英漢幽默故事選讀【122】
What Color
An impoverished graduate student at Clemson University in South Carolina, I was excited when my father informed me that he had bought me a car. Hardly able to contain my enthusiasm, I asked Dad the typical questions: "What kind is it? Does it have a stick shift? Does it have a tape deck?"
"It's a 1982 Toyota," he replied. "It's a four speed, and, yes, it has a tape deck . " Pleased, I asked what color it was.
"Well, " he said uncomfortably, " which part?"
Notes:
?。?） impoverished adj.窮困的
?。?） South Carolina 南卡羅萊那（美國州名）
?。?） inform v.告知
?。?） contain v.控制（情緒等）
（5） enthusiasm n.熱情
（6） typical adj.典型的
（7） stick shift 手排擋
?。?） tape deck 磁帶艙
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The graduate student couldn't afford a car himself.
?、?When his father told him that a car had been bought for him he was excited.
?、?He controlled his excitement and didn't ask any questions.
?、?He wanted a car with a stick shift.
⑤ He got a second-hand colored car.
什么顏色
作為南卡羅萊那州克萊姆森大學的一個本科生，我囊中羞澀，當我父親告訴我他為我買了輛車時，我甚是激動。我幾乎控制不住我的熱情，問了爸爸幾個關鍵問題：“什么車？有沒有手排擋？有沒有磁帶艙？”
“是1982年產豐田車，”他回答說，“四速，還有，是的，有磁帶艙。”我甚是高興，又問是什么顏色的。
“哦，”他很不舒服地說，“你指哪一部分？”
練習參考答案：
?、賂②T③F④T⑤T
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