【个人手工制作】新译林英语小学升初中课外趣味阅读及练习题(七)(16)

【个人手工制作】新译林英语小学升初中课外趣味阅读及练习题(七)

evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they did not

respond to the alarm. Annoyed, I stormed through the house in search of them.

I found them in the bathroom, washing their hands. Over the

loud buzzing of the smoke alarm, I asked them to identify the sound. "It's the smoke detector," they replied in unison.

"Do you know what that sound means?" I demanded.

"Sure," my oldest replied. "Dinner's ready."

Notes:

(1) target n.靶子；目标

(2) detector n.探查器

(3) go off 发射；响