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    Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh¹ Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum² jelly³ and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.
    As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
    "Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."Notes:
    (1) frequent adj.经常的(2) technologist n.技师(3) harsh adj.恶劣的(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的(5) petroleum n.凡士林(6) jelly n.霜(7) shower v.洗淋浴Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题：
    ① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?
    ② Why was her skin very dry?
    ③ What did she rub her hands with one night?
    ④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?
    ⑤ What did the husband do in response?
    86.回应
我是医药技师，在工作中频繁地洗手，再加上阿拉斯加的恶劣天气，使我的皮肤非常干燥。一天晚上，我准备睡觉前用凡士林霜搓了手并带上一双旧白色手套。
    我坐在床上戴着手套读书，我丈夫洗完澡走进来。他擦干身子，走到壁橱选了一条领带开始带上。“你在干什么？”我问。
    “哦，”他回答说，“既然你想正式点，我也想这样。”

1 harsh   

adj.严厉（酷）的，刺耳的，刺目的，毛糙的

参考例句：

• The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
• Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻，但有建设性。

2 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

3 jelly   

n.冻，果子冻，胶状物

参考例句：

• We had toast and jelly at breakfast.我们早餐吃的是烤面包和果冻。
• The medicine was a clear jelly.这种药是透明的胶状物。