时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课

  Once I received a thank-you note from a friend whom I had helped. In the envelope were five lottery 1 tickets that had been scratched, revealing the numbers. "Thank you very much for your help," the note read. "As a gift, I bought you some lottery tickets- sorry you didn't win. "


Notes:


  (1) lottery n.彩票


  (2) scratch v.刮


  (3) reveal v.显出


Exercises:


根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):


  ① The author received a thank-you note from one of his relatives.


  ② The author had helped one of his friends.


  ③ In the envelope were six lottery tickets.


  ④ The lottery tickets were given to the author as a gift.


  ⑤ The lottery tickets had not been scratched.


133.一封感谢信


  有一次,我收到一封感谢信,是一个我曾帮助过的朋友寄来的。信封内有五张彩票,都被刮过了,露出了数字。“非常感谢您的帮助,”信上写道,“作为礼物,我给您买了些彩票----真遗憾,您没中奖。”


练习参考答案:


①F②T③F④T⑤F



1 lottery
n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
  • He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
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