137. A Branch Office
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
A man was standing 1 at a corner, with a hat in each hand, waiting for handouts 3. A passer-by stopped and dropped a coin in one hat, then asked, "What's the other hat for?"
"Business has been so tremendous lately. " the man replied. " that I decided 4 to open a branch office . "
Notes:
(2) tremendous adj.极好的
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The man was sitting at a comer.
② Before the man, there were two hats on the ground
③ The man was waiting for a certain person.
④ The passer-by put a coin in each of the two hats
⑤ The man would really open a branch office.
137.分店
一个人站在墙角处，两手各托一顶帽子，乞求施舍。有个路过的行人停下来，往一顶帽子里扔了一枚硬币，然后问道：“另一顶帽子是干什么用的？”
“近来生意兴隆，我决定开一个分店，”那人答道。
练习参考答案：
①F②F③F④F⑤F
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
- His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。