英漢幽默故事選讀【36】
I Can't Stop Now
The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback romance novel. I inched along behind her and when her turn finally came, she stepped aside, saying "You go on ahead. I can't stop now. He's just carried her into his castle!"
Notes:
（1） paperback n.平裝書
（3） inch v.慢性移動；漸進
（2） romance n.愛情故事
（4） castle n.城堡
Exercises:
根據短文回答下列問題：
① Where were the two persons in the passage?
② What was the woman doing?
③ How was the line moving?
④ What did the woman do when her turn finally came?
⑤ Why did the woman do so?
我無法停下
人們在汽車商場里排著長隊。排在我前面的是一位婦女，她在讀一部平裝本的小說。我在她的身后一點點向前挪動。終于輪到她了，她卻讓開了，說：“你先來。我現在無法停下來，他把她帶進城堡啦！”
練習參考答案：
① At a department of motor vehicles.
② She was reading a romance novel.
③ Very slowly.
④ She stepped aside.
⑤ Because she couldn't stop reading the novel.
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