新概念英语第二册第一课-新概念英语第二册每日一篇:粘糊的手指

Sticky fingers
　　粘糊的手指
　　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!
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　　早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。我回到家时，时间还早。孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。于是我决定做些肉馅饼。不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更烦人了。我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。我终于挂上了话筒。真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信!
　　精讲:
　　1、After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went lo the shops.
　　早饭后，我先送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。
　　语言点 sent the children to school 一般为由第三者帮忙送孩子到学校。
　　2、It was still early when I returned home.
　　我回到家时，时间还早。
　　语言点 本句包含由when引导的时间状语从句。
　　3、The children were at school, my husband was al work and the house was quiet.
　　孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。
　　以下短语常常不加定冠词：
　　at work 在工作;at school 在上学;at hospital 在住院;go to school 去上学;go to church 去做礼拜;go to market 去赶集;go to prison 去坐牢;go to hospital 去看病;go to court 打官司
　　4、So I decided to make some meat pies.
　　于是我决定做些肉饼。
　　语言点 make some meat pies 做一些肉饼;knead dough 揉面
　　5、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
　　不一会儿我就忙着揉黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。
　　语言点1 be busy mixing sth.忙着搅拌
　　语言点2 were covered with…是被动语态形式。
　　例：The road is covered with frost.路面上瘦盖着一层霜。

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