第85期雙語笑話加練習題 有去無回（1）
Point of No Return
My husband ordered home delivery of our local newspaper. Because we live in rural area where no street numbers are used, I was concerned that the carrier would have trouble finding us. Sure enough, we missed delivery several days despite frequent calls to the circulation department. Finally I phoned to cancel the subscription. "You'll have to tell me your exact location," the woman on the line said. "We can't cancel the subscription unless we know where you live.
Notes:
(1) delivery n.遞送
(2) rural area鄉(xiāng)村
(3) concerned adj.焦慮的；擔心的
(4) have trouble doing sth做某事有麻煩
(5) despite prep.不管；不顧
(6) frequent adj.時常發(fā)生的；慣常的
(7) circulation n.發(fā)行
(8) subscription n.訂閱
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