A Beautiful Dress

Lesson 10

Text A

                                  A Beautiful Dress
    One day Mrs Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress. "I saw it in a shop this morning," she said, "and..."
    "And you want to buy it," said her husband. "How much does it cost? "
    "Forty pounds. "
    "Forty pounds for a cotton dress? That is too much!"
    But every evening, when Mr Jones came back from work, his wife continued to speak only abou't the dress, and at last, after a week, he said, "Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!" She was very happy.
    But the next evening, when Mr Jones came home and asked, "Have you got the famous dress?" she said, "No. "
    "Why not?" he said.
    "Well, it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, nobody else wants this dress, so I don't want it either. "

 

Text B

Which Bus Shall¹ 1 Take?

 

    Jane Foster² has just met Henry Taylor.Jane is on her way to the hospital to see her friend,  Susan Green. HENRY: Where are you going, Jane?

 　　JANE: I'm going to the hospital to see Susan Green.
HENRY: I saw her yesterday. She was a little better.
JANE: Must I catch a number 7 bus to get there?
HENRY: No , you needn't. A number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
JANE: Number 13 buses run much more frequently³, don't they?
HENRY: Yes. I caught a number 7 bus yesterday, and I had to wait for half an hour atthe bus stop.
JANE: Thank you, Henry. I'll get a number .
HENRY: But number 13 buses leave from the centre of town. You'll have to walk two miles tocatch one.

                                 Questions on Text B

7. Read the following passage once. Underline⁴ the key words while reading⁵ and retell the story to your partner.
                                  
    Mrs Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work. She was wearing dirty, old clothes and no stockings⁶, her hair was not tidy, she had dust⁷ on her face, and she looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, "Is this what I come home to see after a hard day's work?"
    Mrs Jones's neighbour⁸, Mrs Smit.h, was there. When she heard Mr Jones's words , she quickly said. goodbye and ran back to her house. Then she washed, brushed and combed⁹ her hair carefully, put on her best dress and her prettiest stockings, painted her face, and waited for her husband to come home.
    When he arrived, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the house, saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, "And where are you going this evening?"
 

1 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？

2 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

3 frequently   

adv.常常，屡次，经常地，频繁地

参考例句：

• Please write to me frequently.请经常给我来信。
• I like that you should call on me frequently.我喜欢你经常来拜访我。

4 underline   

n.下划线；加下划线；vt.在…下面划线；强调

参考例句：

• Underline all the sentences you do not know.在你不懂的所有句子下面划一条线。
• Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.请用线画出短文中的名词性从句。

5 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

6 stockings   

n.长袜( stocking的名词复数 )；靺；袜子

参考例句：

• a pair of silk stockings 一双长筒丝袜
• She wears a pair of sheer stockings. 她穿着一双透明的丝袜。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 dust   

n.灰尘，尘埃，粉末，花粉，土，骚乱&vt.拂去灰尘，撒，弄成粉末&vi. 拂去灰尘

参考例句：

• She swept the dust out.她把灰尘扫出去。
• A lot of dust had blown in. 吹进来许多灰尘。

8 neighbour   

n.邻居；邻近的人(或物)，邻国

参考例句：

• I know nothing about my new neighbour.我对我的新邻人全无所闻。
• How can you get on with your neighbour?你与你的邻居相处得怎么样？

9 combed   

n.精梳v.梳理( comb的过去式和过去分词 )；在…搜寻，彻底搜查

参考例句：

• He combed through the files searching for evidence of fraud. 他详查档案，寻找欺诈行为的证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man combed his snowy hair. 老头儿梳他的白发。 来自《简明英汉词典》