爱华网ORIGINAL: Last week at adinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to M. M was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look upwhen i took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plateand in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to makeconversation. A new play is coming to The Globe soon. Will you beseeing it? Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?Will you be staying in England? In despair, I asked her whether shewas enjoying her dinner. If you ate more and talked less, we wouldboth enjoy our dinner.2222222222222
When J was in hospital he asked doctor if the surgery wassuccessful. But the doctor refused to tell him. The next day, thepatient asked for a telephone. When there was only him in the room,he called at the hospital and requested to talk to doctor M. Whenthe doctor answered the phone, J said that he wanted to inquirysomething about a patient, whose name is J. He asked if his surgerywas successful. The doctor told him that it was very successful.Then he asked when he would be able to go home. The doctor saidthat he had to stay at hospital for another two weeks. Afterwards,doctor M asked if the person calling was the patient's relation.No. The patient answered. I am Mr. J.当约翰.吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他。第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话。当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话。当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰.吉尔伯特的先生。他问吉尔伯特先生的手术中否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期。之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。“不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰.吉尔伯特先生。”ORIGINAL: while J was inhospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation hadbeen successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The followingday, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone,he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for doctor M. Whenthe doctor answered the phone, Mr. J said he was inquiring about acertain patient, a Mr.J. He asked if Mr.J's operation had beensuccessful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then askedwhen Mr.J would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him thathe would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr.Masked the caller if he was relative of the patient. No. The patientanswered, I am Mr.J.
333333333333ORIGINAL:My old friend, H, Had lived in the Mediterranean for manyyears before he returned to England. He had often dreamed ofretiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to livethere. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and itwas often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, H got ashock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In theend, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time tosettle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dreamhe had had for so many years ended there. H had thought ofeverything except theweather.我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。My old friend H had been living in Mbefore he returned to London. He always thought about coming backto London after he retired and settling down in the countryside. Hebought a new house and moved in once he returned London. He thenbegan to complain about the weather. Although it was summer it wasalways raining the whole day and very cold. H who had been livingin a sunshine for many years felt surprise about this. His behaviorlooked like that he had never been living in London. At last hecan't help to sell the house before having settled down and leavethe country. The dream that he had had so many years broke out. Hhad already considered about everything but theweather.
