专题16 心灵鸡汤：爸爸不想和我玩-2023年高考英语外刊阅读及模拟强化训练

Daddy Doesn’t Want to Play with Me! 爸爸不想和我玩 文章选自《心灵鸡汤》 主题语境：人与社会 子语境：亲子关系 原文出处：Inspirational Stories 语篇类型：记叙文 关键词：baseball；boy；father；television 篇章导读：曾经有一个小男孩，他想让爸爸教他如何玩接球。一个阳光明媚的日子，小男孩的父亲坐在沙发上，一边喝着啤酒，一边看棒球比赛。男孩冲进房子，大声喊道…… 原汁原味外刊阅读及模拟强化训练 Once there was a little boy who wanted his dad to teach him how to play catch. One sunny day the little boy’s father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer, while watching a baseball game. The boy rushed into the house exclaiming: “Daddy, daddy, daddy, show me how to play catch!” The father, blankly staring at the television screen, replied ” In a little while son, let me finish watching this inning, come back in five minutes.” “Okay daddy” said the boy and ran out of the room. Five minutes later the boy returned screaming “Daddy, let’s go, let’s play some catch now!” The father turned to the boy and said hold on son the inning is not quite over come back in five more minutes. “Okay, daddy” said the boy as he shuffled out the room. Five minutes later the boy returned ball and glove in hand eagerly awaiting for his father to play some catch. “Daddy, lets go, I want to be Ken Griffey Jr.!” shouted the boy. By this time, the father had cracked open another cold one and another inning was taking place. Frustrated by the boy’s constant hindrances, the dad scanned the room. While scanning the room the father notice a magazine underneath the coffee table. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angered & annoyed, began tearing the magazine cover in to small pieces. After a few moments, of shredding up the magazine cover, the father placed the torn pieces on the magazine. Then, the father turned to his boy and said “Son, once you put this picture of the world back together we can play catch, but do not interrupt me again until you are done!” Apprehensively, the boy took the magazine and sulked into his room. As he sobbed “Okay, daddy I