Lesson 123 An Accident

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Sally and her husband, Jack¹, have bothbeen driving for three years. Jack hasalways driven very carefully. He has neverbeen in an accident. Sally, however, hasnever been a good driver. She has alreadygotten into four accidents this year. Eachtime she has had an accident, she hasclaimed that it was not her fault. Yesterday,Sally drove into a tree. She blamed it on thetree, saying that she honked² the horn, butthe tree didn't get out of the way.
   

一桩事故 
    　　萨莉和她丈夫杰克两人开车已有三年了。杰克开车总是很小心，他从未发生过事故。然而，萨莉就一直不是个好驾驶员。她今年已经出过四次车祸了。每次她发生事故，她总是宣称那不是她的错。昨天萨莉撞到一棵树，她把她的错归罪于那棵树，她说她按了喇叭，但那棵树就是不让路。