A French Accent

 

    

    Last summer my family and I went to the beach for a ¹⁾camping trip. When we arrived at the ²⁾campground, all my cousins, aunts, uncles, and even my grandparents were there. After we got the tent ³⁾set up, the adults started to make dinner. All of the kids went down to the river.

When we arrived, there were some older kids throwing rocks in the river, so we decided¹ to go ⁴⁾downriver a little. As we turned around to leave, my little ten-year-old cousin was already ⁵⁾having a blast². He was ⁶⁾yelling and throwing rocks in the river. My cousin has a speech problem, so he speaks in a kind of funny way.

    As we were walking away, the older kids started laughing at my cousin. They were teasing⁴ him and making fun of how he talks. At first he started to get really upset, but then he turned around and asked them why they were laughing. They told him that he talked stupidly. Then he asked them, “What, haven’t you ever heard a French accent before?”

They just stood there for a minute with ⁷⁾dumb⁵ looks on their faces and finally just walked away. CE

 

 

04、法国口音

 

去年夏天，我和家人到河边露营。我们到达营地的时候，我的表亲、姑姨、叔父、甚至祖父母早已到了。帐篷支起来后，大人们开始弄饭吃，小孩们则到河边去。

我们走到河边时，有些大孩子正朝河中扔石头，所以我们顺着河流往下走。正当我们转身走开的时候，我那十岁的表弟已在开心地玩起来了。他一边嚷嚷着一边往河里扔石头。表弟的口音有些问题，他说话的方式比较怪。

我们走开时，那些大孩子开始嘲笑起表弟来。他们拿他说的话揶揄取笑。一开始表弟感到很不是滋味，然后他转身问他们笑什么。他们说因为他讲话的方式很蠢。而他反问他们：“怎么，难道你们以前从没听过法国口音吗？”

他们的表情傻住了，呆呆地站了好一会，最后只好走掉了。CE

 

 

1) camping [5kAmpiN] n. 露营，野营

2) campground [5kAmp-graund] n. 营地

3) set up 竖起，立起

4) downriver [5daun-rivEr] adv. 向下游

5) have a blast 玩得很高兴

6) yell³ [5jel] v. 喊叫

7) dumb [dQm] a. 哑的，不能说话的

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 blast   

v.炸毁，摧毁；n.爆炸，爆破，一阵，汽笛声

参考例句：

• A huge bomb blast rocked central London last night.昨晚一次剧烈的炸弹爆炸震动了伦敦市中心。
• Not until last week was the project in full blast.工程直到上星期才全部开工。

3 yell   

vi./n.号叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
• When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。

4 teasing   

adj.戏弄的，逗趣的v.取笑，戏弄( tease的现在分词 )；梳理（羊毛等）

参考例句：

• Don't get upset—I was only teasing. 别不高兴，我只是在逗你玩。
• I didn't think you meant that seriously;I thought you were teasing. 我未想到你是当真的，我原以为你是开玩笑的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。