As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty .
Notes:
tend to（do）倾向；趋向
mayhem n.大混乱；大灾害
put one's foot down开始抗议
sternly adv.严厉地
whine2 v.哭闹
tease v.取笑
tattle v.扯淡
Exercises:
依据短文回答下列问题：
① How old is the son?
② What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together?
③ What does Put one's foot down mean here?
④ Did the boy obey the father's order?
⑤ What did they do then?
61.叫人无奈的孩子
我五岁的儿子和他的表弟在一块的时候，总要招来大乱。一个星期六，我开始抗议了。好啦，你们两个，我严厉地说，不许叫喊，不许乱拿，不许哭闹，不许乱敲，不许取笑，不许扯淡，不许弄坏玩具，不许乱抓，不许打架。
我刚转身要走，就听我儿子说：来，斯蒂文，大家来把自己弄脏吧。
训练参考答案：
① Five.
② They tend to cause mayhem.
③ it means to make up one's mind to sTOP sth from happening.
④ No, he didn't
⑤ They began to get dirty.
