时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


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  Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh 1 Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum 2 jelly 3 and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.



  As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.



  "Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."



Notes:



  (1) frequent adj.经常的



  (2) technologist n.技师



  (3) harsh adj.恶劣的



  (4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的



  (5) petroleum n.凡士林



  (6) jelly n.霜



  (7) shower v.洗淋浴



Exercises:



根据短文回答下列问题:



  ① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?



  ② Why was her skin very dry?



  ③ What did she rub her hands with one night?



  ④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?



  ⑤ What did the husband do in response?



86.回应



  我是医药技师,在工作中频繁地洗手,再加上阿拉斯加的恶劣天气,使我的皮肤非常干燥。一天晚上,我准备睡觉前用凡士林霜搓了手并带上一双旧白色手套。



  我坐在床上戴着手套读书,我丈夫洗完澡走进来。他擦干身子,走到壁橱选了一条领带开始带上。“你在干什么?”我问。



  “哦,”他回答说,“既然你想正式点,我也想这样。”



练习参考答案:



  ① Because her job was as a medical technologist.



  ② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very



  ③ Petroleum jelly.



  ④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.



  ⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.



adj.严厉(酷)的,刺耳的,刺目的,毛糙的
  • The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
  • Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻,但有建设性。
n.原油,石油
  • The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
n.冻,果子冻,胶状物
  • We had toast and jelly at breakfast.我们早餐吃的是烤面包和果冻。
  • The medicine was a clear jelly.这种药是透明的胶状物。
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