86.Respones
Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.
As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."
Notes:
(1) frequent adj.經常的
(2) technologist n.技師
(3) harsh adj.惡劣的
(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的
(5) petroleum n.凡士林
(6) jelly n.霜
(7) shower v.洗淋浴
Exercises:
根據短文回答下列問題：
① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?
② Why was her skin very dry?
③ What did she rub her hands with one night?
④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?
⑤ What did the husband do in response?
86.回應
我是醫藥技師，在工作中頻繁地洗手，再加上阿拉斯加的惡劣天氣，使我的皮膚非常干燥。一天晚上，我準備睡覺前用凡士林霜搓了手并帶上一雙舊白色手套。
我坐在床上戴著手套讀書，我丈夫洗完澡走進來。他擦干身子，走到壁櫥選了一條領帶開始帶上。“你在干什么？”我問。
“哦，”他回答說，“既然你想正式點，我也想這樣。”
練習參考答案：
① Because her job was as a medical technologist.
② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very
③ Petroleum jelly.
④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.
⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.
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