What's puberty

时间：2011-11-04 01:37:26

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One evening, in the midst¹ of dinner preparation, our 10-year-old daughter asked, "Mommy, what's puberty?" My wife was rushed at the moment, so she suggested that Peggy look up the word in the dictionary, after which they could talk about it.

A few minutes later, Peggy returned. Her mother asked what the dictionary had said. "Puberty means," announced Peggy, "the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children."

"What do you think of that?" my wife asked.

"I'm not sure," Peggy relied². "I've always been able to bear children. It's adults I can't bear".

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1 midst
n.中部，中间，当中
参考例句：
The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。 There is a thief in our midst.我们当中有小偷。

2 relied
信任( rely的过去式和过去分词 )；信赖；依赖；依靠
参考例句：
They cannot be relied on to offer much support or advice. 不能指望他们提供很多支持和意见。 He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis. 他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。