小故事

Do It Again
再来一遍！
The parents had just finished tucking their little girl into bed one evening when they heard sobbing coming from three-year-old Billy's room.
爸爸妈妈刚把小女儿送上床睡觉，就听到3岁的比利的房间里传来抽泣声。
Rushing to his side, they found him crying hysterically.
爸爸妈妈赶紧跑过去，小比利正在歇斯底里地哭着。
He had accidentally swallowed a penny and was sure he was going to die. No amount of talking could change his mind.
原来小比利不小心吞下了一枚硬币，他认为自己死定了。爸爸妈妈怎么安慰他都没用。
Desperate to calm him, the father palmed a penny that he happened to have in his pocket and pretended to pull it from Billy's ear.
爸爸急于安抚他，兜里又正好有一枚硬币，于是他把硬币藏在手心里，假装把比利吞下去的那枚从耳朵里拉了出来。
Billy was delighted. In a flash, he snatched it from his father's hand, swallowed it and demanded cheerfully, "Do it again, Dad!"
比利很高兴。他一把从爸爸手里抓过硬币，吞了下去，兴奋地叫道：“爸爸，爸爸，再来一遍！”

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. finish doing sth.
结束某事；
eg. As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.
他一吃完就告辞离开了。
eg. After finish doing your homework, you can have a rest.
做完家庭作业，你可以休息一会了。
2. no amount of
怎么也不，再多也不；
eg. No amount of lies can cover up reality.
谎言再多也掩盖不了事实真相。
eg. No amount of money can equal memories like that.
再多的金钱也比不上那样的记忆。
eg. No amount of washing will remove them.
怎么洗也洗不掉。
3. change one's mind
（使）改变主意；（使）改变决定；
eg. She's very young. She might change her mind about what she wants to do.
她很年轻，对于自己想要做的事情也许会改变主意。
eg. It would be impossible to change his mind.
要让他改变想法是不可能的事情。
4. desperate to do sth.
急需要做某事；渴望做某事；
eg. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
他们结婚已快4年了，琼非常渴望要个孩子。
eg. After four days she is bored stiff and desperate to get back to work.
她过了四天就烦了，急着要回去工作。
5. pretend to do sth.
假装做某事；
eg. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.
有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
eg. If you pretend to know what you don't know, you'll only make a fool of yourself.
不懂装懂就会闹笑话。
6. in a flash
转瞬；一瞬间；
eg. The answer had come to him in a flash.
他一下子就有了答案。
eg. It was done in a flash.
一眨眼的工夫就完成了。