时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  I accompanied my eight-month-pregnant 1 wife to her monthly checkup . We boarded the hospital's elevator to go to the appropriate floor. The only other passenger was an elderly man who studied intently 2 and then said, "Boy."



  Without another word, he got off at his floor. I was about to tell my wife how strange I thought he was acting 3 when suddenly I realized she was wearing a T-shirt sporting the "Guess?" logo.



Notes:



  (1) accompany v.伴随;陪伴



  (2) pregnant adj.怀孕的



  (3) appropriate adj.适当的



  (4) intently adv.专心地



  (5) T-shirt n.T恤衫



  (6) logo n.标语



Exercises:



根据短文判断下列问题正(T)、误(F):



  ① The wife had been pregnant for six months.



  ② The man accompanied his wife to the hospital for a checkup.



  ③ The only other passenger was an elderly woman.



  ④ The elderly person had a brief look at the pregnant woman and said it was a boy.



  ⑤ The elderly person made a guess because she was wearing a T shirt with the "Guess ?" loge.



46.你不要知道吗



  我陪伴怀孕八个月的妻子去月查。我们上了医院的电梯去某个楼层。唯一的另外乘客是一位上了年纪的男子。他专注地看着我妻子,然后说:“男孩。”



  直到他到了自己的楼层,他再没说话。我刚要告诉我妻子那个男子是多么奇怪,这时我突然意识到她穿着一件T恤运动衫,上面写着“猜猜看?”标语。



练习参考答案:



①F②T③F④F⑤T



adj.怀孕的,怀胎的
  • She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
  • She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。
adv.专心致志地,注意力集中地
  • He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression. 他认真地注视着她的脸,捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。
  • He was looking at her intently but she stared him out. 他专注地看着她,可她盯得他移开了目光。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
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