I Can’t Wear Any Dress

江蘇張家港市東渡實驗學校 錢喆海 編譯

It iswell knownthat most of the women in the world likechatting aboutclothes as much as they chat about theirhusbands.

One day, four women living in theneighborhoodwere invited to a party. They werediscussing aboutthe dress they would wear for the party. They finallydecidedto choose the color thatmatches withthe hair colors of their husbands.

The first woman told the other three women, “I willgo withred as my husband colored his hair red.”

The second woman thought for a while. Then she said, “I alwayspreferblack as my husband’s hair color isnaturallyblack!”

The third woman said, “Yeah,then I do prefer to go with yellow dress as he hasblondehair!”

However, the fourth woman was quiet. All the other three womeninsistedher about her preferred color.

So she said, “I was thinking a lot but can’t choose any color.I can’t wear any dress because my husband isbald!”

At this, the other three women laughed and laughed.

譯文：

眾所周知，世界上大多數女人都喜歡談論衣服，就像她們談論丈夫一樣。

一天，住在附近的四個女人被邀請參加一個聚會。她們在討論她們將穿什么衣服去參加聚會。她們最終決定選擇與丈夫頭發顏色相匹配的顏色。

第一個女人告訴其他三個女人：“我要穿紅色的，因為我丈夫把他的頭發染成了紅色。”

第二個女人想了一會兒，然后說道：“我總是喜歡黑色，因為我丈夫的頭發顏色是自然黑！”

第三個女人說：“是啊，那么我更喜歡穿黃裙子了，因為他有一頭金發！”

然而，第四個女人卻默不作聲。其他三個女人都堅持要她說出自己喜歡什么樣的顏色。

于是，她說道：“我一直在考慮，考慮了很多，但我還是不能選擇任何顏色。我什么衣服都不能穿了，因為我丈夫是光頭！”

聽了這話，其他三個女人哈哈大笑。

Notes:

well known 為人熟知

chat about 閑聊……

husbandn. 丈夫

neighborhoodn. 地區；臨近街坊

discuss about 談論……

decidev. 決定

match with 與……搭配

go with 與……般配

preferv. 喜歡

naturallyadv. 自然地

blondeadj. 金黃色；古銅色

insistv. 堅持

baldadj. 光禿的

at this 聽到這話；見此情景

I. Put the following into Chinese.

well known _______________

in the world ______________

chat about ________________

as much as _______________

in the neighborhood ______

discuss about ____________

go with _________________

match with _______________

preferred color ___________

at this __________________

II. Complete the table below according to the passage.

The women The 1st woman The 2nd woman The 3rd woman The 4th woman The preferred dress The reason

III. Fill in the blanks with the words given.

that / who / whose / where / which

1. Do you know the man ____ is standing in front of Tom?

2. I don’t know that hospital ____ Peter talked about yesterday.

3. The old man ____ hair is white is Professor White.

4. Have you read the book ____ that I’m reading?

5. Did you live in the village ____ there are hills, ponds and rivers?

6. I don’t like the apples, ____ are half red and half green.

7. The lady ____ shirt is blue is my aunt.

8. This is the best English song ____ I’ve ever heard.

9. The little boy cannot remember the place ____ he was born.

10. The young man ____ father died three days ago is our new

teacher of History.