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Bad Toilet Paper
质量差的卫生纸
He needed to blow his nose. He pulled1 four sheets2 off3 the roll4 of toilet paper. What's this, he wondered5. The first two sheets were 2-ply. The next two sheets were mostly6 1-ply. He pulled six more sheets off the roll. The first four sheets were mostly 1-ply. The last two sheets were 2-ply. How do they make toilet paper wrong, he wondered. Maybe the whole7 roll was8 no good. Maybe all the rolls9 were no good. He blew his nose. His wife10 came11 home. She went into the bathroom. She came out of the bathroom. She was holding about ten sheets. Some were 2-ply. Some were mostly 1-ply. "What's this?" she said12. "I don't know," he said. "Sometimes they make mistakes13." "I've used14 toilet paper my whole life," she said. "I've never seen15 this problem16 before. Was this on sale17? Did18 you get a good deal19 on it?"
他需要醒鼻子。他拽了4张卫生纸。他疑惑道,这是什么。前两张纸有两层。后两张纸最多有一层。他又拿了四张纸。前四张纸也大部分为一层。后两张为两层。他想,他们怎么会把卫生纸搞错了。或许,整卷手纸都不好。或许所有的手纸都不好。他醒了鼻子。他的妻子回家了。她进入了卫生间。她从卫生间出来。她手里拿着10张纸。许多是两层。但是绝大部分为一层。她问到,这是什么?他回答说,不知道。她说“他们有时也犯错。”“我用了一辈子手纸。还没有见过这样的问题发生。这样的手纸还在卖吗?你是不是买的廉价货?”
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adj. 牵引的 动词pull的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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n.纸( sheet的名词复数 );被单;一张(通常指标准尺寸的纸);一大片(覆盖物) | |
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3 off | |
adj.远的;休假的,空闲的;adv.走开,出发,隔断;prep.离开,脱落,在...之外 | |
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vi.卷;摇晃;vt.使滚动;使摇摆;n.卷;名册 | |
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5 wondered | |
vt.对…感到好奇(wonder的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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6 mostly | |
adv.主要地;大部分 | |
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7 whole | |
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v.(is,am的过去式)是,在 | |
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9 rolls | |
n.名册( roll的名词复数 );滚翻v.(使)打滚( roll的第三人称单数 );(使)转动;卷;把…卷成筒状 | |
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10 wife | |
n.妻子,太太,老婆 | |
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11 came | |
v.动词come的过去式 | |
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12 said | |
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词 | |
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13 mistakes | |
n.错误( mistake的名词复数 );过失;误解;(用词或数字上的)错误v.弄错,误解( mistake的第三人称单数 );认不出;误会;看错 | |
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14 used | |
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常 | |
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15 seen | |
vbl.(see的过去分词)看见 | |
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16 problem | |
n.问题;难题 | |
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17 sale | |
n.出售;卖出;廉售;贱卖 | |
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18 did | |
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19 deal | |
n.交易,协定,份量;v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理,应付,分配 | |
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