When his wife was expecting their third child, a father decided to tell his two sons, ages seven and nine, the facts of life. He checked out several books from the library on how parents should approach the subject. After stumbling through an explanation, he took a deep breath, and said, "Now, boys, do you have any questions?"

"Yes," the younger boy answered immediately.

"Go ahead," said the man, his heart in his throat.

"Can we," his son asked, "have new baseball gloves?"

Notes:

(1) the facts of life（口，委婉語）性知識（例如講給孩子們聽的）

(2) check out挑選出；篩選出

(3) stumble v.結結巴巴地說話

Exercises:

根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：

① The wife was expecting their fourth child.

② The father decided to tell his two sons the real meaning of life.

③ The father went to the bookstore to buy several books.

④ The father felt shamed to have told the sons about the subject.

⑤ The two sons didn't understand what the father had said actually.

小小的意外

當妻子要生第三胎時，父親決定給分別已七歲和九歲的兩個兒子講關于性的知識。他從圖書館查出幾本書，都是關于父母如何涉及這個話題的。在結結巴巴地解釋一番后，他長出了一口氣，然后說：“好了，孩子們，有什么問題嗎？”

“有，”小兒子立即回答。

“問吧，”爸爸說，心提到了嗓子眼兒。

“我們，”兒子問道，“可以得到新棒球手套了嗎？”

練習參考答案：

①F②F③F④T⑤T