生意不好
A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel.“Business is terrible，” said the motel owner. 'Really bad.“
“But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. ” said the salesman.
“That's true，” replied the motel owner. “But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now， I only turn away ten to 15.”
Notes：
（1） motel n.汽車旅館 （3） turn away n.謝絕
（2） vacancy n.空缺
Exercises：
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① A motel is a hotel for motorists.
② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.
③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible， the salesman did not believe him.
④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel， the motel was only half full.
⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.
生意不好
一個商人在和汽車旅館的主人閑聊。“生意大糟了，”旅館主人說，“真的太糟了。
“可是每次我駕車經過這兒，你都掛上了‘客滿’的牌子，”商人就。
“那倒是真的。”旅館主人答道，“可是過去我一夜就謝絕三十至三十五人，而如今只能謝絕十至十五人。”
練習參考答案：
①T②F③T④F⑤F
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