新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)詳解第54課:Sticky fingers

Lesson 54: Sticky fingers

粘糊的手指

First listen and then answer the question.

聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。

What two interruptions did the writer have?

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)

sticky adj. 粘的

finger n. 手指

pie n. 餡餅

mix v. 混合，拌和

pastry n. 面糊

annoying adj. 惱人的

receiver n. 電話(huà)的話(huà)筒

dismay v. 失望，泄氣

recognize v. 認(rèn)出，聽(tīng)出

persuade v. 說(shuō)服，勸說(shuō)

mess n. 亂七八糟

doorknob n. 門(mén)把手

sign v. 簽字

register v. 掛號(hào)郵寄

參考譯文

早飯后，我送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。我回到家時(shí)，時(shí)間還早。孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué)，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。于是我決定做些肉餡餅。不一會(huì)兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿(mǎn)了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此時(shí)，電話(huà)鈴響了。沒(méi)有什么能比這更煩人了。我用兩個(gè)沾滿(mǎn)面糊的手指捏起了話(huà)筒。當(dāng)聽(tīng)出是海倫.貝茨的聲音時(shí)，非常喪氣。我用了10分鐘的時(shí)間才說(shuō)服她過(guò)會(huì)兒再來(lái)電話(huà)。我終于掛上了話(huà)筒。真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話(huà)機(jī)上以及門(mén)的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我剛回到廚房，門(mén)鈴又響了起來(lái)，響聲足以把死人喚醒。這次是郵遞員，他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!