第327期:别糊弄小孩,他们的回答简直太完美了

 　　如果你是小女孩的妈妈，会怎么回答呢？

　　New Words:

　　mess with sb 招惹，弄糟，干扰（某人）

　　strand¹ n.（绳子的） 股，绞; 海滨

　　in contrast 相比之下;

　　brunette n.深褐色头发的人；adj. 有深褐色头发的；

　　inquisitively² adv.过分好奇地; 好问地;

　　revelation n.天启，启示;

　　One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She

　　suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands³ of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"

　　Her mother replied. "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.

　　The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?

　　一天，一个小女孩坐在那里看着妈妈在厨房洗碗池洗碗。她突然发现妈妈深褐色的头发上很明显有几根白头。她看着妈妈好奇地问，“为什么你有白头发了，妈妈？

　　她母亲回答说。好吧，每次你做错了什么事，让我哭或不高兴，我的一根头发就变白了。

　　小女孩想了一会儿，然后说：“妈妈，为什么外婆所有的头发都是白色的？”

1 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

2 inquisitively   

过分好奇地； 好问地

参考例句：

• The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but It'said nothing. 这老鼠狐疑地看着她，好像还把一只小眼睛向她眨了眨，但没说话。
• The mouse looked at her rather inquisitively. 那只耗子用疑问的眼光看看她。

3 strands   

n.（线、绳、金属线、毛发等的）股( strand的名词复数 )；缕；海洋、湖或河的)岸；（观点、计划、故事等的）部份v.使滞留，使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp. 用几股麻搓成了一段绳子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She laced strands into a braid. 她把几股线编织成一根穗带。 来自《简明英汉词典》