趣味英文小知识（趣味英语趣味人生）

One evening, in the midst（ /mɪdst/ n. 中部，中间） of dinner preparation（ /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/ n. 准备）, our 10-year-old daughter asked, ‘Mom, what’s puberty?’My wife was rushed（ /rʌʃt/ adj. 仓促而就的，忙碌的） at the moment（此刻；当时）, so she suggested（ /səˈdʒest/v. 建议） that Peggy look up the word in the dictionary（ /ˈdɪkʃənri/ n. 字典，词典）（在字典里查这个词）, after which they could talk about it.，今天小编就来说说关于趣味英文小知识?下面更多详细答案一起来看看吧!

趣味英文小知识

One evening, in the midst（ /mɪdst/ n. 中部，中间） of dinner preparation（ /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/ n. 准备）, our 10-year-old daughter asked, ‘Mom, what’s puberty?’My wife was rushed（ /rʌʃt/ adj. 仓促而就的，忙碌的） at the moment（此刻；当时）, so she suggested（ /səˈdʒest/v. 建议） that Peggy look up the word in the dictionary（ /ˈdɪkʃənri/ n. 字典，词典）（在字典里查这个词）, after which they could talk about it.

A few minutes later, Peggy returned. Her mother asked what the dictionary had said. ‘Puberty means,’announced（ /əˈnaʊns/ v. 宣布，公布；声称，郑重地说） Peggy, ‘the earlist（adj. 最早的） age at which a girl is able to bear（ /beə/生育） children.’

‘What do you think of that?’my wife asked.

‘I’m not sure,’Peggy replied. ‘I’ve always been able to bear（承受，容忍） children. It’s adults（ /ˈædʌlt; əˈdʌlt/n. 成年人） I can’t bear.’

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