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One day Susan Lee was walking along the street when she saw her friend Lisa Carter.

She had not seen her old friend for some time so she said, “Weve got lots to talk about. Lets have some tea and cake in that café.”

She pointed to a nearby café.

Lisa agreed, so the two friends went into the café.

Susan ordered. “Well have two pieces of cake,” she said, “and a pot of tea.”

The waitress wrote down their order and went away.

She soon returned with the cake and the pot of tea.

Susan saw immediately that one piece of cake was a little bigger than the other.

However, she was well-mannered so she picked up the plate and offered it to Lisa.

“Have a piece of cake, Lisa,”she said.

“Thank you,”Lisa said. “But after you.”

“No, no,”Susan said, “After you, please.”

“Very well,”Lisa said and she took the bigger of the two pieces of cake.

Susan was angry.“Youve taken the bigger piece of cake,”she said. “That was very rude.”

“Not at all,”Lisa replied. “Tell me, if you had taken the cake before me, which cake would you have taken?”

“The smaller one, of couse,” Susan said.

“Exactly. Well, youve got the smaller one, so what are you complaining about?”

生詞本

café n. a small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals 咖啡館；小餐館

e.g. There are many people in that café. 那個小咖啡館里面有很多人。

potn. a container with a handle and a small tube for pouring, used to make tea or coffee 壺

e.g. A pot of tea for two, please. 請來一壺夠兩人喝的茶。

well-manneredadj. 彬彬有禮的；氣質高雅的

e.g. Professor Li is a well-mannered man. 李教授是一個彬彬有禮的人。

platen. a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food on 盤；碟

e.g. Hes eaten a whole plate of French fries. 他吃了一大盤薯條。

complain v. to express feeling of unhappiness about something 抱怨；埋怨

e.g. He complained that he couldnt find a job anywhere.他抱怨自己找不到工作。

一、 根據前文從a, b, c, d中選出最恰當的答案

A.Susan and Lisa

a.met each other in a café.

b.hadnt seen each other for a while.

c.were walking along the street together when they decided

to have some coffee.

d.worked in a café.

B.They ordered

a.two pots of tea.

b.tea and cake.

c.the special of the day.

d.two pieces of cake and coffee.

C.One of the pieces of cake

a.was on its own plate.

b.was too big to eat.

c.was larger than the other.

d.was the largest in the café.

D.Lisa took

a.both pieces of cake.

b.the smaller piece of cake.

c.the pot of tea.

d.the bigger piece of cake.

二、 用簡單幾個詞回答下列問題

a.Where did the two girls go for a drink?

b.Who took the first piece of cake?

c.Who took their order?

d.Who was angry?

e.Which piece of cake did Susan say she would have chosen?

沒什么可抱怨的

一天，蘇珊在街上碰見了她的朋友莉薩。

她倆有很長時間沒見面了，因此她說：“我們要好好聊聊。這樣吧，我們去那家咖啡店，要壺茶和點心怎么樣？”

她指著最近的一家咖啡店。

莉薩表示贊同，然后兩人就進了那家咖啡店。

蘇珊點了一壺茶和兩塊蛋糕。

服務員記下菜單，轉身離去。

不久蛋糕和茶水就端上來了。

蘇珊立刻注意到有一塊蛋糕比另一塊大了一點。

可她卻很有禮貌地把那塊大蛋糕讓給了莉薩。

“吃蛋糕吧，莉薩。”她說。

“謝謝，”莉薩說。“你先來吧。”

“不，不，不，”蘇珊說。“還是你先來吧。”

莉薩說：“那好吧。”就把大蛋糕拿到自己盤子里了。

蘇珊很生氣。“你把大蛋糕拿走了，”她說。“那是很不禮貌的。”

“不是的，”莉薩回答道。“聽我說，如果我讓你先拿蛋糕，你拿哪塊？”

“當然是小的了。”蘇珊說。

“對呀。你既然選擇拿小的，那你還抱怨什么呢？”

Keys：一、A. b B. bC. cD. d二、a. a café b. Lisac. a waitress d. Susan e. the smaller one