英语考研阅读粘糊的手指

Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指

Afterbreakfast， I sent the children to school and then Iwent to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children wereat school， my husband was at work and the house wasquiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixingbutter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactlythat moment， the telephone rang. Nothing could havebeen more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and wasdismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes topersuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers， on thetelephone， and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner gotback to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. Thistime it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

stickyadj. 粘的

fingern. 手指

pien. 馅饼

mixv. 混合，拌和

pastryn. 面糊

annoyingadj. 恼人的

receivern. 电话的话筒

dismayv. 失望，泄气

recognizev. 认出，听出

persuadev. 说服，劝说

messn. 乱七八糟