2018年公共英语考试二级《阅读》分析训练(2)

Class and Ass

Professor Laurie of Glasgow put his notice on his door: "Professor Laurie will not meet his classes today."

A student, after reading the notice, rubbed out the "c".

Later Professor Laurie came along, and entering into the spirit of the joke, rubbed out the "l".

班和笨驴

格拉斯哥的劳里教授在门上贴了这样一个通知："劳里教授今天不见他的班级。"

一个学生读了通知后，擦掉了字母"c"(lass：姑娘)。

后来劳里教授来了，也想开开玩笑，他擦掉了字母"l"(ass：笨驴)。

2018年全国英语等级考试PETS二级阅读训练(四)

Keep the Change

One sweltering day, I was scooping ice cream into cones and told my four children they could "buy" a cone from me for a hug. Almost immediately, the kids lined up to make their purchases. The three youngest each gave me a quick hug, grabbed their cones and raced back outside. But when my teen-age son at the end of the line finally got his turn to "buy" his ice cream, he gave me two hugs. "Keep the changes," he said with a smile.

不用找了

有一天天气闷热，我将冰淇淋舀进锥筒，告诉我的四个小孩，他们可以从我这里用拥抱"购买"一筒。于是，孩子们马上排起了队来购买。较小的三个孩子每人很快的抱了我一下，抓过冰淇淋筒就跑到外面去了。最后轮到排在队尾十年的大儿子来"买"冰淇淋时，他拥抱了我二下。"不用找了，"他笑着说。