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[J-98]   It's the Deception

          问题在于欺骗 

 

A father was very angry about the poor marks on his son's report card.  “I wish you wouldn't be so hard on him,” soothed his wife.  “The boy's trying, and---”

 

“Oh, it really isn't the marks I mind so much,” interrupted the father.  “It's the deception.  Why the dickens does he have to look so bright?” 

 

[译注]

 

某父亲对儿子成绩单上很差的分数感到很生气。「我希望你不要对他那么苦,」他太太安慰说。「这孩子也想要,而---」

 

「啊,我这么介意的其实不是那些分数,」这父亲打断说。「我介意的是欺骗。到底为什么他还得看起来那么聪明呢?」 

 

注:marks (分数), report card (成绩单), be hard on… (对… 苦苦逼迫), soothe (安慰), deception (欺骗), why the dickens = why on earth = why the hell (到底为什么) 

 

[复习填充]

A father was very angry about the poor m____ on his son's re____ card.  “I wish you wouldn't be so h___ on him,” soothed his wife.  “The boy's trying, and--”

“Oh, it really isn't the marks I mind so much,” interrupted the father.  “It's the de_______.  Why the d______ does he have to look so bright?”

 

 

 

 

 

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