Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指
Afterbreakfast, I sent the children to school and then Iwent to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children wereat school, my husband was at work and the house wasquiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixingbutter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactlythat moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could havebeen more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and wasdismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes topersuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on thetelephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner gotback to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. Thistime it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
stickyadj. 粘的
fingern. 手指
pien. 馅饼
mixv. 混合,拌和
pastryn. 面糊
annoyingadj. 恼人的
receivern. 电话的话筒
dismayv. 失望,泄气
recognizev. 认出,听出
persuadev. 说服,劝说
messn. 乱七八糟
doorknobn. 门把手
signv. 签字
registerv. 挂号邮寄
参考译文
早饭后,我送孩子们上学,然后就去了商店。我回到家时,时间还早。孩子们在上学,我丈夫在上班,家里清静得很。于是我决定做些肉馅饼。不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉,很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此时,电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更烦人了。我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是海伦。贝茨的声音时,非常丧气。我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。我终于挂上了话筒。真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上,都沾上了面糊。我刚回到厨房,门铃又响了起来,响声足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员,他要我签收一封挂号信!
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