英語幽默小故事 5. An Adult Decision

　　The year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but I refused to sign permission for one. He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. Sure enough, a few days after his 18th birthday, he come home with a tattoo. Although I was not happy about this, I was curious to see what symbol of masculinity he had chosen. There, on his shoulder, was a two-inch image of Mickey Mouse.

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Notes:

　　(1) constantly adv. 不斷地

　　(2) tattoo n. 文身

　　(3) permission n. 允許

　　(4) masculinity n. 陽性，男性

　　(5) image n . 形象，肖像

　　(6) Mickey Mouse 米老鼠

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：

　　① When the son pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, the mother thought her son was old enough to make an adult decision.

　　② A few days before his birthday, the son came home with a tattoo.

　　③ The mother wondered what symbol her son had chosen.

　　④ The image of Mickey Mouse on the son's shoulder was three inches long.

　　⑤ From the passage, we can see that the son really made an adult decision.

成年人的抉擇

　　我兒子十八歲前的那一年，他常常向我提出准許他文身。但我拒絕允許他這樣做。他爭辯說他不久就要成爲男子漢了，並說他應該能夠作出成年人的抉擇了。果然，十八歲生日的幾天後，他文了身，回到家裏。儘管我對此感到不高興，但出於好奇，我想看看他選擇了什麼雄性象徵物。原來是他在肩上文了一個兩英寸長的米老鼠像。

練習參考答案：

① F ② F ③ T ④ F ⑤ F