课文对话 · Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指（课本 Lesson 54，印刷页 252-255）
1After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.
早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。
2It was still early when I returned home.
我回到家时，时间还早。
3The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。
4So I decided to make some meat pies /paɪz/ n. 馅饼.
于是我决定做些肉馅饼。
5In a short time I was busy mixing /'mɪksɪŋ/ v. 混合，拌和 butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky /'stɪki/ adj. 黏的 pastry /'peɪstri/ n. 面糊.
不一会儿我就忙着调拌起黄油和面粉来，很快双手就沾满了黏黏的面糊。
6At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.
恰恰就在这时，电话铃响了。
7Nothing could have been more annoying /ə'nɔɪɪŋ/ adj. 恼人的.
没有比这更烦人的了。
8I picked up the receiver /rɪ'siːvə/ n. 电话的话筒 between two sticky fingers /'fɪŋɡəz/ n. 手指 and was dismayed /dɪs'meɪd/ v. 失望，泄气 when I recognized /'rekəɡnaɪzd/ v. 认出，听出 the voice of Helen Bates.
我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒，当我听出是海伦·贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。
9It took me ten minutes to persuade /pə'sweɪd/ v. 说服，劝说 her to ring back later.
我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。
10At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess /mes/ n. 乱七八糟!
我终于挂上了电话。真是糟透了！
11There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the door-knobs /'dɔːnɒbz/ n. 门把手.
我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊。
12I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。
13This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign /saɪn/ v. 签字 for a registered /'redʒɪstəd/ v. 挂号邮寄 letter!
这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信！
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