36. I Can't Stop Now

　　 The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback¹ romance² 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?

36.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.

1 paperback   

n.平装本，简装本

参考例句：

• A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.平装本现在在书店可以买到。
• Many books that are out of print are reissued in paperback form.许多绝版的书籍又以平装本形式重新出现。

2 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。