英語幽默小故事 A Plumber
My daughter Judy, who works for a plumbing company, found herself in need of a plumber at home. When she got to work, she asked that a plumber be sent. For several days her request was ignored.
In desperation, as she departed one afternoon she left her boss this note - "I will come to work in the morning as soon as a plumber gets to my house. " One arrived shortly before 7 a. m.
Notes:
(1) plumber n.水管修理工
(2) ignore v.不理；不顧
(3) desperation n.不顧一切的冒險；拼命
(4) depart v.離開
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
① One day, something was wrong with the plumb in Judy's house.
② For several days, Judy didn't ask for a plumber.
③ The company did not send a plumber to Judy's house because Judy herself was a plumber.
④ Judy was so furious that she left her boss a note indicating she wouldn't work any more.
⑤ Judy succeeded by writing a proper note to the
27.管道修理工
我女兒朱迪在一家管道公司工作。一日，她發現自己家裏需要一個管道修理工。於是，去上班時，她要求派一個管修工到她家裏。但一連幾天，她的要求都沒有得到迴應。
出於無奈，一天下午下班時，她給老闆留下這樣一張字條：“明早管修工一到我家，我即刻來上班。”第二天早晨還不到七點鐘就來了一位管修工。
練習參考答案：
①T②F③F④F⑤T
