阅读理解
Henry was a carpenter (木匠). Once I asked him to make a dinner table for my wife. He made it just the right size (尺寸) to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill (账单) for this work.
My wife said to me quietly, "That's his ninth cup of tea today." But she said loudly (大声地), "It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?"
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said:
BILL |
One dinner table Cost of wood (木头) Paint (油漆) Work, 8 hours ($1 / hour) Total (总计) | June 10 $17.00 $1.50 $8.00 $36.50 |
When I was looking at the bill, Henry said, "It's a fine day, isn't it? Quite sunny."
"Yes," I said. "I'm glad it is only the 10th of June."
"Me, too." said Henry. "You wait … it'll be a bit (有点) hotter by the end of the month."
"Yes. Hotter… and more expensive (昂贵的). Dinner tables will be$20 more expensive on June 30th, won't they, Henry?" I gave his bill back to him.
"Please add (加) it up again. You can forget (忘记) the date." I said.
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. In the end, I paid (付钱) him$26.50 and there was a little smile in his two blue eyes.