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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.


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