Sticky fingers
粘糊的手指
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
參考譯文
早飯后，我送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。我回到家時(shí)，時(shí)間還早。孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué)，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。于是我決定做些肉餡餅。不一會(huì)兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此時(shí)，電話鈴響了。沒有什么能比這更煩人了。我用兩個(gè)沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒。當(dāng)聽出是海倫.貝茨的聲音時(shí)，非常喪氣。我用了10分鐘的時(shí)間才說(shuō)服她過會(huì)兒再來(lái)電話。我終于掛上了話筒。真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話機(jī)上以及門的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我剛回到廚房，門鈴又響了起來(lái)，響聲足以把死人喚醒。這次是郵遞員，他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!
精講:
1、After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went lo the shops.
早飯后，我先送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sent the children to school 一般為由第三者幫忙送孩子到學(xué)校。
2、It was still early when I returned home.
我回到家時(shí)，時(shí)間還早。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 本句包含由when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。
3、The children were at school, my husband was al work and the house was quiet.
孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué)，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。
以下短語(yǔ)常常不加定冠詞：
at work 在工作;at school 在上學(xué);at hospital 在住院;go to school 去上學(xué);go to church 去做禮拜;go to market 去趕集;go to prison 去坐牢;go to hospital 去看病;go to court 打官司
4、So I decided to make some meat pies.
于是我決定做些肉餅。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) make some meat pies 做一些肉餅;knead dough 揉面
5、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
不一會(huì)兒我就忙著揉黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 be busy mixing sth.忙著攪拌
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 were covered with…是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)形式。
例：The road is covered with frost.路面上瘦蓋著一層霜。
粘糊的手指
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
參考譯文
早飯后，我送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。我回到家時(shí)，時(shí)間還早。孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué)，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。于是我決定做些肉餡餅。不一會(huì)兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此時(shí)，電話鈴響了。沒有什么能比這更煩人了。我用兩個(gè)沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒。當(dāng)聽出是海倫.貝茨的聲音時(shí)，非常喪氣。我用了10分鐘的時(shí)間才說(shuō)服她過會(huì)兒再來(lái)電話。我終于掛上了話筒。真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話機(jī)上以及門的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我剛回到廚房，門鈴又響了起來(lái)，響聲足以把死人喚醒。這次是郵遞員，他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!
精講:
1、After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went lo the shops.
早飯后，我先送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sent the children to school 一般為由第三者幫忙送孩子到學(xué)校。
2、It was still early when I returned home.
我回到家時(shí)，時(shí)間還早。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 本句包含由when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。
3、The children were at school, my husband was al work and the house was quiet.
孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué)，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。
以下短語(yǔ)常常不加定冠詞：
at work 在工作;at school 在上學(xué);at hospital 在住院;go to school 去上學(xué);go to church 去做禮拜;go to market 去趕集;go to prison 去坐牢;go to hospital 去看病;go to court 打官司
4、So I decided to make some meat pies.
于是我決定做些肉餅。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) make some meat pies 做一些肉餅;knead dough 揉面
5、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
不一會(huì)兒我就忙著揉黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 be busy mixing sth.忙著攪拌
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 were covered with…是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)形式。
例：The road is covered with frost.路面上瘦蓋著一層霜。