英漢幽默故事選讀【50】
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.時常發生的；慣常的
（7） circulation n.發行
（8） subscription n.訂閱
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① Where did the family live?
A. in the countryside
B. in the suburbs
C. in the urban area
D. near the circulation department of the local newspaper
② What was the wife worried about?
A. She was worried about the quality of the newspaper.
B. She was worried that the carrier would deliver their newspaper to someone else.
C. She was worried that the carrier would find difficulty in finding them.
D. She was worried that the newspaper might not be interesting enough.
③ What happened to them after their ordering?
A. They got the newspaper.
B. The newspaper was cancelled.
C. The circulation department refused to deliver the newspaper to them.
D. For several days they missed delivery.
④ What did they finally decide to do?
A. They decided to cancel the subscription.
B. They decided to cancel the newspaper.
C. They decided to punish the carrier.
D. They decided to take it to court.
⑤ What was the result?
A. The circulation department promised that they would get their delivery in time.
B. The carrier was punished.
C. They could neither get their delivery nor cancel their subscription.
D. The newspaper was cancelled.
有去無回
我丈夫預訂了當地報紙的戶送。因為我們住在鄉下，沒有街道號碼，所以我擔心送報員不易找到我們。果真如此，一連幾天都沒有報紙送來，盡管我們頻繁地往發行部打電話詢問。最后我打電話取消訂閱協議。“您得告訴我們您的準確位置，”電話中女子說，“除非我們知道您住在哪里，否則我們不能取消訂閱協議。”
練習參考答案：
①A②C③D④A⑤C
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