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. Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
作者2. My dentist had just pulled /pʊld/ v. 拔 out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
作者3. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool /ˌkɒtn-'wʊl/ 药棉.
作者4. He knew I collected /kə'lektɪd/ v. 搜集 match boxes and asked me whether my collection /kə'lekʃn/ n. 收藏品，收集品 was growing.
作者5. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
作者6. In answer to these questions I either nodded /'nɒdɪd/ v. 点头 or made strange noises.
作者7. Meanwhile /'miːnwaɪl/ adv. 同时, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
作者8. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
作者9. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
作者1. 牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。
作者2. 我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。
作者3. 我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。
作者4. 他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加。
作者5. 接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。
作者6. 作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
作者7. 与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。
作者8. 我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。
作者9. 当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。