As a result of an explosive argument with our mother,my little brother posted a sign reading"I hate mom" on the door to his room, and slammed it shut. My dad,a school psychologist,came home after work to this tense standoff."I'll take care of it," he confidently told mom,and went into my brother's room.
Minutes later,dad came out."He doesn't hate you anymore," he reassured her. Sure enough,my brother had crossed out"mom" on his sign. It now read"I hate dad."
我弟弟和媽媽之間發(fā)生了一場激烈爭吵,隨后就在他的門上貼了一張字條:"我恨媽媽",并且"砰"的一聲關(guān)上了門。我爸爸在學(xué)校里當(dāng)心理醫(yī)生,下班回到家里看到這個緊張對峙,很有信心地對媽媽說:"讓我來處理。"然后就進(jìn)了弟弟的房間。
過了幾分鐘,爸爸出來了,安慰媽媽說:"他不再恨你了。" 不錯,弟弟把字條上"媽媽"二字劃掉了,變成了"我恨爸爸"。
explosive a. 爆炸的,爆發(fā)的; n. 炸藥 slam n. v. 猛擊,撞擊,沖擊
psychologist n. 心理學(xué)家 tense a. 神經(jīng)緊張的,擔(dān)心的 standoff n. 對峙
reassure v. 打消……疑慮使安心 cross out 刪除,劃掉