新概念英语第二册54

54 Sticky fingers粘糊的手指 After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early 新概念英语第2册课文 - 31 - when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was past, ry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! 早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。时间还很早回家。孩子们上学去了，我丈夫在上班，家里很安静。于是我决定做些肉馅饼。在很短的时间，我正忙着把黄油和面粉和我的手揉了起来。就在这时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更恼人的。我拿起话筒，在两个粘糊糊的手指和沮丧当我听出是海伦贝茨的声音。我花了十分钟才说服她过会儿再来电话。我终于挂上了话筒。真是一团糟！没有过去，就靠在我的手指上，电话机，并在门把手。我刚回厨房，门铃响了起来，足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信！