2.High School English Reading Listening

Joe and Helen Mills had two small children. One was six and the other four. They always resisted going to bed, and Helen was always complaining (抱怨) about this and asking Joe for help. But as he did not come home until after they had gone, to bed during the week, he was unable to help except at weekends.
　　Joe considered himself a good singer, but really his voice was not at all musical. However, he decided that, if he sang to the children when they went to bed, it would help them to relax, and they would soon go to sleep.
　　He did this every Saturday and Sunday night until he heard his small son whispered to his younger sister, “If you pretend that you’re asleep, he stops.”
译文：
乔和海伦-米尔斯有两个小孩。一个六岁，另一个四岁。他们总是不愿意上床睡觉，海伦总是为此抱怨，并向乔寻求帮助。但是，由于他在他们上床后才回家，所以除了周末，他无法帮忙。
　　乔认为自己是个好歌手，但实际上他的声音根本就没有音乐感。然而，他决定，如果他在孩子们睡觉时给他们唱歌，这将有助于他们放松，他们很快就会入睡。
　　他每个星期六和星期天晚上都这样做，直到他听到他的小儿子对他的妹妹低声说："如果你假装睡着了，他就会停下来。"
重点词汇：
抱怨 complain ; grumble ; murmur at
did not 没有 ; 未 ; 的缩写
come home 回家 ; 归乡 ; 回国
at weekends 在周末 ; 每逢周末 ; 生在周末
at all 完全 ; 全然 ; 一点 ; 全然，根本，究竟
go to sleep 去睡觉
younger sister 妹妹 ; 阿妹 ; 小妹妹