48. A Good Lesson 教訓(xùn)
I am always careless with what I am doing. My mother warns me of dangers, but I turn a deaf ear to her words. However, a fire once gave me a good lesson and made me correct my shortcomings of carelessness.
我做什么事情都心不在焉,我母親警告我這樣的危險性,但是我卻置若罔聞,然而,一場火災(zāi)教訓(xùn)了我,讓我改正了粗心的毛病。
One day my parents were out so I decided to prepare lunch for myself. As I was cooking in the kitchen, the telephone rang. I went to answer the call immediately. It was my close friend, Linda. We were talking and talking on the phone when the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the kitchen, finding the room was full of smoke and the food was badly burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opened all the windows, and then went out of the house. To my surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. One of my neighbors called the fire brigade. I told the firemen it was my careless cooking that caused the heavy smoke. I was quite a shamed of myself and made up my mind to be careful with whatever I do from then on.
一天我父母出去了,我決定自己動手。我正在廚房做飯時,電話響了,我立即去接電話,是我的好朋友琳達,我們正談著,突然警報叫了起來,我跑回廚房,發(fā)現(xiàn)里面都是煙,爐子上的飯也燒焦了。我趕快關(guān)閉煤氣伐,打開所有的窗戶,并離開房間。我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)兩輛救火車在外面,我的鄰居報了警,我告訴消防員是由于我的粗心造成了這些煙霧。我羞愧難當(dāng),暗暗決心,從此無論做什么都要小心仔細。