She Is Left-handed

    A married couple, both avid¹ golfers, were discussing the future one night. "Honey," the wife said, "if I were to die and you were to remarry, would you two live in this house?""I suppose so-it's paid for.""How about our car?" continued the woman. "Would the two of you keep that?""I suppose so-it's paid for.
    "What about golf clubs? Would you let her use them too?""Heck, no," the husband blurted³ out. "She's left-handed.
    Notes:
    (1) avid adj.热望的(2) golfer n.打高尔夫球者(3) It's paid for理所当然(4) heck（俚语）地狱（用于感叹句中）(5) blurt² out脱口而出Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题：
    ① What were the married couple both keen on?
    ② What were they doing one night?
    ③ What would the man do if the woman were to die?
    ④ What would the man do with their house and car?
    ⑤ What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
    39.她是左撇子
    一对已婚夫妇都热心于打高尔夫球。一天夜里，他们在谈论将来。“亲爱的，”妻子说，“如果我死了，而你再婚，你们两个会住在这个房子里吗？”
    “我想是的----这是理所当然的。”
    “那我们的汽车呢？”妇人继续问道，“你们两个会留着这辆车吗？”
    “我想是的----这是理所当然的。”
    “那我们的球棒呢？你也会让她用吗？”
    “见鬼，不，”丈夫脱口而出，“她是左撇子。”

1 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2 blurt   

vt.突然说出，脱口说出

参考例句：

• If you can blurt out 300 sentences,you can make a living in America.如果你能脱口而出300句英语，你可以在美国工作。
• I will blurt out one passage every week.我每星期要脱口而出一篇短文！

3 blurted   

v.突然说出，脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止，她已脱口而出。
• He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相，说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》