(单词翻译:单击)
Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh1 Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum2 jelly3 and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.
As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."
Notes:
(1) frequent adj.经常的
(2) technologist n.技师
(3) harsh adj.恶劣的
(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的
(5) petroleum n.凡士林
(6) jelly n.霜
(7) shower v.洗淋浴
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题:
① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?
② Why was her skin very dry?
③ What did she rub her hands with one night?
④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?
⑤ What did the husband do in response?
86.回应
我是医药技师,在工作中频繁地洗手,再加上阿拉斯加的恶劣天气,使我的皮肤非常干燥。一天晚上,我准备睡觉前用凡士林霜搓了手并带上一双旧白色手套。
我坐在床上戴着手套读书,我丈夫洗完澡走进来。他擦干身子,走到壁橱选了一条领带开始带上。“你在干什么?”我问。
“哦,”他回答说,“既然你想正式点,我也想这样。”
练习参考答案:
① Because her job was as a medical technologist.
② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very
③ Petroleum jelly.
④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.
⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.
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adj.严厉(酷)的,刺耳的,刺目的,毛糙的 | |
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n.原油,石油 | |
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3 jelly | |
n.冻,果子冻,胶状物 | |
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