Dinner's ready
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening
as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly
the kitchen filled with *** oke and the *** oke detector went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school
they did not respond to the alarm. Annoyed
I stormed through the house in search of them.
I found them in the bathroom
washing their hands. Over the loud buzzing of the *** oke alarm
I asked them to identify the sound.
It's the *** oke detector
they replied in unison.
Do you know what that sound means? I demanded.
Sure
my oldest replied. Dinner's ready.晚饭准备好了
我的烧饭手艺向来是家庭笑话的攻击目标。一天晚上，晚餐我准备得有点儿太快了，厨房里充满了烟，结果烟雾探查器报起警来。尽管我的两个孩子都在学校里接受过防火安全训练，可是他们并没有对报警声作出反应。我感到很恼火，满幢房子乱冲寻找他们。
我在洗澡间找到他们，发现他们正在洗手。我的声音盖过了烟雾警报的嗡嗡声，我叫他们辨别那声音。
“是烟雾探查器，”他们异口同声地说。
“你们知道那声音意味着什么吗？”我责问道。
“当然，”我的大孩子回答道，“晚饭准备好了。”