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(dú)創(chuàng)的
positive 肯定的
幽默——少年是什么樣的人？
少年是……
……一個(gè)隔著三個(gè)街區(qū)也能聽(tīng)到他喜歡的歌手的聲音但卻聽(tīng)不到隔壁房間母親叫聲的人。
…… 一個(gè)不用上一節(jié)課就可以操作新電腦的能手，但卻不會(huì)鋪床。
……兩種音樂(lè)的鑒賞家——吵鬧的和非常吵鬧的音樂(lè)。
……一個(gè)充滿(mǎn)熱情，精力充沛的人，他可以騎車(chē)騎幾英里，但卻經(jīng)常因?yàn)橛X(jué)得太累而擦不
干碟子。
……一個(gè)浪漫主義者，他不經(jīng)常戀愛(ài)，一周絕對(duì)少于。
……一個(gè)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(gè)有獨(dú)創(chuàng)精神的思想家，他斷定他的母親不是從少年時(shí)期走過(guò)來(lái)的