英文短篇故事（纽约）321 A Rose Tattoo

 　　His daughter went off to college. "Don't do anything stupid. And don't follow the crowd," he told her. She said, "Of course not, Daddy. You know how smart and independent I am." He crossed his fingers anyway. She came home during Christmas break. She asked, "Do you remember telling me not to do anything stupid?" He said, "You didn't get married, did you?" She said no. She turned around. She pulled up her long hair. He saw a tattoo¹ on the back of her neck. It was a red rose. "What do you think?" she asked. He said, "I think it's stupid. First of all, a tattoo disfigures your body. If God wanted you to have a tattoo, He would have given you a birthmark. Second, why did you get a tattoo that you can't even see? What's the point?" She said, "That's where all my dorm mates² have theirs."

1 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

2 mates   

[英]伙伴( mate的名词复数 )； 同伴； （非正式）配偶； （熟练工人的）助手

参考例句：

• He's out boozing with his mates. 他和他的朋友们喝酒去了。
• They've been best mates since school. 他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。