第53期雙語笑話加練習(xí)題郵政快遞（1）

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　　My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possible.
　　Struck by the urgency in his voice, I grabbed a handful of change and dashed out the door. Arriving at the post office, I rushed to the counter and breathlessly explained to the clerk that my envelope had to be delivered immediately . He casually weighed the envelope and said it would cost $ 10.03.I fumbled through my pockets and tallied up my coins. "But I don't have $ 10. 03, " I said. He punched some more buttons and said, "Okay, that will be $ 7. 40, ma am.
　　Once more I said in dismay, "Sorry, I don't have $ 7.40.
　　"Well," he sighed, "exactly how much do you have?"
　　I meekly answered, "I have exactly $ 2. 15, sir."
　　With that, he yelled over his shoulder to a coworker, "Hey, Charlie, get the pigeon ready.
Notes:
　　(1) resume n. 履歷
　　(2) anticipation n.期望
　　(3) dash v.急奔；猛沖
　　(4) breathlessly adv.上氣不接下氣地
　　(5) casually adv.漫不經(jīng)心地
　　(6) fumble v.摸索
　　(7) tally up算上
　　(8) punch v.敲；擊
　　(9) dismay n.困惑；茫然
　　(10) meekly adv.謙和地
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
　　① What did the husband asked the wife to do?
　　A. to get up early
　　B. to get out of the door
　　C. to post his resume
　　D. to go to his office
　　② From the passage we can see
　　A. the husband was applying for a job
　　B. the husband was bad tempered
　　C. the husband was always rude to his wife
　　D. the husband was anticipating a new clerk

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