Eve is excited to go to her first Dylan Wyman concert in New York. Dylan Wyman is Eve's favorite singer. In fact, Eve tells her mother Jeannine, Dylan Wyman is her favorite person!
When they are about halfway to New York, Jeannine hears a weird noise. "Oh no," she says, realizing that they have a flat tire.
There isn't much room on the side of the road, but Jeannine pulls the car over and climbs out. Sure enough, their right rear tire is completely flat.
Jeanine opens the trunk to get the jack and the spare tire. Traffic continues to whiz by at seventy miles per hour.
"Mom, are we going to die?" Eve asks. She is really scared.
"Don't worry honey, I'll be quick," Jeannine says as she starts to jack up the car.
"Wow Mom, how do you know how to do this?" Eve is shocked at her mother's secret talent.
Then Jeannine takes off the flat tire.
"Wow Mom, how do you know how to do that?" Eve asks in wonder.
Jeannine just laughs. Then she puts the spare tire on. Eve says, "Mom, who are you?"
The entire tire change takes only 10 minutes. They both climb back into the car and Jeannine says, "I'm so sorry honey, but we can't drive all the way to Albany on this spare tire. We're going to have to stop and buy a new tire. We might be late for your concert."
"That's okay, Mom," Eve says, "You're my favorite person now!"
THE END
【关键词】
1、 concert （n.）音乐会
2、 weird（adj.）古怪的
3、 tire （n.）轮胎
4、 room （n,）空间
5、 pull over （phr.）路边停车
6、 rear（adj.）后面的
7、 whiz by（phr.）呼啸而过
8、 trunk （n,）后备箱
9、 jack （n.）千斤顶
10、 talent （n.）才能
【译文】秘密本事
夏娃非常激动，这是她首次去听迪伦・韦曼在纽约举办的音乐会。 迪伦・韦曼是夏娃最喜欢的歌星。事实上，夏娃对母亲珍妮说了，迪伦・韦曼是她最喜欢的人！
在去纽约的路上，她们刚走了大约一半的路程，珍妮听到一种奇怪的声音。 “哦，不，”她说，她意识到她们的车子爆胎了。
尽管路边没有太多空间，珍妮还是将车子停靠路旁，从车里走出来。果然不出所料，车子的右后轮胎完全没气了。
珍妮打开后备箱，取出千斤顶和备用轮胎。旁边的车辆以七十英里的时速呼啸而过。
“妈妈，我们会死吗？”夏娃问道。她真的很害怕。
“别担心，亲爱的，很快就好，”珍妮边说边用千斤顶将车子顶起来。
“哇，妈妈，你还会干这个？”夏娃对母亲的秘密本事感到震惊。
然后珍妮卸下了爆胎。
“哇，妈妈，你还会干这个？”夏娃好奇地问道。
珍妮只是笑了笑。然后她把备胎换上了。夏娃说，“妈妈，你令人刮目相看！”
整个轮胎更换只用了10分钟。她俩又坐回车里，珍妮说，“很抱歉，亲爱的，我们不能用这个备用轮胎一路开到奥尔巴尼。我们一会儿得停车买一个新轮胎。你的那个演唱会，我们可能会迟到。“
“没关系，妈妈，”夏娃说，“现在你才是我最喜欢的人！”
（完）
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