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：

　　8、I picked up the receiver between two slicky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

　　我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当我听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时，我非常沮丧。

　　语言点 1) pick sth. up把某物捡起来

　　2) pick sb. up 接某人

　　3) pick up领取;自然习得：Where did you pick up those tricks?你从哪儿学到的这些骗人的花招?

　　9. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

　　我花了10分钟的时间才说服她过一小会儿再打电话过来。

　　语言点 这是一个典型的it作形式主语的句式结构，真正的主语是to persuade her to ring back later. 原句可改为：To persuade her to ring back later took me ten minutes.很明显，由不定式构成的主语太长，显得头重脚轻。

　　10. At last I hung up the receiver.

　　我终于挂上了话筒。

　　语言点 hung up表示“挂线”;而hanged up则是“上吊”。

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