The Third Operation 第三次手術

　　The patient was recovering after an operation. His friend came to visit him and asked how he was getting along.

　　一位病人做完一個手術回到病房，他的朋友來看望他并問他感覺怎么樣。

　　"Well," the patient began, "after my first operation they had to cut me open again. The doctor had to take out the sponge left in me." "But you got over it all right?"

　　“哎，”這位病人說，“第一次手術后他們又給我開了一刀，因為醫(yī)生要取出忘在我體內的紗布.”“但是你挺過來了?”

　　"Oh, yes. Only I had another operation yesterday. They found that they had operated on the wrong part."

　　“噢，是的，只是他們昨天又給我開了一刀，因為他們發(fā)現(xiàn)開刀開錯了地方。”

　　"Thank God. You're all right now, though," the friend said encouragingly.

　　“感謝上帝，你現(xiàn)在總算沒事了 。”朋友安慰他說。

　　At that time the doctor came in saying, "Has anyone seen my hat around here? I left it somewhere yesterday."

　　正在這時醫(yī)生進來說：“誰在這兒看見我的帽子了?我昨天把它忘在什么地方了。”

一起學單詞

　　1、 sponge
n.海綿，海綿狀的東西;v.用海綿擦拭，吸收掉， 抹掉

　　例句：

　　The child is screwing water out of a sponge.小孩正把海綿中的水擠出來。

　　You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.你該努力抹除那次事故的記憶。

　　2、encouragingly
adv.鼓勵地，勉勵人地;

　　例句：

　　Encouragingly, this is further evidence of beijing's gradual move towards allowing the market to set prices for energy. 令人鼓舞的是，這是中國政府逐步允許市場對能源進行定價進展的又一明證。