My infant daughter began crying as I drove home from the store, and since she was harnessed to her safety seat in the back, I couldn't console her. Stopping for a red light, I turned around and waved my hands, calling her name to distract her. I gave her my biggest smile and blew her a kiss. The sound of a horn from the car behind us prompted me to look up. The young man at the wheel was smiling broadly .He waved and then blew me a kiss.
    Notes:
    (1) harness （to）v.系于；綁于He is harnessed to his job. 他工作脫不開身。
    (2) console v.給予安慰或同情
    (3) distract v.轉(zhuǎn)移注意力；使分心
    (4) prompt v.驅(qū)使
    (5) the man at the wheel駕駛員
    (6) broadly adv.咧嘴地
    Exercises:
    根據(jù)短文填空：
    ① My infant daughter began_____ as I drove home from the store.
    ② And since she was harnessed_____ her safety seat in the back, I couldn't console her.
    ③ Stopping _____a red light, I turned around and waved my hands, calling her name to distract her.
    ④ I gave her my biggest smile and her a kiss.
    ⑤ The young man _____the wheel was smiling broadly.
    駕車的小伙子
    從商場開車回家的路上，我的小寶貝女兒開始哭鬧起來。由于她被套在后面的安全座里，所以我無法安慰她。紅燈停車的時候，我轉(zhuǎn)過身來，對她擺手，叫她的名字來引她。我給她以滿臉笑容，并給她一個飛吻。從我們車后傳來的喇叭聲立刻使我抬頭望去。駕車的小伙子正對我咧著大嘴笑。他向我擺手并給了我一個飛吻。
    練習參考答案：
    ① crying ② to ③ for ④ blew ⑤ at