The year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but I refused to sign permission for one. He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. Sure enough, a few days after his 18th birthday, he come home with a tattoo. Although I was not happy about this, I was curious to see what symbol of masculinity he had chosen. There, on his shoulder, was a two-inch image of Mickey Mouse.

Notes:

(1) constantly adv. 不斷地

(2) tattoo n. 文身

(3) permission n. 允許

(4) masculinity n. 陽(yáng)性，男性

(5) image n . 形象，肖像

(6) Mickey Mouse 米老鼠

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：

① When the son pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, the mother thought her son was old enough to make an adult decision.

② A few days before his birthday, the son came home with a tattoo.

③ The mother wondered what symbol her son had chosen.

④ The image of Mickey Mouse on the son's shoulder was three inches long.

⑤ From the passage, we can see that the son really made an adult decision.

成年人的抉擇

我兒子十八歲前的那一年，他常常向我提出準(zhǔn)許他文身。但我拒絕允許他這樣做。他爭(zhēng)辯說(shuō)他不久就要成為男子漢了，并說(shuō)他應(yīng)該能夠作出成年人的抉擇了。果然，十八歲生日的幾天后，他文了身，回到家里。盡管我對(duì)此感到不高興，但出于好奇，我想看看他選擇了什么雄性象征物。原來(lái)是他在肩上文了一個(gè)兩英寸長(zhǎng)的米老鼠像。

練習(xí)參考答案：

① F ② F ③ T ④ F ⑤ F