86.Respones
Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.
As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."
Notes:
(1) frequent adj.经常的
(2) technologist n.技师
(3) harsh adj.恶劣的
(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的
(5) petroleum n.凡士林
(6) jelly n.霜
(7) shower v.洗淋浴
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?
② Why was her skin very dry?
③ What did she rub her hands with one night?
④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?
⑤ What did the husband do in response?
86.回应
我是医药技师，在工作中频繁地洗手，再加上阿拉斯加的恶劣天气，使我的皮肤非常干燥。一天晚上，我准备睡觉前用凡士林霜搓了手并带上一双旧白色手套。
我坐在床上戴着手套读书，我丈夫洗完澡走进来。他擦干身子，走到壁橱选了一条领带开始带上。“你在干什么？”我问。
“哦，”他回答说，“既然你想正式点，我也想这样。”
练习参考答案：
① Because her job was as a medical technologist.
② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very
③ Petroleum jelly.
④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.
⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.
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