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46.Wouldn't You Know

时间:2005-08-13 16:00:00

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  I accompanied my eight-month-pregnant1 wife to her monthly checkup . We boarded the hospital's elevator to go to the appropriate floor. The only other passenger was an elderly man who studied intently2 and then said, "Boy."


  Without another word, he got off at his floor. I was about to tell my wife how strange I thought he was acting3 when suddenly I realized she was wearing a T-shirt sporting the "Guess?" logo.


Notes:


  (1) accompany v.伴随;陪伴


  (2) pregnant adj.怀孕的


  (3) appropriate adj.适当的


  (4) intently adv.专心地


  (5) T-shirt n.T恤衫


  (6) logo n.标语


Exercises:


根据短文判断下列问题正(T)、误(F):


  ① The wife had been pregnant for six months.


  ② The man accompanied his wife to the hospital for a checkup.


  ③ The only other passenger was an elderly woman.


  ④ The elderly person had a brief look at the pregnant woman and said it was a boy.


  ⑤ The elderly person made a guess because she was wearing a T shirt with the "Guess ?" loge.


46.你不要知道吗


  我陪伴怀孕八个月的妻子去月查。我们上了医院的电梯去某个楼层。唯一的另外乘客是一位上了年纪的男子。他专注地看着我妻子,然后说:“男孩。”


  直到他到了自己的楼层,他再没说话。我刚要告诉我妻子那个男子是多么奇怪,这时我突然意识到她穿着一件T恤运动衫,上面写着“猜猜看?”标语。


练习参考答案:


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1 pregnant IP3xP     
adj.怀孕的,怀胎的
参考例句:
  • She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
  • She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。
2 intently 4qPzF3     
adv.专心致志地,注意力集中地
参考例句:
  • He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression. 他认真地注视着她的脸,捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。
  • He was looking at her intently but she stared him out. 他专注地看着她,可她盯得他移开了目光。
3 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。