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Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly 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。” 练习参考答案： ① Because her job was as a medical technologist. ② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very ③ Petroleum jelly. ④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves. ⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on. |
