英漢幽默故事選讀【60】
Which One to Call Back
After I took office as mayor of a small Kentucky city, an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phone calls to my home. One night while I was conducting a city-council meeting, my wife answered the phone.
"Is this the home of Bert May, the mayor?" a woman's voice asked.
When my wife explained that I was at a meeting and would return her call if she left a name and number, the caller said. "That's confidential. This is his girlfriend. "
My wife, knowing this was all a ruse, calmly responded, "Lady, if you don't leave your name and number, he won't know which one to call back
Notes:
（1） take office 任職
（4） confidential adj.保密的
（2） precipitate v.使突然發生
（5） ruse n.欺詐
（3） conduct v.主持
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① What did the husband take office as?
A. president of a big company
B. mayor of a big city
C. mayor of a small city
D. mayor of Kentucky
② What happened after he took office?
A. an unfortunate incident
B. an earthquake
C. the opening ceremony of a company
D. his wife got ill
③The word "precipitate" in "an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phones to my home" probably means _____.
A. to return
B. to receive
C. to initiate
D. to get
④ Why wouldn't the woman on the line leave her name and number?
A. Because she had no name or number.
B. Because she was not allowed to do so by her husband.
C. Because she was too nervous to remind herself of her name and number.
D. Because she was just playing a dirty trick.
⑤ From the passage we can see that _____.
A. the mayor had many girlfriends
B. the woman on line had dialed the wrong number
C. the wife of the mayor was quick-minded
D. the mayor would return the woman's call
給哪一個回電話
我上任為肯塔基州的一個小城的市長后，發生了一件不幸的事，從而招致了一些可恨的電話打到我家里。一天夜里，我還在主持市政會議，我妻子接到了一個電話。
“是伯特?麥因、市長的家嗎？”一個女人的聲音問道。
我妻子向她解釋說我還在開會，如果她留下姓名和電話號碼的話，我會給她回話。通話人馬上說：“這個保密。我是他的女朋友。”
我妻子知道這完全是欺詐。她鎮靜地回答說：“女士，如果你不留下姓名和號碼的話，他就不會知道給哪一個回話。”
練習參考答案：
①C②A③C④D⑤C
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