13. A Pleasant Surprise
A friend of mine had been wanting new kitchen cabinets for a long time, but her husband insisted they were an extravagance. She went to visit her mother for two weeks, and when she returned, she was overjoyed to find that beautiful new cabinets had been installed.
A few days later a neighbor came over to visit my friend. After admiring the new cabinets, the neighbor added, "All of us were so glad that the fire your husband had while you were gone was confined to the kitchen. "
Notes:
(1) cabinet n. 櫥柜
(2) extravagance n.奢侈
(3) overjoyed adj.大為高興的；極為開心的
(4) install v.安裝
(5) be confined to限制；限于范圍內
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
① The husband didn't want to buy new cabinets because they were very expensive.
② The wife was angry, so she went to her mother's home.
③ White the wife was away, the husband decided to give his wife a pleasant surprise.
④ The husband had a fire while the wife was away.
⑤ The fire burnt all the new cabinets that had just been installed.
13.驚喜
我朋友有很長一段時間一直想在廚房添置一些廚柜，但她丈夫堅持說這是鋪張浪費。她去娘家過了兩周，回到家來，發現廚房里新添置了漂亮的廚柜，這令她喜出望外。
幾天后，鄰居來拜訪我朋友。欣賞了新廚柜后，鄰居說：“你不在家的時候，你丈夫弄失了火。我們都深感慶幸只是廚房遭了殃。”
練習參考答案：
①T②F③F④T⑤F
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