩球。”

　　說着，這位母親轉向所有坐在座位上的父母親，大聲地說：“他們都是這麼說的！”

練習參考答案：

① sitting; overheard ② saying ③ innocently ④ At ⑤ innocent