Did you make your bed ?

Six pharsal verbs with “Make”

活學活用6 組跟make 有關的英文片語

T: Thomas, K: Kitty

K: Hi Thomas! I had a very cheerful exchange with my mom this morning.

T: Ah yes? You wouldn’t mind telling me about it?

K: Certainly not. I was about to leave home for school, when my mom stopped me just in front of the main door, asking, “Did you make your bed this morning? I am sure you didn’t, as always. You really must change this bad habit.”

T: I see, but did you or didn’t you?

K:That’s exactly the point. For a change, this morning I did, and so I said to her, “Mom, I did. I made my bed.” But she went on saying, “I don’t believe you. Don’t make up a story about it.” Then I had to say, with some tenderness, “Mom, I really did. I was thinking, I should make it up for all my faults up to now, and so I made up my mind … Hmm … From now on I’ll be a good girl. I’ll make my bed and make good every bad habit I had”

T: I am so impressed, Kitty! Make haste now. Time is running out for your school. It’s almost eight!

K: Right. See you, Thomas.

K: 嗨Thomas！今天早上我和媽媽聊天，非常愉快。

T: 是啊？你介意跟我分享嗎？

K: 當然不介意。我正要出門去上學，媽媽在大門前攔住了我，問：「你今天早上鋪好床（make your bed）了嗎？我相信你沒有，一如以往。你真的必須改變這個壞習慣。」

T: 我明白了，究竟你做了，還是沒有？

K: 這就是重點。為了改變一下，今天早上我做了（即鋪好床），我對她說，「媽媽，我做了。我整理了我的床（made my bed）。但是，她繼續說：「我不相信你。不要為此編造故事（make up a story）。」然後我不得不溫柔地說：「媽媽，我真的做好了。那時我在想，我應該彌補（make it up）我犯下的錯誤，所以我下定決心（make up my mind）……嗯……從今以後我要做一個好女孩。我會整理床鋪，改掉（make good）我的每一個壞習慣。」

T: Kitty，妳令我刮目相看！趕快行動（make haste）吧。時間不早了，趕快上學去。快8點了！

K: 對。再見，Thomas。