儿童小故事：戴面谱的男人（一）

　　爸爸是一个美术设计师，其中一个爱好就是喜欢设计面谱。《西游记》电视剧播出的时候，他就为我设计孙悟空面谱，看完《蜘蛛侠》电影，他又为我设计蜘蛛侠的面谱。为了逗我开心，他有时甚至在进入家门之前，就已经把面谱戴上，让我以最快的速度欣赏他的杰作，结果当然是全家人都很开心，而我也以有这位艺术家爹?而自豪。　夏日的一个下午，我不用上学，正在玩电脑游戏，就听到开门的声音，我猜想爸爸或妈妈提早放工了，走到门口去接他们。　门打开了，一个未来战士的面谱映入眼帘，爸爸戴?它，看来很威武，他一只手把门带上；另一只手把一张纸掏出来，是两行打印好的字，上面写?︰「今天想实习做默剧，我不说话，让你猜我在做甚么或表达甚么。」　爸爸真有趣！　他于是走进屋子来，放下那个大公文袋，在家里走了一圈，然后就开抽屉。
　　My dad is a graphic¹ designer. One of his favourite hobbies is to design masks. When the TV series Journey to the West was on, he designed a Monkey King’s mask for me. And after we saw the film Spider-Man, he designed a Spider-Man’s mask for me. He’s a great dad. To make me laugh, he would put on the latest mask he designed before entering the house so that I could see it immediately. That often made everybody laugh, too. I am so proud of him. 　One summer afternoon, I was at home playing computer games. I heard the door opening and I guessed it must be Dad or Mom returning home early, so I went to the door. 　It opened, and the face of Future Warrior² appeared. Daddy really looked impressive³ in his mask! He closed the door with one hand, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket with the other. It was two lines printed on the computer, which said, "Let’s play mime⁴ today. I won’t speak, and you guess what I am doing or what I want to say." 　That’s fun! And I was all ready for it! 　He came into the house, put down the envelope that contained his files, walked round the house, and began opening drawers.

1 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

2 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

3 impressive   

adj.给人深刻印象的，感人的

参考例句：

• This cinema is so impressive that we can't help crying.这影片如此感人以至我们禁不住流下泪来。
• The suit made him look especially impressive.他穿上这套衣服真精神。

4 mime   

n.指手画脚，做手势，哑剧演员，哑剧；vi./vt.指手画脚的表演，用哑剧的形式表演

参考例句：

• Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
• I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。