宝宝哭泣的40个理由：小孩的脑回路简直了！

 　　Any parent of a young child will know that tantrumscan strike at any moment - and for any reason.

　　小孩儿的父母都知道，他们的宝贝会随时随刻由于各种原因闹脾气。

　　No matter how seemingly ridiculous to a rational adult, the cause of a toddler throwing a wobbly is varied¹ and uNPRedictable... and reasoning with them is usually fruitless.

　　无论这一切在一个理性的成年人眼里看起来有多可笑，一个牙牙学语的小盆友发脾气的原因千奇百怪且无法预测……而且通常同他们进行理论也是徒劳的。

　　One mother decided² to note down the reasons for every single tantrum her three-year-old daughter, or 'three-nager', threw in a 24-hour period.

　　一位母亲决定在24小时内记录下让她3岁女儿，或者说3岁''熊孩子''发脾气的每一个原因。

　　宝宝哭泣的40个理由：小孩的脑回路简直了！

　　40个完全理性的原因：为什么我三岁的女儿今天发脾气

　　1.She wanted to wear her Elsa shirt (which is in the dirty clothes pile).

　　她想穿她的艾尔莎衬衫（那件衣服在脏衣服堆里）

　　2.I put the wrong episode of Strawberry Shortcake on.

　　我拿错了草莓酥饼

　　3.I didn't get her breakfast quickly enough.

　　我没有足够快让她吃上早饭

　　4.She didn't want cereal. She wanted oats.

　　她不想吃谷物她想吃燕麦

　　5.I gave her the wrong bowl for her oats. She wanted the bowl that her uneaten cereal was in.

　　我给错了她盛燕麦的碗。她想要那个里面还有没吃完谷物的碗

　　6.She spilled oats on her knee.

　　她把燕麦洒在膝盖上

　　7.She wanted the small spoon.

　　她想要小勺子

　　8.I gave her the yellow blanket instead of the pink blanket.

　　我给了她黄色的毯子而不是粉色的

　　9.She wanted to wear her Elsa dress instead of her Elsa shirt.

　　她想穿艾尔莎的裙子而不是衬衫

　　10.It's not her birthday today.

　　今天不是她的生日

　　11.The cat wouldn't let her pick him up by the tail.

　　猫不愿被她揪着尾巴拎起来

　　12.She couldn't open the wrapper to her muesli bar.

　　她无法拆开早餐棒的包装

　　13.I opened the wrapper to her muesli bar too much.

　　我替她拆燕麦坚果能量棒时，把包装拆的太多了

　　14.Her muesli bar broke in two.

　　她的燕麦坚果能量棒折成了两半

　　15.When colouring in, I used the wrong colour of blue for Cinderella's dress.

　　上色的时候，我给灰姑娘的裙子用错了蓝色

　　16.I sat on her imaginary friend.

　　我不小心坐在了她的假想朋友上

　　17.She put her shoes on the wrong feet.

　　她穿鞋子时穿错了脚

　　18.Peppa Pig ended.

　　粉红小猪妹（动画片）结束了

　　19.I cut her sandwich into triangles.

　　我把她的三明治切成了三角形

　　20.I cut her second sandwich into squares.

　　我把她的第二块三明治切成了正方形

　　21.I wouldn't let her play in the car.

　　我不让她在车里玩

　　22.I suggested we take a nap.

　　我建议我们小睡一下

　　23.She dropped her hat on the road.

　　在路上她的帽子掉了

　　24.I didn't let her answer the phone.

　　我没让她接电话

　　25.I sat on the wrong side of the couch.

　　我坐错沙发位置了

　　26.It started to rain.

　　天开始下雨了

　　27.I had to cook dinner.

　　我不得不去准备晚餐

　　28.Her brother talked to her.

　　她哥哥和她说话了

　　29.She spilled her water.

　　她把水洒出来了

　　30.I used the red towel to clean it up. I should have used the pink one.

　　我用红色的毛巾进行清理，我应该用粉红色的

　　31.I had a shower without her.

　　我一个人去洗澡了，没带她

　　32.I helped her brother with his homework.

　　我帮她哥哥完成家庭作业

　　33.She lost her doll's pink shoe.

　　她弄丢了粉色洋娃娃的鞋子

　　34.I asked her to take a bath.

　　我让她去洗个澡

　　35.I asked her to get out of the bath.

　　我让她离开浴室

　　36.The towel felt itchy.

　　毛巾让发她觉得有些发痒

　　37.Her brother got his pyjamas³ on quicker than she did.

　　她的哥哥比她更快穿上睡衣

　　38.I turned the page of her bedtime story incorrectly.

　　我弄错了她睡前故事的页码

　　39.Teddy fell off the bed.

　　泰迪熊从床上掉了下来

　　40.I yawned.

　　我打了个哈欠

1 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

2 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。

3 pyjamas   

n.（宽大的）睡衣裤

参考例句：

• This pyjamas has many repairs.这件睡衣有许多修补过的地方。
• Martin was in his pyjamas.马丁穿着睡衣。