慢速英语短文听力 麻烦男子

Hassle Man

麻烦男子

Everything's a hassle, he thought. The smallest thingis a hassle. Taking the cap off the toothpaste tubeis a hassle. Squeezing² the toothpaste tube¹ is ahassle. Putting the toothpaste on the toothbrush isa hassle. Brushing his teeth is a hassle. Life is justone hassle after another. "You always exaggerate," his wife said. "Not everything is a hassle." Hethought about that. Could his wife be right? Aresome things not a hassle? How about eating food? That's not a hassle. How about taking a hotshower? That's not a hassle. How about reading³? How about watching a good TV program? Howabout sleeping? He couldn't think of anything else. Eating, showering, reading, watching TV, and sleeping aren't a hassle. "Okay, I won't exaggerate," he said to his wife. "I won't say thateverything is a hassle. I'll say that everything except five things is a hassle!"

他总觉得所有的事情都非常麻烦。小事情也非常麻烦。打开牙膏帽是件烦人的事。挤牙膏很麻烦。将牙膏放在牙刷上是一件琐事。刷牙很麻烦。生活就是一个麻烦接着另一个麻烦。他的妻子说：“你总是把事情想得那么夸张，并不是所有的事情都这么麻烦。”他想了想。他的妻子说得对吗？有些事情是不是没这么繁琐？比如说吃饭？这件事不麻烦。好比如洗热水澡？这不麻烦。阅读？看一个好的电视节目？睡觉？他想不到其他不繁琐的事情了。吃饭、洗澡、阅读、看电视、睡觉不繁琐。他对妻子说：“好的，我不会小题大做了，我不会说所有事情都这么麻烦了。我会说除了五件事情以外，其他的都麻烦！”

1 tube   

n.（英）地铁；管，软管，隧道；vt.把…装管，使通过管子

参考例句：

• You may get to the railway station by tube.你可以乘地铁到火车站。
• Take care not to break the test tube!当心别把试管打碎了！

2 squeezing   

挤压； 轧水

参考例句：

• We were drying our clothes by squeezing. 我们把衣服拧干。
• He had a hard time squeezing through the crowd to get up to the platform. 他好不容易才挤到台前。

3 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。