Lesson Fourteen Text My friend was detained 29)in Liverpool longer than he expected;and three days later,as he hadn't returned home,his wife called on me.She said: "What did Tom say about those cheeses?" I replied that he had directed they were to be kept in a moist place,and that nobody was to touch them. She said:"Nobody's likely to touch them.Had he smelt them?" I thought he had,and added that he seemed greatly attached to 30) them. 课文
My friend was detained(29) in Liverpool longer than he expected ; and three days later, as he hadn't returned home , his wife called on me. She said: “What did Tom say about those cheeses?” I replied that he had directed they were to be kept in a moist place, and that nobody was to touch them. She said:“Nobody's likely to touch them. Had he smelt them?” I thought he had, and added that he seemed greatly attached to(30) them. Lesson Fourteen Text 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text "You think he would be upset,"she queried,"if I give a man a sovereign to take them away and bury them?" I answered that I thought he would never smile again. An idea struck her.(31 She said: "Do you mind keeping them for him?Let me send them round to you.” Madam,”I replied,“for myself I like the smell of cheese,and the journey the other day with them from Liverpool I shall ever look back upon as a happy ending to a pleasant holiday. 课文
“You think he would be upset,” she queried, "if I give a man a sovereign to take them away and bury them?” I answered that I thought he would never smile again. An idea struck her.(31) She said: “Do you mind keeping them for him? Let me send them round to you.” “Madam,” I replied, “for myself I like the smell of cheese, and the journey the other day with them from Liverpool I shall ever look back upon as a happy ending to a pleasant holiday. Lesson Fourteen Text 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text But,in this world,we must consider others.The lady under whose roof I have the honour of(32 residing is a widow,and,for all I know,possibly an orphan too.She has a strong,I may say an eloquent objection to being what she terms put upon'(33)The presence of your husband's cheeses in her house she would,I instinctively feel,regard as a put upon',and it shall never he said that I put upon the widow and the 0rpha2.34” "Very well,then,"said my friend's wife, rising,"all I have to say is that I shall take the children and go to a hotel until those cheeses 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text But, in this world, we must consider others. The lady under whose roof I have the honour of (32)residing is a widow, and, for all I know,possibly an orphan too. She has a strong, I may say,an eloquent objection to being what she terms ‘put upon’.(33) The presence of your husband's cheeses in her house she would, I instinctively feel, regard as a ‘put upon’, and it shall never he said that I put upon the widow and the orphan.(34)” “Very well, then,” said my friend’s wife, rising, “all I have to say is that I shall take the children and go to a hotel until those cheeses 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text are eaten.I decline to live (35 any longer in the same house with them." She kept her word,36 leaving the place in charge of the charwoman.The hotel bill came to fifteen guineas;and my friend,after reckoning everything up,37)found that the cheeses had cost him eight-and-six pence a pound.He said he dearly loved a bit of cheese, but it was beyond his means,(8 so he determined 39 to get rid of them.(40) 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text are eaten. I decline to live (35)any longer in the same house with them.” She kept her word,(36)leaving the place in charge of the charwoman. The hotel bill came to fifteen guineas; and my friend, after reckoning everything up,(37) found that the cheeses had cost him eight-and-six pence a pound. He said he dearly loved a bit of cheese, but it was beyond his means, (38)so he determined(39)to get rid of them. (40) 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text He threw them into the canal;but had to fish them out(41) again,as the bargemen complained.They said it made them feel quite faint.And,after that,he took them one dark night and left them in the parish mortuary.But the coroner discovered them,and made a fearful fuss.He said it was a plot to deprive him of his living by waking up the corpses.(42) My friend got rid of them,at last,by taking them down to a seaside town and burying them on the beach 课文
Lesson Fourteen Text He threw them into the canal;but had to fish them out(41) again, as the bargemen complained. They said it made them feel quite faint. And, after that, he took them one dark night and left them in the parish mortuary. But the coroner discovered them, and made a fearful fuss. He said it was a plot to deprive him of his living by waking up the corpses. (42) My friend got rid of them,at last, by taking them down to a seaside town and burying them on the beach. 课文