英语听力短文38 What Package?

 　　A UPL driver rang the doorbell. "I'm here to pick up your package," he said. "What package?" she asked. "I don't have a package." "A package for Target," he said. "Oh," she said. "The package for Target. Someone from UPL came by last week. He picked up the package. He took it with him. It's gone. Target probably has it by now." He said, "I'm sorry. I didn't know that." The next morning, her phone rang. It was a recording¹ from UPL. "UPL will pick up your package today," the recording said. She called up UPL. "I don't have a package anymore," she told the representative². "UPL already picked it up." The representative apologized. "I will cancel today's pickup," he said. She sighed. When I had the package, they didn't come, she thought. When I no longer have the package, they come. That afternoon, her doorbell rang. It was UPL.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 representative   

n.代表，众议员，典型；adj.描写的，表现的，代理的，代表性的，代议制的，典型的

参考例句：

• He is a representative for a large steel company.他是一家大型钢铁公司的代理人。
• We have a representative sample.我们有一个代表性的样品。