An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived.I was not able to leave the office,but I had made plans for his arrival.
一位加拿大的老朋友在機(jī)場(chǎng)打電話給我說他到了,我無法離開辦公室,但我早把計(jì)劃作好了
After explaining where my new house was,I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (門墊).Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home,I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(電冰箱).①
在向他解釋了我的新家在哪之后,我告訴他我已經(jīng)把門鑰匙放門墊下面.由于我清楚我到家一定很晚了,我建議他在家中自便,隨便吃冰箱里的東西
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house.At the moment,he said,he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal.Now,he said,he was drinking a glass of orange juice.When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house,he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat,but luckily,the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window.
兩個(gè)小時(shí)后我朋友用家里電話打給我.他說他在那時(shí)正邊吃邊聽我的留言,現(xiàn)在他正喝著橙汁.當(dāng)我問他找房子時(shí)有沒有什么困難時(shí),他回答說唯一的麻煩就是沒找到鑰匙,但幸運(yùn)的是蘋果樹邊上起居室的窗戶開著,所以他順著樹爬進(jìn)了房間
I listened to all this in great surprise.② There is no apple tree outside my window,but there is one by the living room window of my nextdoor neighbor's house!
我吃驚地聽著這一切,我家窗戶邊上是沒有蘋果樹的,但我鄰居家有!