英語故事：False Alarm 錯誤的警告

　　Years ago while attending a dinner party hosted by some friends of mine the hostess served a meal with this delicious mushroom sauce. After the meal there was a small amount left over and the hostess decided to allow her pregnant cat to enjoy the treat as well as the guests. The guests all felt it was a great gesture and showed the cat was a member of the family.

　　The sauce was the highlight of the evening's topic of conversation, everyone commented on how delicious it was, and the hostess beamed at all the compliments. One of the guest commented that toadstools were much like mushrooms except for being toxic, and how funny it would be if such a culinary treat were made from that instead.

　　As if on cue, the pet cat started crying and squirming on the floor, clutching its belly. The hostess exclaimed, "Oh my God, it's the mushroom sauce!"

　　We all went to the emergency room in a mad rush, and had our stomachers pumped after telling them we had eaten poisonous mushrooms. This was an extremely unpleasant experience.

　　We got back, the cat was lying on the floor peacefully looking up at us, and had given birth to kittens.

　　多年前，我參加了一個朋友組織的晚餐聚會，女主人拿出她親手做的美味的蘑菇沙司來款待我們。 晚飯過后，還剩下一些沙司，因此女主人決定讓她那懷孕的貓也像客人們一樣享受這美味。在座的客人都感覺，這個偉大的舉動表明這只貓就仿佛是家里的一員一樣。

　　沙司成為最受歡迎的話題，大家都說沙司簡直太美味了。因為受到夸獎，女主人露出了微笑。其中一個客人說傘菌像極了蘑菇，只是有毒而已，假如用它來款待大家，那簡直是太可笑了。

　　仿佛有了暗示一樣，那只寵物貓開始在地板上又叫又滾，并且不停地撓自己的肚子。女主人說道：“噢，我的上帝啊，它剛吃了蘑菇沙司呀!”

　　我們所有的人立即趕往急診室，并告訴醫(yī)生我們吃了毒蘑菇。我們都被洗了胃。這可真是一次令人感覺沮喪的經(jīng)歷。

　　從醫(yī)院回來以后，那只貓平靜地躺在地板上望著我們，它生小貓了!

　　decided

　　adj.決定了的，堅決的;明顯的，明確的

　　參考例句：

　　This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢。

　　There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國人和中國人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。

　　toxic

　　adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

　　參考例句：

　　The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.這家工廠意外泄漏大量有毒廢物到海中。

　　There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化學物質(zhì)可能會進入大氣層。

　　belly

　　n.肚子，腹部;(像肚子一樣)鼓起的部分，膛

　　參考例句：

　　The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。

　　His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼饞肚飽。