英语幽默小故事-What Color

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  An impoverished graduate student at Clemson University in South Carolina, I was excited when my father informed me that he had bought me a car. Hardly able to contain my enthusiasm, I asked Dad the typical questions: "What kind is it? Does it have a stick shift? Does it have a tape deck?"   "It\'s a 1982 Toyota," he replied. "It\'s a four speed, and, yes, it has a tape deck . " Pleased, I asked what color it was.   "Well, " he said uncomfortably, " which part?" Notes:   (1) impoverished adj.穷困的   (2) South Carolina 南卡罗莱那(美国州名)   (3) inform v.告知   (4) contain v.控制(情绪等)   (5) enthusiasm n.热情   (6) typical adj.典型的   (7) stick shift 手排挡   (8) tape deck 磁带舱 Exercises: 根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):   ① The graduate student couldn\'t afford a car himself.   ② When his father told him that a car had been bought for him he was excited.   ③ He controlled his excitement and didn\'t ask any questions.   ④ He wanted a car with a stick shift.   ⑤ He got a second-hand colored car. 122.什么颜色   作为南卡罗莱那州克莱姆森大学的一个本科生,我囊中羞涩,当我父亲告诉我他为我买了辆车时,我甚是激动。我几乎控制不住我的热情,问了爸爸几个关键问题:“什么车?有没有手排挡?有没有磁带舱?”   “是1982年产丰田车,”他回答说,“四速,还有,是的,有磁带舱。”我甚是高兴,又问是什么颜色的。   “哦,”他很不舒服地说,“你指哪一部分?” 练习参考答案: ①T②T③F④T⑤T


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