A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."
"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. " said the salesman.
"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15."
Notes:
(1) motel n.汽車旅館 (3) turn away n.謝絕
(2) vacancy n.空缺
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F):
① A motel is a hotel for motorists.
② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.
③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.
④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.
⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.
生意不好
一個(gè)商人在和汽車旅館的主人閑聊。“生意大糟了,”旅館主人說,“真的太糟了。
“可是每次我駕車經(jīng)過這兒,你都掛上了‘客滿’的牌子,”商人就。
“那倒是真的?!甭灭^主人答道,“可是過去我一夜就謝絕三十至三十五人,而如今只能謝絕十至十五人。”
練習(xí)參考答案:
①T②F③T④F⑤F