365个英语简短小故事-266. The Way to a Man’s Heart
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：365个英语简短小故事
Lina often asked Luke to dinner. Lina loved Luke, but Luke loved Lina’s cooking, not Lina herself. Lina accepted that for the time being. But she felt that, with enough meals and enough time, she would get her man.
Luke rarely stayed more than ten minutes past the last bite of dessert. Lina would ask Luke if he wanted to watch TV, or play cards or chess, or take a walk around the neighborhood, but Luke always declined. He always said, “I’ve got to go.” They both knew that Luke didn’t have to go anywhere. All he ever did was go back to his apartment and read books or go online.
Tonight was probably going to be more of the same. But Lina was a patient woman. She loved to cook, and she loved to watch people eat her cooking. Tonight she prepared shrimp 1, fresh green beans, mashed 2 potatoes, and asparagus. Luke ate everything with gusto. Then she brought out her homemade cheesecake with vanilla 3 ice cream for dessert.
Luke asked, “Are you trying to fatten 4 me up for something? Every time I come over here, I have to eat celery and lettuce 5 for a week to get back down to my normal weight.”
“Oh, stop exaggerating,” Lina replied. “You enjoy every mouthful.”
“You’re right. I apologize. I love your cooking, and if you didn’t invite me over here, I’d be hurt and hungry.”
Lina watched contentedly 6 as Luke devoured 7 the cheesecake and ice cream. Someday, she thought, I will be his dessert.
- When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
- When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。
- two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
- Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please. 请给我盛一勺土豆泥。
- He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
- I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
- The new feed can fatten the chicken up quickly enough for market.新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以适应市场需求。
- We keep animals in pens to fatten them.我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。
- Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
- The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
- My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
- "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.