全文 9 句（男女对话）· 6 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. 'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
妻子2. 'You needn't be so rude /ruːd/ adj. 无礼的 about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror /'mɪrə/ n. 镜子.
作者3. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes /həʊlz/ n. 孔 in it and waited.
作者4. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
作者5. 'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked /rɪ'mɑːkt/ v. 评说 suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.
妻子6. 'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind /rɪ'maɪnd/ v. 提醒 you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
作者7. 'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
妻子8. 'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
作者9. Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse /'laɪthaʊs/ n. 灯塔!
作者1. “你把那个叫帽子吗？”我对妻子说。
妻子2. “你说话没必要这样不客气，”我的妻子边回答边照着镜子。
作者3. 我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上，等待着。
作者4. 我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。
作者5. “我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，”我突然发表意见说，但马上又后悔说了这话。
妻子6. “你没必要这么说，”我妻子回答说，“我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。”
作者7. “我觉得它好看，”我说，“男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。”
妻子8. “女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。”她回答。
作者9. 10分钟以后，我们一道走出了商店。我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子。