Lesson 54



Sticky fingers



First listen and then answer the question.



What two interruptions did the writer have?



After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.



It was still early when I returned home.



The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.



So I decided to make some meat pies.



In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.



At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.



Nothing could have been more annoying.



I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.



It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.



At last I hung up the receiver.



What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.



I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.



This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!




sticky  [ˈstiki]  adj. 粘的


finger  [ˈfiŋɡə]  n. 手指


pie  [pai]  n. 馅饼


mix   [miks]   v. 混合，拌和


pastry   [ˈpeistri]   n. 面糊


annoying  [əˈnɔiiŋ]  adj. 恼人的


receiver   [riˈsi:və]   n. 电话的话筒


dismay   [disˈmei]   v. 失望，泄气


recognize  [ˈrekəɡnaiz]  v. 认出，听出


persuade   [pəˈsweid]   v. 说服，劝说


mess   [mes]   n. 乱七八糟


doorknob   [ˈdɔ:nɔb]   n. 门把手


sign  [sain]  v. 签字


register   [ˈredʒistə]   v. 挂号邮寄