河北省邢台市第七中学高中英语lesson54stickyfingers阅读教材.pdf

Lesson 54 Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指 Read the passage and then answer the question. 阅读短文，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 fin gers 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! New words and expressions 生词和短语 sticky /stiki/adj ．粘的 dismay /dismei/v ．失望，泄气 finger n ．手指 recognize v ．认出，听出 pie /pai/n ．馅饼 persuade v ．说服，劝说 mix /miks/v. 混合，拌和 mess /mes/n. 乱七八糟 pastry /peistri/n ．面糊 doorknob n ．门把手 annoying adj. 恼人的 sign /sain/v. 签字 receiver n. 电话的话筒 register v. 挂号邮寄 Notes on the text 课文注释 1 The children were at school, my husband was at work. 孩子在上学，我丈夫 在上班。 2 at exactly that moment ，恰恰在此时。 3 I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers. 我用两个沾满面糊 的手指捏起话筒。 4 ring back later ，晚一点再来电话。 5 What a mess ！真是糟糕透了，真狼狈。 6 I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to