27 Humour — What Is a Teenager?
A teenager is ...
... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his
mother calling from the next room.
... a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make
a bed.
... a connoisseur of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud.
... an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too
tired to dry the dishes.
... a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week.
... a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needs
cleaning.
... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.
block 街區(qū) whiz 天才，能手
operate 操作
connoisseur 內(nèi)行，鑒賞家
enthusiast 熱心的人，熱情的人
energy 精力
romantic 浪漫主義者
suspect 懷疑
original 新穎的，獨創(chuàng)的
positive 肯定的
幽默——少年是什么樣的人？
少年是……
……一個隔著三個街區(qū)也能聽到他喜歡的歌手的聲音但卻聽不到隔壁房間母親叫聲的人。
…… 一個不用上一節(jié)課就可以操作新電腦的能手，但卻不會鋪床。
……兩種音樂的鑒賞家——吵鬧的和非常吵鬧的音樂。
……一個充滿熱情，精力充沛的人，他可以騎車騎幾英里，但卻經(jīng)常因為覺得太累而擦不
干碟子。
……一個浪漫主義者，他不經(jīng)常戀愛，一周絕對少于。
……一個每星期六都要睡到中午，卻總是懷疑房間需要打掃的人。
……是一個有獨創(chuàng)精神的思想家，他斷定他的母親不是從少年時期走過來的