背诵为王 第 三 册 第 31 课

Lesson31 Two Hotels
Mr. Gray often travels to rural¹ areas to sell machines to farmers. One ofhis problems has always been finding² proper lodging³ for himself, and oftenwhen he reached a small village he would be given a cold room with no hotwater or good food after a long and tiring day.
Late one evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journeyby train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold,tired, and hungry. He was looking forward to a satisfying⁴ meal by a burningfire, and then a hot bath and comfortable bed.
While he was leaving the exit of the station, he asked a local man, "Excuseme, I#m a stranger here in this town. Can you help me find a hotel to put meup for a night?" The man looked at him up and down and then replied, "Thereare altogether two hotels in our town ..." "Which one would you advise me togo to?""Mr. Gray asked hurriedly before he could finish. The local manscratched his head for a few moments and then answered, "Well, it#s likethis: whichever one you go to, you will be sorry that you didn#t go to theother."

lodging 住所
put up for 给……安排过夜
scratch⁵ 搔, 抓

两家旅店
格雷先生常去偏远地方向农夫出售机器。为自己找一个合适的住所是他经常遇到的一个问题。每当结束漫长而劳累的一天到达一个小村庄时，经常只有既无热水也无美食的冰冷房间。
一天深夜，格雷先生到了一个铁路小站。那天火车上的旅程实在无趣，而且格雷先生浑身发冷，又累又饿，他很想坐在炉火旁美美地吃上一顿，然后洗个热水澡，舒服地进入梦乡。
离开出站口时，他问一个当地人：“打扰一下，我第一次到这里。你能帮我找个住一晚的旅店吗？”那人上下打量他一番回答：“我们镇总共有两家旅店……”“你建议我住哪一家？”格雷先生不等他说完就急忙问道。当地人挠挠头，过了一会儿说：“哎呀，这么说吧。无论你住了哪家，你都会后悔没住另一家。”

1 rural   

adj.乡下的，田园的，乡村风味的

参考例句：

• He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
• We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

4 satisfying   

adj.令人满意的，令人满足的v.使满意，满足( satisfy的现在分词)

参考例句：

• It's satisfying to play a game really well. 一种游戏玩得特别好是一桩惬意的事。
• The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence. 这本书依次读各章会更好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 scratch   

n.草稿，抓痕，搔，抓，擦伤，刮擦声，乱写，零，起跑线，未中的一击；vt.搔，抓，挖出，擦

参考例句：

• Scratch my name out please.请把我的名字划掉。
• The suggestion is that they should start from scratch.提出的建议是，他们从头开始。