46.Wouldn't You Know

　　I accompanied my eight-month-pregnant¹ wife to her monthly checkup . We boarded the hospital's elevator to go to the appropriate floor. The only other passenger was an elderly man who studied intently² and then said, "Boy."

　　Without another word, he got off at his floor. I was about to tell my wife how strange I thought he was acting³ when suddenly I realized she was wearing a T-shirt sporting the "Guess?" logo.

Notes:

　　(1) accompany v.伴随；陪伴

　　(2) pregnant adj.怀孕的

　　(3) appropriate adj.适当的

　　(4) intently adv.专心地

　　(5) T-shirt n.T恤衫

　　(6) logo n.标语

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列问题正（T）、误（F）：

　　① The wife had been pregnant for six months.

　　② The man accompanied his wife to the hospital for a checkup.

　　③ The only other passenger was an elderly woman.

　　④ The elderly person had a brief look at the pregnant woman and said it was a boy.

　　⑤ The elderly person made a guess because she was wearing a T shirt with the "Guess ?" loge.

46.你不要知道吗

　　我陪伴怀孕八个月的妻子去月查。我们上了医院的电梯去某个楼层。唯一的另外乘客是一位上了年纪的男子。他专注地看着我妻子，然后说：“男孩。”

　　直到他到了自己的楼层，他再没说话。我刚要告诉我妻子那个男子是多么奇怪，这时我突然意识到她穿着一件T恤运动衫，上面写着“猜猜看？”标语。

练习参考答案：

①F②T③F④F⑤T

1 pregnant   

adj.怀孕的，怀胎的

参考例句：

• She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
• She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。

2 intently   

adv.专心致志地，注意力集中地

参考例句：

• He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression. 他认真地注视着她的脸，捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。
• He was looking at her intently but she stared him out. 他专注地看着她，可她盯得他移开了目光。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。