My Roommate

    My roommate¹ was interested in a young man in her English-literature class, but she was too shy to let him know. One day she overheard³ him say he was on his way to the library for a certain book. She rushed to the library, found the book and stuck in it a letter from her mother.
    "Why would he want to read a letter from your mother?" I asked.
    "He wouldn't, but if he's any kind of gentleman, he'll return it to me " Her dorm and room numbers were on the envelope, of course.
    The next day he appeared with the letter and asked my roommate out on a date. "Couldn't fail," she later told me. "The book was Great Expectations⁴.
    Notes:
    (1) overhear² v.偶然听到；无意中听到(2) on one’s way to在去……的路上(3) date n.约会Exercises:
    根据短文选择正确答案：
    ① My roommate was interested in a young man in her _____ class.
    A. mathematicsB. EnglishC. English-literatureD. physics② How did she know that he was on his way to the library?
    A. He had told her so.
    B. She was only guessing.
    C. Her classmate told her so.
    D. She overheard it when he was talking to someone else.
    ③ She rushed to the library, and stuck in it_____ .
    A. a love letterB. a rose flowerC. a letter from her motherD. a note on which there were her dorm and room numbers④ The young man knew where to find the girl because______ .
    A. there were her dorm and room numbers on the letterB. there were her dorm and room numbers on the envelopeC. he found her telephone numberD. his classmates helped him⑤ What happened at last?
    A. The young man only returned the letter to her.
    B. The young man ignored⁵ the letter.
    C. The young man was too shy to ask her out on a date.
    D. She did make it.
    35.我的室友 我的室友对她英国文学课上的一个年轻人有意思，但又不好意思让他知道。一天，她听到他和别人说要去图书馆借某本书。她冲到图书馆，找到那本书，夹进去她妈妈来的一封信。
    “他为什么会要读你妈妈来的信呢？”我问。
    “他不会读的。但如果他还算是个绅士的话，他会把信还给我的。”当然啦，她的宿舍及房间号码就在信封上。
    第二天，他拿着那封信出现了，并约我室友出去。“错不了的，”她后来对我说，“那本书的书名是《远大前程》。”

1 roommate   

n.室友

参考例句：

• My roommate is from New York.我的室友来自纽约。
• What is your roommate like?你的室友长得像什么样子呢？

2 overhear   

vt.无意中听到，偷听到

参考例句：

• I happened to overhear what he said.我碰巧听到他说的话。
• They stepped aside so that their child could not overhear their conversation.他们走到一边去，不让孩子听见他们的谈话。

3 overheard   

adj. 串音的, 偶而听到的 动词overhear的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• We talked quietly so as not to be overheard. 我们低声交谈，以免别人听到。
• I told Lucy the news under my breath, but Joyce overheard me. 我低声地把这个消息告诉露西，可还是被乔伊斯听到了。

4 expectations   

希望( expectation的名词复数 )； 预料； （被）预期； [常作复数] 期望的事情

参考例句：

• This realization of our dreams surpassed even our wildest expectations. 我们梦想的实现甚至超越了我们最大胆的估计。
• Contrary to our expectations, he was eliminated in the first round. 我们怎么也想不到，他在第一循环赛里就被淘汰了。

5 ignored   

adj.忽视的 动词ignore的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Work in the home is often ignored and devalued. 家务劳动常常被忽视和贬低。
• She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me. 她坐在桌边，故意对我不理不睬。