英语幽默精读【36】I Can't Stop Now
The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback romance novel. I inched along behind her and when her turn finally came, she stepped aside, saying "You go on ahead. I can't stop now. He's just carried her into his castle!"
※ Notes
（1） paperback n.平装书
（3） inch v.慢性移动；渐进
（2） romance n.爱情故事
（4） castle n.城堡
※ Exercises
根据短文回答下列问题：
① Where were the two persons in the passage?
② What was the woman doing?
③ How was the line moving?
④ What did the woman do when her turn finally came?
⑤ Why did the woman do so?
※ 译文
我无法停下
人们在汽车商场里排着长队。排在我前面的是一位妇女，她在读一部平装本的小说。我在她的身后一点点向前挪动。终于轮到她了，她却让开了，说：“你先来。我现在无法停下来，他把她带进城堡啦！”
※ 练习参考答案
① At a department of motor vehicles.
② She was reading a romance novel.
③ Very slowly.
④ She stepped aside.
⑤ Because she couldn't stop reading the novel.
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