英語幽默精讀【35】My Roommate

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　　My roommate was interested in a young man in her English-literature class, but she was too shy to let him know. One day she overheard him say he was on his way to the library for a certain book. She rushed to the library, found the book and stuck in it a letter from her mother.

　　"Why would he want to read a letter from your mother?" I asked.

　　"He wouldn't, but if he's any kind of gentleman, he'll return it to me " Her dorm and room numbers were on the envelope, of course.

　　The next day he appeared with the letter and asked my roommate out on a date. "Couldn't fail," she later told me. "The book was Great Expectations.

　　※ Notes

　　（1） overhear v.偶然聽到；無意中聽到
　　（2） on one's way to在去……的路上
　　（3） date n.約會(huì)

　　※ Exercises

　　根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：

　　① My roommate was interested in a young man in her _____ class.
　　A. mathematics
　　B. English
　　C. English-literature
　　D. physics

　　② How did she know that he was on his way to the library?
　　A. He had told her so.
　　B. She was only guessing.
　　C. Her classmate told her so.
　　D. She overheard it when he was talking to someone else.

　　③ She rushed to the library, and stuck in it_____ .
　　A. a love letter
　　B. a rose flower
　　C. a letter from her mother
　　D. a note on which there were her dorm and room numbers

　　④ The young man knew where to find the girl because______ .
　　A. there were her dorm and room numbers on the letter
　　B. there were her dorm and room numbers on the envelope
　　C. he found her telephone number
　　D. his classmates helped him

　　⑤ What happened at last?
　　A. The young man only returned the letter to her.
　　B. The young man ignored the letter.
　　C. The young man was too shy to ask her out on a date.
　　D. She did make it.

　　※ 譯文

我的室友

　　我的室友對(duì)她英國(guó)文學(xué)課上的一個(gè)年輕人有意思，但又不好意思讓他知道。一天，她聽到他和別人說要去圖書館借某本書。她沖到圖書館，找到那本書，夾進(jìn)去她媽媽來的一封信。

　　“他為什么會(huì)要讀你媽媽來的信呢？”我問。

　　“他不會(huì)讀的。但如果他還算是個(gè)紳士的話，他會(huì)把信還給我的。”當(dāng)然啦，她的宿舍及房間號(hào)碼就在信封上。

　　第二天，他拿著那封信出現(xiàn)了，并約我室友出去。“錯(cuò)不了的，”她后來對(duì)我說，“那本書的書名是《遠(yuǎn)大前程》。”

　　※ 練習(xí)參考答案

　　①C②D③C④B⑤D

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