Several weeks after our son began his freshman year at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in advance to "warn" him that we would be coming. When we arrived at the dorm, however, I was taken aback by the disarray of his room. "Forgot we were coming, didn‘t you?" I teased.

我們的兒子是密歇根州阿爾馬大學(xué)的新生，開學(xué)幾個(gè)星期之后，我和丈夫決定去看看他。我特意提前給他打電話，“提醒”他我們將光臨。但是當(dāng)我們來到宿舍時(shí)，他的房間凌亂不堪，我非常吃驚?！巴宋覀円獊恚前?”我取笑他。

"Are you kidding?" he replied, "Why else would I have bothered to clean?"

“開什么玩笑?“，他回答說，“要不我憑什么費(fèi)神打掃?”

詞匯：

freshman n 大一新生

in advance 提前

dorm n 宿舍 同dormitory

disarray n 凌亂

tease v 取笑