A woman was having some trouble with her heart, so she went to see the doctor. He was a new doctor, and did not know her. So he first asked some questions, and one of them was:"How old are you?"
一位婦女的心臟有問題,所以她去看醫(yī)生。這是一位新醫(yī)生,他對她不了解。所以他先問了一些問題,其中一個是:“你幾歲了?”
"Well," she answered:"I don't remember, doctor, but I will try to think. "She thought for a minute and then said,"Yes. I remember now, doctor! When I married, I was eighteen years old, and my husband was thirty. Now my husband is sixty, I know. And that is twice thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That is thirty-six, isn't it? "
“唔,”她回答:“我不記得了,醫(yī)生,但我會試著去想。”她想了一會兒說,“是的,我記起來了,醫(yī)生!我結(jié)婚的時候,我是18歲,我的丈夫是30歲。現(xiàn)在我知道丈夫60歲了。那正好是30的兩倍。所以我也是18的兩倍。那就是36歲,不是嗎?”
注釋:
twice adv. 兩次;兩倍
例句:She does for us twice a week.
她每周兩次來幫我們做家務(wù)。
Text B Could I Speak to Jim, Please?
A: Hello, 332440.
A:你好,332440.
B: Oh hello, Sally. This is Dave Thomson here. Could I speak to Jim please?
B:哦,你好,Sally。我是Dave Thomson。請讓Jim接電話好嗎?
A: I'm afraid he's not in at the moment Dave. He went out about an hour ago and he's not back yet.
A:恐怕現(xiàn)在他不在,Dave。他1個小時前出去了到現(xiàn)在還沒回來。
B: Any idea when he might be back?
B:知道他大概什么時候回來嗎?
A: Well, he shouldn't be long. He said he was just going to get some paint. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's stopped off at the pub on the way back.
A:嗯,他應該快回來了,他說他只是出去買些顏料。不過如果他在回來路上去酒吧逗留,我也不會驚訝。
B: OK, well, tell him I've called, will you? And I'll try again later.
B:好吧,嗯,告訴他我來過電話好嗎?我晚些會再打過來。
A: All right. Goodbye, Dave.
A:好的,再見,Dave。
B: Thanks, then Sally, goodbye.
B:謝謝Sally,再見。
注釋:
stop off 中途停留
例句:We can stop off half way to have our lunch.
我們可以在半路上停車吃午飯。
復述:
• Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.
Accident
The river, you see, was never really safe at that time of the year- early autumn, I mean, when there is heavy rainfall. So when I heard the children had gone swimming, as they used to all spring and summer, I knew there might be an awful accident. And when they came home late without little Katie, I guessed what had happened.