趣味字母lesson2（每日一读）

Lesson 54Sticky 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?

作者被哪两次打断？

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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!

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粘糊的手指早饭后，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打电话。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！

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 [ˈɪndeks] n vi vt)

middle finger中指

ring finger无名指

little finger小指

toe [təʊ] 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 annoying

annoyed感到烦恼的

比anger的语气弱 [ˈæŋɡə(r)] n v

receiver 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 mess

make 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 [ˈsɪɡnətʃə(r)] 签名

I need your signature我需要你的签名

autograph [ˈɔːtəɡrɑːf]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

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