Lesson 54: 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!

　　句子讲解：

　　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。

　　6、At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.

　　恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。

　　语言点 exactly用于加强语气，表示“正好，恰好在……时候”。

　　7、Nothing could have been more annoying.

　　没有什么能比这更让人心烦了。

　　语言点 本句包含典型的”can/could+have+过去分词”的结构，表示”没有……比这更……了”：

　　No one could have been fatter.没有人比这个人更胖了。

　　Nothing could have been cheaper.没有什么东西比这更便宜了。

　　No face could have been uglier.没有哪一张脸比这张更丑了。

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