54_Sticky_Fingers
54 Sticky Fingers¶
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!
Words¶
- sticky /ˈstɪki/ 粘的
- pastry /ˈpestri/ 面糊,点心
- Nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ could /kʊd/ have /hæv/ been /bɪn/ more /mɔr/ annoying /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ 使人烦恼的
- receiver /rəˈsivɚ/ 电话听筒，接收器
- dismayed /dɪˈsmed/ 失望的
- persuade /pɚˈswed/ 劝说
- What /wʌt/ a /ə/ mess /mɛs/ 杂乱
- doorknobs /ˈdurnɑbz/ 球形门拉手
- loud /laʊd/ 大声的
- letter /ˈlɛtɚ/ 挂号信
Expressions¶
- stick to the plan 坚持计划
- put my finger on it 确切指出（原因）
- point the finger at 指责或责备某人
- be dismayed to do sth. 做某事感到沮丧/惊恐
- recognize the voice (of sb.) 听出（某人的）声音
- persuade sb. (not) to do sth. 说服某人（不）做某事
- What a mess! 真是一团糟！
- such a mess 如此混乱
- Sign here. 在这里签字
- sign for sth. 签收某物
- a registered letter 一封挂号信
- send sb. to sp. 派某人去某地
- decide to do sth. 决定做某事
- be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
- be covered with sth. 被某物覆盖
- take sb. st. to do sth. 花某人……时间做某事
- hang up 挂断（电话）