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Lesson 54 sticky fingers 粘糊的手指【New words and expressions】 生词和短语★sticky adj 粘的as sticky as glue和胶水一样粘★finger n 手指thumb大拇指index finger食指 (index n vi vt)middle finger中指ring finger无名指little finger小指toe 脚趾★pie n 馅饼★mix v 混合, 拌和mixture n混合物★pastry n 面糊★annoying adj 恼人的It is annoyingannoyed感到烦恼的比anger的语气弱 n v ★recelver n 电话的话筒★dismay v 失望, 泄气dismay sb让某人感到失望dismaying令人失望dismayed感到失望★recognize v 认出, 听出★persuade v 说服, 劝说reason with sb劝说; 并不能说明是否劝说成功try to persuade 劝说; persuade表示劝说已经成功★mess n 乱七八糟what a mess!you are a mess!你真邋遢the man/woman is a messmake a mess of sth把...搅得乱七八糟he made a mess of my job他把我的工作搅得一团糟★doorknob n 门把手★sign v 签字sign your name(s) here在这签名 (许多人加 “s” )signature 签名I need your signature我需要你的签名autograph 明星, 名人的签名 (n 亲笔签名 v 签署)registered letter挂号信sign for签收★register v 挂号邮寄【Text】Lesson 54 sticky fingers 粘糊的手指 First listen and then answer the question.听录音, 然后回答以下问题. What two interruptions did the writer have?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!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