Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves.

As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room. Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and began putting it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.

"Well," he replied, "if you're going to be formal, so am I."

Notes:

(1) frequent adj.经常的

(2) technologist n.技师

(3) harsh adj.恶劣的

(4) Alaskan adj.阿拉斯加的

(5) petroleum n.凡士林

(6) jelly n.霜

(7) shower v.洗淋浴

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

① Why did the wife frequently wash her hands?

② Why was her skin very dry?

③ What did she rub her hands with one night?

④ Why did the husband think she was going to be formal?

⑤ What did the husband do in response?

86.回应

我是医药技师，在工作中频繁地洗手，再加上阿拉斯加的恶劣天气，使我的皮肤非常干燥。一天晚上，我准备睡觉前用凡士林霜搓了手并带上一双旧白色手套。

我坐在床上戴着手套读书，我丈夫洗完澡走进来。他擦干身子，走到壁橱选了一条领带开始带上。“你在干什么？”我问。

“哦，”他回答说，“既然你想正式点，我也想这样。”

练习参考答案：

① Because her job was as a medical technologist.

② Because she often washed her hands and the weather was very

③ Petroleum jelly.

④ Because he saw that she was wearing a pair of white gloves.

⑤ He selected a tie and began putting it on.