Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.

　　As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.

　　"Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."

Notes:

　　(1) frequent adj.經(jīng)常的

　　(2) technologist n.技師

　　(3) harsh adj.惡劣的

　　(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的

　　(5) petroleum n.凡士林

　　(6) jelly n.霜

　　(7) shower v.洗淋浴

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文回答下列問題：

　�、� Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?

　�、� Why was her skin very dry?

　�、� What did she rub her hands with one night?

　�、� Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?

　　⑤ What did the husband do in response?

86.回應(yīng)

　　我是醫(yī)藥技師，在中頻繁地洗手，再加上阿拉斯加的惡劣天氣，使我的皮膚非常干燥。一天晚上，我準(zhǔn)備睡覺前用凡士林霜搓了手并帶上一雙舊白色手套。

　　我坐在床上戴著手套讀書，我丈夫洗完澡走進(jìn)來。他擦干身子，走到壁櫥選了一條領(lǐng)帶開始帶上。“你在干什么？”我問。

　　“哦，”他回答說，“既然你想正式點(diǎn)，我也想這樣。”

練習(xí)參考答案：

　�、� Because her job was as a medical technologist.

　　② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very

　�、� Petroleum jelly.

　�、� Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.

　　⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.

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