w关键词：chicken/小鸡，confidence/信心，danger/危险，afraid/害怕
w目录：Education/教育	w话题： 孩子，助人，信心	w类型：记叙文
w难度级别：中级	w词汇要求：1000+	w文章词数：500
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My 9-year-old son, Peter, likes to hear the stories told by our chickens. Not stories about the chickens - he wants me to tell him exactly what the chickens are saying. It is the art of "squawk interpretation."

A 'squawk interpreter'

“咕咕声”的翻译者

作者：Judith Costello [美]      来源：www.csmonitor.com

日期：2008-08-20                    责编：Emma

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Keys to the Quiz/小测答案

1. By saying “We humans get that way sometimes,” the mother means sometimes humans ______.

    A. will be afraid even though it is safe         

    B. will be brave when death comes 

    C. will be angry no matter what happens           

    D. will be confident though in danger

2. After saving the chicken, the mother ______.

    A. asked her daughter to perform in a play

    B. encouraged her daughter to be brave

    C. advised her daughter to be careful

    D. started to carry her daughter around

3. By telling her own experience, the author tries to show ______.

    A. how to communicate with children        

    B. different ways of teaching children

    C. how to encourage children to be brave         

    D. a great way to educate children  

　

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