【听英文对话做选择】夏令营

原文：

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is my fifth day at summer camp. Life in the great outdoors isn't exactly what I expected, but I'm not starving . . . yet . . . so don't worry about me.

 

I guess I should tell you about what I do every day. First, everyone has to get up at 5:30 A.M. They have this silly old rooster named Harry¹ who loves to wake us up. Next, we have to make our beds and tidy up the cabin² before our camp counselor³, Jeff, comes to inspect the place.

 

Then, we have breakfast around 6:30 A.M. After that, we have some free time, so I've been going down to the nearby stream to fish for a couple of hours. But yesterday, the only thing I caught was an old shoe and a tree branch. Great catch, Huh? Then when I was trying to swat a mosquito buzzing⁴ around my head, I slipped and fell in the stream and lost my fishing pole. That ended my fishing career.

 

Well, in the afternoon, there are different activities we can choose from like archery, horseback riding, and hiking. I thought archery would be the sport for me until I shot an arrow through Jeff's pant⁵ leg. As you can imagine, I haven't been invited back since.

 

In the evening, everyone is assigned⁶ a different chore to get dinner ready. Yesterday, I was in charge of cooking the hotdogs, but I accidentally⁷ dropped them in the fire, so we had to settle for beans instead. The other kids are always razzing me about it.

 

At night, we sit around a campfire in front of the cabin, sing songs, and tell ghost stories. That's usually fun, but one night while trying to find more sticks for the fire, I got all turned around and got lost. After about an hour of wandering aimlessly in the forest, I finally found my way back, but no one seemed to have realized what had happened, thinking that I just had gone to bed. A bear or wolf could have eaten me and no one would have known it. I was so beat I just crashed . . . out like a light.

 

Well, today is another day and tomorrow I go home . . . and not a bit too soon. I've learned⁸ that camping is just not for me.

 

Love,

 

Brad

1. What does Brad have to do before he eats breakfast?

A. clean his sleeping quarters

B. go down to the stream to get some water

C. feed the rooster and the other animals

2. What happened to Brad when he went fishing?

A. A tree branch fell on him.

B. He lost his fishing pole.

C. He slipped and lost one of his shoes.

 

3. What did he eat for dinner?

A. steak

B. hot dogs

C. beans

 

4. What was Brad doing when he got lost in the forest?

A. He was running away from a bear.

B. He was searching for wood.

C. He was wondering around looking for the cabin.

 

5.How did Brad like summer camp?

A. He had a great time.

B. It was okay.

C. He didn't have fun.

 

正确答案：

1. clean his sleeping quarters

2. He lost his fishing pole.

3. beans

4. He was searching for wood.

5. He didn't have fun.

 

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。

3 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

4 buzzing   

adj.嗡嗡响的v.发出嗡嗡声( buzz的现在分词 )；（发出）充满兴奋的谈话声[闲话，谣言]；忙乱，急行；用蜂鸣器（发信号）

参考例句：

• The computer made a buzzing noise that she found off-putting. 计算机发出的嗡嗡声让她心烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Bees are humming [buzzing] around from flower to flower. 蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地飞来飞去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 pant   

n.喘息，悸动；vt.气喘吁吁地说；vi.喘息，渴望；adj.裤子的

参考例句：

• You pant after running hard for a time.拼命跑一阵后便会觉得气短。
• When he bent over,he split his pant.他一弯腰就把裤裆裂开了。

6 assigned   

adj.选定的；被布置的

参考例句：

• But read-only values are different,in that they are assigned at runtime.但是只读的值是不同的，因为它们是在运行时被赋值的。

7 accidentally   

adv.偶然地；意外地

参考例句：

• Mary accidentally let out that her mother had telephoned.玛丽无意中说出她的母亲来过电话。
• As I turned around,I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。

8 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。