134. The Nice Wedding Gift
We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple mass-produced their thank-you notes because we received a card saying: "Thank you very much for the nice wedding gift. We look forward to using it soon.
Notes:
(1) acquaintance n.熟人
(2) practical adj.实用的
(3) household n.全家的人
(4) extinguisher n.灭火器
(5) apparently adj.明显地
(6) mass-produce 大批量生产
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① Whose wedding did the couple attend?
A. their friend's
B. the man's brother's
C. of an acquaintance's son
D. of the woman's sister
② Why did they decide to send them a fire extinguisher?
A. Because they did not know the young man or his bride.
B. Because they knew that soon there would be a fire.
C. Because it was practical.
D. A &C.
③ How were the thank-you notes produced?
A. They were written by hand
B. They were mass-produced.
C. They were copied on a machine.
D. They were painted in varied colors.
④ What does the last sentence mean?
A. We look forward to using it to put out a fire in our house soon.
B. We'll put out the fire on our neighbour's house by using it.
C. We'll send it to someone else.
D. We'll carry it wherever we go.
134.漂亮的结婚礼物
我们参加了一个熟人的儿子的婚礼。由于我们都不认识那个年轻人和他的新娘，所以我们决定送给他们一个实用的全家礼----一个灭火器。很明显，这对新人大批量制作了他们的感谢信，因为我们收到了一张卡片，上面写着：“非常感谢您的漂亮的结婚礼物，我们期待着不久就用到它。”
练习参考答案：
①C②D③B④A
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