时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


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  At the cleaner's, I noticed the sign "In by 10 a. m. , out by 5 p. m. " so I told the owner that I wanted to pick my clothing up at five. "it won't be ready," he said.



  "But your sign says, 'In by 10 a. m. , out by 5 p. m.'," I reminded him.



  "Oh," he replied, "that means 1 me.



Notes:



  remind v.提醒



Exercises:



根据短文回答下列问题:



  ① Where was the author?



  ② What did he notice?



  ③ What did the sign say?



  ④ What request did the author make to the owner?



  ⑤ What effect did the sign have?



80.招客有方



  在洗衣店,我看到招牌上写着:“上午10点进,下午5点出。”因此我就告诉店主我想在下午5点取衣。“下午5点还不能取,”他说。



  “但是你的牌子上写着:‘上午10点进,下午5点出’,”我提醒他说。



  “哦,”他回答说,“那指的是我。”



练习参考答案:



    ① He was at the cleaner's.



  ② He noticed a sign.



  ③ It said: "In by 10 a. m. , out by 5 P. M.



  ④ He told the owner that he wanted to collect his clothing at five.



  ⑤ The sign had the power of inducing 2.



n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
产生诱导作用的
  • The doctors attempted to reduce his high fever by inducing diarrhea with a purgative. 医生们尝试用通便药物催泻以使他退烧。
  • The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion, and are only alike in their ineffectuality. 人为的催眠法多不胜举,唯一的相同处是全都无效。
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