y.
128.我要让她发疯
福林德斯夫人决定让人给她画肖像。她告诉那位肖像画家说：“画
我带着钻石耳环、钻石项链、祖母绿手镯，还有红宝石垂饰。”
“但你现在没带这其中的任何一样饰品。”
“我知道。”福林德斯夫人说，“万一我先我丈夫死去，我肯定他
会立刻再婚。我要让那个女人为寻找这些珠宝而发疯。”
129. an ad
after a beautiful purebred puppy wandered onto our back porch
and made himself at home, my husband composed an ad for the "lost
and found" column of the local newspaper. it read: "a puppy, male,
approximately nine months old, no collar, very friendly, found on
rockbridge road. "
i feared all the detail might encourage an unscrupulous person
to claim the dog.as i methodically explained why each clue revealed
too much, my husband dutifully crossed out the words. finally, in
frustration, he rewrote the ad, reducing it to a single sentence
that i couldn't refute.
it read: "guess what i found?"
notes:
(1) purebred adj.纯种的(8) methodically adj.有条不紊地
(2) puppy adj.小狗；幼犬(9) clue n.线索
(3) porch n.门廊(10) reveal v.透露
(4) compose v.构思；作(11) dutifully adv.尽职地
(5) approximately adv.将近(12) cross out 画横线以删除
(6) cellar n.项圈(13) frustration n.挫折
(7) unscrupulous adj.无耻的；(14) refute v.反驳
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1 a beautiful puppy wandered _____ our back porch.
2 he _____ himself at home.
3 my husband _____ an ad for the "lost and found" column of
the local newspaper.
4 i feared all the detail might encourage an unscruplous
person to_____ the dog.
5 my husband dutifully crossed _____the words.
129.广告
一只漂亮的纯种狗来到我们的后门廊并已此为家了。我丈夫为当地
的“失物招领”栏目构思了一则广告。它是这样写的：“小狗，雄性，
近九个月年龄，无项圈，很友善，发现于石桥路。”
我害怕这样的细节会给那些昧着良心要狗的人以可乘之机。我有条
不紊地解释为什么每个线索都透露得太多，我丈夫就尽职地划去一些
词。终于，出于为难，他重新写了广告，把它缩为一个我无法反驳的句
子。
它是这样写的：“猜猜我发现了什么？”
130. wedding or not
uncle frank, at 79, was a healthy and wealthy man, a lifelong
bachelor. he courted a lot, he said, but "never boiled over-just
simmered." on a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country
to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends.
upon his return he exclaimed, "whew! thank goodness i never
married any of those women - they're al i widows now!
notes:
(1) bachelor n.单身汉
(2) court v.向求爱；追求
(3) boil over 沸腾而溢出（本文指全身心地投入付出）
(4) simmer v.（做菜时）煨（本文指见好就收）
(5) whim n.一时的兴致；奇想
(6) look up 探访
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 uncle frank was very wealthy but poor in health.
2 uncle frank never married in his life.
3 he had chased many girls, but had not married any of them.
4 he suddenly had an idea of visiting his old girlfriends.
5 he thought if he had married any of those girls, he wouldn't
have lived so long.
130.要否结婚
弗兰克叔叔七十八岁了，富有而健康。他是个终生单身汉。他曾追
求过很多女孩，但“从不过热——见好就收”。一天他突发奇想，决定
四处走走，去看看他那些接近一打的旧时女友。
他回来即叹道：“嘘！谢天谢地幸亏我没娶那些女人中的任何一个。
如今她们都成寡妇了！”
131.ways to report death
two brothers, herbert and james, lived with their mother and
a cat named edgar. james was particularly attached to the cat, and
when he had to leave town for several days, he left herbert
meticulous instructions about the pet' s care. at the end of this
first day away. james telephoned his brother. "how is edgar?"
"edgar is dead." herbert answered. there was a pause. then
james said, "herbert, you're insensitive, you know how close i was
to edgar -you should have broken the news to me slowly. when i asked
about edgar tonight, you should have said, 'edgar's on the roof ,
but i have cal led the f ire department to get him down - ' and
tomorrow when i called, you could have said the firwere having
trouble getting edgar down, but you were hopeful they would succeed.
then when i called the third time, you could have told me that the
fire-men have done their best, but unfortunately edgar had fallen
off the roof and was at the veterinarian's. then when i called the
last time, you could have said that although everything possible
had been done for edgar, he had died. that's the way a sensitive
man would have told me about edgar. and, oh, before i forget," james
added, "how is mother?"
"oh," herbert said, pausing for a moment, "she' s on the roof."
notes:
(1) particularly adv.特别地
(2) be attached to 为爱或感情所束缚；爱慕；依恋
(3) meticulous adj.仔细的
(4) insensitive adj.感觉迟钝的
(5) fire department 消防部
(6) have trouble doing 做某事有困难
(7) unfortunately adj.不幸地
(8) veterinarian n.兽医（常可写为vet）
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 how many people were there in the family?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
2 who was greatly attached to the cat?
a. herbert
b. james
c. the mother
d. edgar
3 what did james ask herbert to do when he had to leave town
for several days?
a. to take good care of edgar
b. to take good care of his mother
c. to take good care of himself.
d. to take good care of the house
4 what happened to edgar?
a. he was on the roof.
b. he fell off the roof.
c. he was at the veterinarian's.
d. he was dead.
5 from the passage we can see that_____ .
a. james didn't care about his mother as much as he cared about
the cat
b. the mother was dead
c. something was wrong with the roof of the house
d. herbert was very angry with james
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