时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:英语复述材料-第三辑


英语课

The priest 1 had to take services in several churches every Sunday, and one of them was in the center of a big city where there were lots of offices but very few people lived, so hardly anyone ever went to this church on the Sunday. The priest used to go to the church by taxi. And one Sunday, he arrived as usual, and told the taxi driver to wait while he read the service. When he entered the church, he found that there was only one man there, so he enquired 2 whether he would be willing to have a shorten 3 service. "No", replied the man firmly and without any hesitation 4, "I'd like to have the full service without missing anything." When the priest said the last prayer and left, he discovered that the man in the church had been his taxi driver, whose wait had added up the expense thoughout the service.



No answer these questions,



1. why did few people go to the church in this story?



2. How did the priest get there?



3. Why did he want to shorten the service



4. Why did the man in the church not want



1 priest
n.神父,牧师,司铎,司祭,领导者,神甫;vt.使成为神职人员
  • He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
  • The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。
2 enquired
打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问
  • He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
  • Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。
3 shorten
vt.弄短,缩小,减少
  • Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
  • My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了,我得把它截短些。
4 hesitation
n.犹豫,踌躇
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
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