94.A Bad Impression

　　My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration¹ at her five-year-old sister, Charlotte, "You, you... you editor!"

Notes:

　　(1) impression n.印象

　　(2) absorb v.吸收（知识等）

　　(3) overhear v.偶然听到

　　(4) frustration n.挫折

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The woman and her husband are both journalists.

　　② The parents try to educate their children during dinner.

　　③ Lucy is the youngest of the children.

　　④ Lucy had a quarrel with Charlotte.

　　⑤ To Lucy, "editor" means a bad person

94.坏印象

　　我丈夫和我都是作家。晚夕谈话中，我们经常给孩子们谈到我们的工作。没人清楚他们听懂了多少。直到有一天，我偶然听到七岁的女儿卢希烦恼地向她五岁的妹妹喊道：“你，你----你这个编辑！”

练习参考答案：

①F②T③F④T⑤T

1 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。