英語幽默小故事 I Cant Stop Now

　　 The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback romance novel. I inched along behind her and when her turn finally came, she stepped aside, saying "You go on ahead. I can't stop now. He's just carried her into his castle!"

Notes:

　　(1) paperback n.平裝書

　　(3) inch v.慢性移動；漸進

　　(2) romance n.愛情故事

　　(4) castle n.城堡

Exercises:

根據短文回答下列問題：

　　① Where were the two persons in the passage?

　　② What was the woman doing?

　　③ How was the line moving?

　　④ What did the woman do when her turn finally came?

　　⑤ Why did the woman do so?

36.我無法停下

　　人們在汽車商場裏排着長隊。排在我前面的是一位婦女，她在讀一部平裝本的小說。我在她的身後一點點向前挪動。終於輪到她了，她卻讓開了，說：“你先來。我現在無法停下來，他把她帶進城堡啦！”

練習參考答案：

① At a department of motor vehicles.

　　② She was reading a romance novel.

　　③ Very slowly.

　　④ She stepped aside.

　　⑤ Because she couldn't stop reading the novel.