requirement is to make sure
that the students are putting in enough time.
4 one child practiced for several hours, but the parent
mistook for only 17 minutes.
5 from the passage we can infer that the parent is not keen
on music.
15.犹如几个时辰
作为一个小学的乐队指挥，为了确保学生投入足够的时间练习，我
要求他们上交由他们父母签字的练习单。可是有一次，一位家长的签字
把我逗乐了。练习单上写着：“练习了17 分钟，但犹如几个时辰。”
16. mother's feet
to prevent our dog, lacy, from pestering visitors to our house,
my mother often massaged her as she lounged beneath the kitchen
table, her favorite resting spot. one day a contractor came over
to talk about a home-improvement project. as he and my mother sat
across the table discussing the renovations, my mother slipped off
her shoes and mindlessly soothed lacy with her feet. my mother had
been talking for about a half-hour when to her great embarrassment
she heard lacy bark outside the front door.
notes:
(1) prevent （from）v.避免；阻止
(2) pester v.使苦恼；困扰
(3) massage v.按摩；揉捏
(4) lounge v.懒洋洋地坐着或站着
(5) contractor n.承包商
(6) improvement n.改进；改善
(7) renovation n.修复；修理
(8) slip off 滑脱；掉
(9) mindlessly adv.不注意地
(10) soothe v.抚慰；使镇静
(11) embarrassment n.局促；不安
exercises:
根据短文回答问题：
1 what kind of a dog was lacy?
2 what did the mother often do to make visitors feel at home?
3 who came one day? what for?
4 how long had the mother been talking when she felt greatly
embarrassed?
5 why did she feel embarrassed?
16.母亲的脚
为避免我们的狗，莱希，纠缠来访的客人，我母亲常在爱犬喜欢呆
的地方，即餐桌下面，摩昵它。一天，一个建筑商来谈居室装潢工程。
在这人和我母亲坐在餐桌边谈居室的修茸时，我母亲滑脱了她的鞋子，
开始不经意地用脚摩蹭起莱希来。谈话进行了半个小时的时候，我母亲
突然感到很不好意思起来，因为这时她听到了莱希在前门外的犬吠声。
17. i want to get out
a bar owner locked up his place at 2 a. m. and went home to
sleep. he had been in bed only a few minutes when the phone rang."
what time do you open up in the morning ?" he heard an obviously
inebriated man inquire.
the owner was so furious, he slammed down the receiver and went
back to bed. a few minutes later there was another call and he heard
the same voice ask the same question. "listen," the owner
shouted ,"there's no sense in asking me what time i open because
i wouldn't let a person in your condition in-"
"i don't want to get in," the caller interjected. "i want to
get out
notes:
(1) obviously adv. 明显的(3) slam v. 砰然放下
(2) inebriated adj. 酒醉的(4) interject v. 突然插话
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1a bar owner locked ______ his place at 2 a. m. and went home
to sleep.
2 he heard an obviously ______ man inquire.
3 the owner was so furious, he _______ down the receiver and
went back to bed.
4 a few minutes later there was another call and he heard
the____ voice ask the ______question.
5 there is no ______in asking me what time i open.
17.我要出去
在凌晨两点，酒吧店主锁了店门，回家睡觉。他刚躺下几分钟，这
时电话响了。“你早上几点营业？”他听到一位明显已醉醺醺的男子的
声音。
店主非常气愤，砰地一声挂上电话又上床去睡。几分钟后又有一个
电话，他听到还是那个声音问同样的问题。“听着，”店主嚷道，“不
要问我什么时候营业，因为我不会让你这种人进——”
“我不是想进来，”那人打断他的话，“我要出去。”
18.nest and hair
my sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of
her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the
classroom.
"what kind of bird?" my sister asked.
"i didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the
child.
"then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister
encouraged her .
"well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "
notes:
(1) inform v.告诉
(2) nest n.窝；巢
(3) description n.描述
(4) encourage v.鼓励
(5) resemble v. 相似；类似
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、误（f）：
1 the teacher was told by a boy student that a bird had built
a nest in the tree outside the classroom.
2 the teacher was greatly surprised when she heard the news.
3 the child told the teacher where the bird had gone.
4 the teacher wanted to seize the chance to get the child to
learn how to describe a thing.
(5) the child did give a vivid description.
18.鸟窝与头发
我姐姐是一位小学老师。一次一个学生告诉她说一只鸟儿在教室外
的树上垒了个窝。
“是什么鸟呢？”我姐姐问她。
“我没看到鸟儿，老师，只看到鸟窝。”那孩子回答说。
“那么，你能给我们描述一下这个鸟巢吗？”我姐姐鼓励她道。
“哦，老师，就像你的头发一样。”
19. i never work after supper
a penny-pinching farmer didn't want his hired hand to stop
working. one morning, he told the farmhand, "it's such a nuisance
to come in from the field,, wash up for lunch and take time to eat.
why don't we save time and eat lunch now?"
the hired man agreed. the farm's wife brought in some cold meat
and fried potatoes, and the two men ate again.
when they had finished, the cheap famer said, "while we're
still at the table, let's have supper too. " they were now served
steak, boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables, and they ate once
more.
"now that the meals are out of the way, " the farmer announced,
we can go out and work all day without interruption. "
"oh, no, " the farmhand answered. " i never work after supper.
notes:
(1) penny-pinching adj.吝啬的
(2) hired hand n. 帮手
(3) nuisance n. 讨厌的事物、人、行为等
(4) wash up 洗
(5) be out of the way 解决某事
(6) interruption n.打断某人
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1how many people did the farmer hire to work