最好的玩具

賴麗霞

The best toys

小孩子小時(shí)候會有很多玩具，但是經(jīng)常會認(rèn)為別人的玩具比自己的更好。作者是這樣，他認(rèn)為他兒子也一樣，但作者的兒子對Stomp Rocket情有獨(dú)鐘。

1 The best toys of your childhood are everybody elses. I recalled the impressive collections of my toys. There were the Matchbox garage passed down from Mum， my toy soldiers and wooden palace. I can imagine these things in detail. But its only when I get to remember Ben Walkers space hopper， or Neil Savlas rollerskates， or Olly Slobodas copy of the boardgame Mysteries of Old Pecking. My friends all had cooler toys than me.

2 I bring this up because my son was recently eager to get one of his friends toys： one called Stomp Rocket. Its marketed as a “science toy”， because it teaches kids air pressure. But， really， its just a big rocket launcher thats good for groups of children to play together. The person who jumps the hardest can get the rocket to go the highest.

3 My son Harvey immediately became obsessed by it， continuously begging me to buy one for him. I refused， partly because I thought he could play it with his friends， and partly because ?20 for a plastic tube is too expensive！ If I really put my mind to it， I could pro?bably create one. Furthermore， I was concerned that if I met his demands， Harvey would soon ask for the same remote?controlled car and plane. So， I told Harvey that if I brought him a Stomp Rocket， hed soon be bored with it.

4 But then I thought， perhaps that ?20 would be well?spent if it taught him a valuable lesson. If I bought Harvey his very own Stomp Rocket， hed be tired of it and realize that his own toys are actually just as good as everyone elses. Then I bought one two months ago. And every weekend since， whatever the weather， he asked to play with his Stomp Rocket. He wasnt tired of it， but the opposite—he developed new ways of playing. I was wrong this time.

Ⅰ. 日積月累

pass down 傳下來

in detail 詳細(xì)地

be eager to 渴望

air pressure 氣壓

be tired of 厭煩

play with 同……一起玩

Ⅱ. Difficult sentences

1. Furthermore， I was concerned that if I met his demands， Harvey would soon ask for the same remote?controlled car and plane. 此外，我還擔(dān)心，如果我滿足了他的要求，哈維很快就會要求得到同樣的遙控汽車和飛機(jī)。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句。that引導(dǎo)賓語從句，從句中還包括一個if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句。

2. If I bought Harvey his very own Stomp Rocket， hed be tired of it and realize that his own toys are actually just as good as everyone elses. 如果我給哈維買了他心儀的Stomp Rocket，他會厭倦并意識到他自己的玩具其實(shí)和其他人的一樣好。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句。if引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，主句中還包括一個that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句。