英语学习英汉对 杂货店里的老师.pptVIP

上海交通大学外教口语 培训教程 杂货店里的老师 杂货店里的老师 我们总会遇到这样一类人——他们像恼人的虫子一样，不时蛰你一下，给你原本波澜不惊的生活增添烦恼。但在那一刹那阵痛过后，你有否静下心来想过，那刺痛留给你的真的仅仅只是遇人不淑的痛苦回忆？ You went to the butchers for meat, the pharmacy for aspirin, and the grocery store for food. But when I spent the summer with my Grandmother in Warwick, N.Y., she sent me down to the general store with a list. How could I hope to find anything on the packed, jumbled shelves around me? I walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady like no one Id ever seen. Fake-jewel-encrusted glasses teetered on the tip of her nose, gray hair was piled on her head. Excuse me, I said. She looked up. Youre that Clements kid, she said. Im Miss Bee. Come closer and let me get a look at you. She pushed her glasses up her nose. I want to be able to describe you to the sheriff if something goes missing from the store. Im not a thief! I was shocked. I was seven year too young to be a thief! From what I can see youre not much of anything. But I can tell youve got potential. She went back to reading her newspaper. I need to get these. I said, holding up my list. So? Go get them. Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. Theres no one here except you and me and I’m not your servant, so I suggest you get yourself a basket from that pile over there and start filling. If youre lucky youll be home by sundown. Sundown was five hours away. I wasnt sure I would make it. I scanned the nearest shelf for the first item on my list: pork and beans. It took me three wall-to-wall searches before I found a can nestled between boxes of cereal and bread. Next up was toilet paper, found under the daily newspaper. Band-Aids—where had I seen them? Oh, ye next to the face cream. The store was a puzzle, but it held some surprises too. I found a new Superman comic tucked behind the peanut butter. I visited Miss Bee a couple of times a week that summer. Sometimes she short-changed me. Other times she overcharged. Or sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was current. Going to th