车，dos，c
冒号”等等，我挂上电话发现那位维修工在盯着我。“女士，”他问，
“你是个间谍吗？”
94.a bad impression
my husband and i are both writers. during dinner conversations,
we often tell our children about our working days. it wasn't clear
how much they absorbed until one day i overheard my seven-year
old, lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old sister,
charlotte, "you, you... you editor!"
notes:
(1) impression n.印象
(2) absorb v.吸收（知识等）
(3) overhear v.偶然听到
(4) frustration n.挫折
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 the woman and her husband are both journalists.
2 the parents try to educate their children during dinner.
3 lucy is the youngest of the children.
4 lucy had a quarrel with charlotte.
5 to lucy, "editor" means a bad person
94.坏印象
我丈夫和我都是作家。晚夕谈话中，我们经常给孩子们谈到我们的
工作。没人清楚他们听懂了多少。直到有一天，我偶然听到七岁的女儿
卢希烦恼地向她五岁的妹妹喊道：“你，你——你这个编辑！”.
95.lose one pound
i complimented one of my co-workers on having lost ten pounds.
however, i couldn't resist bragging that when i was 17, 1 weighed
225 pounds and today i tip the scales at 224. 1 added, "that's not
bad for a man my age."
overhearing this, a woman remarked, "you mean to say it took
you all this time to lose one pound?"
notes:
(1) compliment (sb. on sth. ) v.恭维；称赞
(2) brag v.自夸；夸耀
(3) tip the scale at 称量
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 how much had the man's co-worker lost in weight?
a. one pound
b. ten pounds
c. seventeen pounds
d. eleven pounds
2 what was the man's attitude towards his cc,-worker having
lost in his weight?
a. jealous
b. unconcerned
c. admiring
d. worried
3 how much did the man weigh when he was 17?
a. 224 pounds
b. 225 pounds
c. 223 pounds
d. 222 pounds
4 "tip the scales at" in paragraph one possibly means_____ .
a. weigh
b. make a tip for scales
c. weigh more than
d. weigh less than
5 how did the man feel on his losing one pound?
a. disappointed
b. pround
c. ashamed
d. puzzled
95.减掉一磅
我称赞我的一个同事减肥10 磅。可是，我禁不住夸耀说我17 岁时，
体重225 磅，而目前体重是224 磅。我还说：“这对我这样年龄的男子
来说，是不错的。”
一个女子听到了这些话，她说道：“你是说你花了这么长时间才减
了1 磅？”
96.older goats in america
a group of americans were traveling by tour bus through holland.
as they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through
the process of cheese making, explaining that goats' milk was used.
she showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were
grazing. these, she explained, were the older goats put out to
pasture when they no longer produced. she then asked, "what do you
do with your older goats in america?"
a spry old genleman answered, "they send us on bus tours!"
notes:
(1) hillside n. 山坡
(2) graze v.（指牛羊等）吃青草
(3) put out 把.送到外面去
(4) pasture n.牧场
(5) spry adj.活泼的
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 the group of americans were travelling by train.
2 they visited a cheese farm.
3 the young guide told them that cattle milk was used to make
cheese.
4 older goats were put out to pasture when they no longer
produced milk.
5 the old gentleman was making a joke.
96.美国老羊
一群美国人乘长途汽车在荷兰旅游。他们在一个奶酪场停下来。一
位年轻的导游带他们参观了奶酪制作的全过程，解释说用的是羊奶。
她指给这群人一个美丽的山坡，山坡上许多羊在吃草。对这些，她
解释说，是放逐草地的老羊，它们已不能再产奶。她然后问道：“在美
国你们怎样处理老羊呢？”
一位活泼的老绅士回答说：“他们让我们乘车旅行！”
97. the stories are still in them
during a visit to my mother' s home, i joined her in the living
room to talk, read and watch television. facing a bookcase that
has been in the same spot since i was a child, i let my eyes wander
over the familiar volumes, many of which now have faded covers and
frayed bindings.
"these books look so sad," i remarked. "maybe we should go
through them and toss some."
my mother stood up and went over to the shelves. she took down
several books, turned a few pages and replaced them. then she
returned to her chair and quietly said, 'they are just fine. the
stories are still in them.
notes:
(1) bookcase n.书架
(2) wander v.漫游；徘徊
(3) faded adj.退色的
(4) frayed adj.磨破的
(5) go through 检查；搜查
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1 i let my eyes_____ the familiar volumes.
2 many of them now have_____ covers and _____bindings.
3 maybe we should go them and toss some.
4 my mother stood up and went_____ to the shelves.
5 she took _____several books, turned a few pages and replaced
them.
97.故事还在里面
我回娘家期间，我和母亲一起在起居室里交谈、读书、看电视。对
面是一个从我孩童时代就原地未动的书架。我的眼睛看着那些熟悉的卷
册，其中许多都已封面褪色、书脊磨破了。
“这些书看起来真惨，”我说，“或许我们应该翻检一下，扔掉一
些。”
母亲站起来，走到书架处。她拿下几本书，翻了几页又重新放了回
去。然后她坐回到椅子上，平静地说：“很好，故事还都在里面。”
98.back up two miles
a farmer and his son, traveling by horse and buggy up a narrow
lane, met a motorist going the other way. there was no room to pass
for two miles in either direction. the motorist, in hurry, honked
his horn .
"if you don't back up," said the farmer, rolling up his sleeves,
i won't like what i'm going to have to do." the surprised driver
put his car in reverse and backed up two miles, allowing the horse
and buggy to go by.
"what was it you wouldn't have liked to have done back there?"
asked the