【听英文对话做选择】星期五晚上的灾祸

原文：

Sam: Hey, Henry, how's everything going, and what's with the flowers?

Henry: They're for my wife.

 

Sam: Oh, a wedding anniversary or something?

 

Henry: To tell the truth, it couldn't be worse. [Oh]. You see, I have to pick my wife up from the airport this evening, but while she was gone, there were a few minor¹ mishaps².

 

Sam: Oh really? What happened?

 

Henry: Well, I had some of the guys over Friday night to watch a basketball game on TV, but one of them got all excited, and started horsing around, waving his arms, and he accidentally knocked over my wife's 250-year old Chinese porcelain³ vase given to her [Oh no!], given to her by her grandmother, and broke it beyond repair.

 

Sam: Man, have you tried . . .

 

Henry: . . . super glue? Yeap, but she would be able to tell in a second I was trying to pull something over her eyes.

 

Sam: Oh, wow. You're in hot water now.

 

Henry: If it had only been that.

 

Sam: Oh, there's more?

 

Henry: Yeah, you see, the water from the vase spilled all over the manuscript of a book my wife has been writing for the past two years. It blurred⁴ the ink over many of the pages. [Oh no.] And so one of the guys had the bright idea of drying the pages by the fire while we watched, uh, the rest game, but a spark from the fire must have blown out and burned the manuscript to a crisp.

 

Sam: But what about an electronic file copy? Had one, didn't she?

 

Henry: Well, actually, her computer crashed the day before while I was playing some computer games, and I haven't been able to get it to work since.

 

Sam: Man, are you in trouble now. [I know.] You're going to have a hard time digging yourself out of this one. [Yeah.] Ah, so I get it now. You're buying the flowers for her as a part of some kind of peace offering, right?

 

Henry: No, not at all. They're for my funeral.

 

Sam: [laughter]

1. Where is Henry going this evening to pick up his wife?

A. the train station

B. the bus station

C. the airport

2. What was Henry doing Friday night when his problems started?

A. He was watching a game on TV with some pals⁵.

B. He was playing basketball with a few of his friends.

C. He was having a barbeque with a couple of buddies⁶.

 

3. The vase broke when one of Henry's friends:

A. hit it with a ball.

B. accidentally dropped it.

C. bumped into it with his arm.

 

4. How did the manuscript of the book become totally ruined?

A. It burned up in a fire.

B. Hot water damaged the entire copy.

C. Someone mistakenly threw it into the trash.

 

5. From the tone of the conversation, what sort of reaction does Henry expect from his wife about his misfortunes?

A. disappointment

B. anger

C. contentment

 

正确答案：

1. the airport

2. He was watching a game on TV with some pals.

3. bumped into it with his arm.

4. It burned up in a fire.

5. anger

 

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 mishaps   

n.轻微的事故，小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
• In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸，一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 porcelain   

n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的

参考例句：

• These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
• The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。

4 blurred   

v.（使）变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）难以区分；模模糊糊；迷离

参考例句：

• She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
• Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 pals   

n.朋友( pal的名词复数 )；老兄；小子；（对男子的不友好的称呼）家伙

参考例句：

• We've been pals for years. 我们是多年的哥们儿了。
• CD 8 positive cells remarkably increased in PALS and RP(P CD8+细胞在再生脾PALS和RP内均明显增加(P 来自互联网

6 buddies   

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人

参考例句：

• We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
• The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句