一次令人尴尬的经历—附译文

       幽默搞笑英语阅读理解练习题—附译文

    Have you ever done something stupid that made you feel so embarrassed that you wished you could just disappear?Well,that's exactly how I felt on one chilly Saturday morning last autumn.

    I went to town to do some shopping,and as I was walking through the park on my way home to the stop it suddenly began to rain.I immediately dashed into a nearby phone box since I didn't have an umbrella.It was raining heavily,but it was one of those shirt autumn showers that don't last long,so I decided to stay in the phone box until it stopped.

    A few moments later I saw a young man walk up to the phone box,wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a tool box.I didn't want to go out in the rain,so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone.I thought the man would go away,but he didn't.He just waited patiently in the pouring rain,watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation.

    Luckily,it began to stop after about ten minutes.“Okay,Mum,”I said loudly into the phone,“I'll see you later,bye.”I put the phone down,picked up my shopping bag and stepped out of the phone box.“I'm sorry I took so long.”I said to the man.   

  “Oh,I don't want to use the telephone,”he replied,smiling broadly.“I've just come to repair it.It is out of order,you see.”I felt myself go bright red in the face and I hurried away with my head down,feeling a complete fool.That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!

1、Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there?

  a It rained suddenly and she had no umbrella with her

  b She wanted to phone her mother

  c She waited for her friend there

  d She wanted to keep warm

2、What did the writer think the young man wanted to do?  

  a Clean the phone box       b Repair the phone

  c Use the phone                  d Stay in the phone box

3、How long did the man wait for?

  a About 5 minutes              b About 10 minutes

  c About   15 minutes           d About 30 minutes

4、Why was the writer embarrassed?

  a She couldn't get out of the phone box   b She made the man wait so long

  c She got all wet                                          d She did something foolish   

    你曾经做过使你感到尴尬的、以至于你希望你能消失的傻事吗？好吧，这的确是我感受到的，去年秋天在一个寒冷的周六上午。

  我去城镇买东西，当我在回家途中穿过公园到站台时，天突然下起雨来，我立刻飞跑到附近的电话亭，因为我没带伞。雨下得很大，但那是秋天短暂阵雨中的一阵，不会持续太久，因此，我决定呆在电话亭直到雨停。

  片刻之后，我看到一个年轻人走向电话亭，身穿一件黄色雨衣并提着一个工具箱。大雨中我不想出去，我摘下电话假装与人通话，我想他会走开，可他没有，他只是在暴雨中耐心地等，看着我：我挥动着手，表现出好像在忘他通话。

  幸运的是，10分钟后雨停了，“好的，妈妈。”我大声地在电话中说，“回头见，拜拜！”我放下电话，拾起我的购物袋，走出电话亭，“对不起！我占用如此久。”我对这个男士说道。

  “哦，我不想使用电话”，他回答，宽容地笑道，“我是来修理电话机的，它出故障了，你知道的。” 我自我感觉唰地脸红了，低着头匆忙离开，感觉是完全的一场愚弄，这真的是我生命中极尴尬的时刻之一。

（深圳龙华家教 王老师译文并录入，答案略）