Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指 Afterbreakfast, I sent the children to school and then Iwent to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children wereat school, my husband was at work and the house wasquiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixingbutter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactlythat moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could havebeen more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and wasdismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes topersuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on thetelephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner gotback to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. Thistime it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! New words and expressions 生词和短语 stickyadj. 粘的 fingern. 手指 pien. 馅饼 mixv. 混合,拌和 pastryn. 面糊 annoyingadj. 恼人的 receivern. 电话的话筒 dismayv. 失望,泄气 recognizev. 认出,听出 persuadev. 说服,劝说 messn. 乱七八糟 |