考研英语阅读指导漂亮的地毯

　　A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯

　　Wehave just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. Ihave been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because Iown over a thousand books. To make matters worse， theroom is rather small， so I have temporarily put mybooks on the floor. At the moment， they cover everyinch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of theroom. A short while ago， my sister helped me to carryone of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a bigsurprise when she saw all those books on the floor. This is the prettiestcarpet I have ever seen， she said. She gazed at it forsome time then added， You don t need bookcases at all.You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!

　　New words and expressions 生词和短语

　　temporarilyadv. 暂时地

　　inchn. 英寸(度量单位)

　　spacen. 空间

　　actuallyadv. 实际上

　　参考译文

　　我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午。我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐，但这并不容易，因为我有1，000多本书。更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了，我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间的。几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。她走进我的房间，当她看到地板上的那些书时，大吃一惊。 这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯， 她说。她盯着 地毯 看了一会儿，又说： 你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这儿读地毯!