47.The Very Last Birthday
When I was approaching 50, I announced to my three grown children that I no longer wanted to celebrate my birthday and that they could phone me instead of sending a gift. At first they protested, but finally they agreed to go along with my wish. So when the doorbell rang on the morning of my birthday, I was surprised to see the florist delivering a huge, beautiful plant. Suddenly, without a word, she rushed back to the truck and , with a sad look, turned once to glance at me. Puzzled, I read the card attached to the plant: "To Mom-with lots of love-on your very last birthday.
Notes:
(1) approach v. 接近 (4) florist n.花商；經(jīng)營(yíng)花卉業(yè)者
(2) protest v.反對(duì) (5) glance at瞥視；匆匆一看
(3) go along with 同意 (6) attach v.附上；系上
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
?、?The mother was more than 50 when she decided that she no longer wanted to celebrate her birthday.
?、?She still hoped that her children could send her gifts.
?、?The mother was very glad to see the florist delivering a huge, beautiful plant.
④ The florist felt sad because she thought that the woman was going to die.
⑤ The florist mistook the meaning of the words on the card.
47.最后的生日
接近五十歲的時(shí)候，我對(duì)我的三個(gè)成年孩子宣布說(shuō)我不再想慶祝我的生日，并說(shuō)他們可以給我打電話，不要再送禮物。開(kāi)始他們反對(duì)，但終于他們同意隨我愿。所以我生日那天早上門鈴響的時(shí)候，我驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)花店?duì)I業(yè)員送來(lái)一束又大又美的鮮花。突然她一聲不響地跑回到車上，并回過(guò)頭來(lái)悲哀地看了我一眼。我感到納悶，我看了一下花上的卡片，上面寫著：“獻(xiàn)給媽媽----無(wú)盡的愛(ài)----在您最后的生日里。”
練習(xí)參考答案：
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