Yes, the younger boy answered immediately.
Go ahead, said the man, his heart in his throat.
Can we, his son asked, have new baseball gloves?
Notes:
the facts of life（口，委婉语）性常识（比如讲给孩子们听的）
check out挑选出；筛选出
stumble4 v.结结巴巴地说话
Exercises:
依据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The wife was expecting their fourth child.
② The father decided to tell his two sons the real meaning of life.
③ The father went to the bookstore to buy several books.
④ The father felt shamed to have told the sons about the subject.
⑤ The two sons didn't understand what the father had said actually.
65.小小的意料之外
当老婆要生第三胎时，爸爸决定给分别已七岁和九岁的两个儿子讲关于性的常识。他从图书馆查出几本书，都是关于爸爸妈妈怎么样涉及这个话题的。在结结巴巴地讲解一番后，他长出了一口气，然后说：好了，孩子们，有哪些问题吗？
有，小儿子立即回答。
问吧，父亲说，心提到了嗓子眼儿。
大家，儿子问道，可以得到新棒球手套了吗？
训练参考答案：
①F②F③F④T⑤T
