第11课 (281字 1分钟)

Passage Eleven

（K4 level）

1. Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock.

2. He thought to himself in frustration that it was another day at that office with a boss who shouted at him all the time.

3. As Frank went downstairs, his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door.

4. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside.

5. The letter stated that Big Woods Football Pools would like to congratulate him as he had won half a million pounds.

6. Frank suddenly came to life, and the cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street.

7. At 11:30, when Frank arrived at work, his boss asked him to explain why he was so late.

8. Frank told his boss to go and jump in the lake and added that he had just come into a little money, so it was good-bye, suggesting the boss find someone else to shout at.

9. That evening, Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door.

10. He rushed to the door, and outside were two men neatly dressed in grey suits.

11. One of the men addressed him, saying they were from Big Woods Pools and that there had been a terrible mistake.

生词表（New Words）

1. woke up 醒来 leaned over 伸手 alarm clock 闹钟  

2. thought 想 himself 自己 office 办公室

boss 老板  

3. downstairs 下楼 eyes 目光 large 大的

brown 棕色 envelope 信封  

4. overjoyed 激动 read 读 letter 信  

5. congratulate 祝贺 half 一半 million 百万

pounds 英镑  

6.suddenly 一下子 cigarette 香烟 lips 嘴唇

shout 大喊 halfway 半条街  

7.arrived 到达 work 公司 explain 解释

late 迟到  

8.jump 跳 lake 湖 money 钱

goodbye 再见     shout 喊  

9.evening 晚上 smoking 抽 expensive 昂贵

cigar 雪茄 knock 敲门声  

10.rushed 跑去 outside 门外 men 男人

grey 灰色  

11. afraid 恐怕 terrible 严重 mistake 错误

1. 弗兰克·史密森醒来，伸手关掉了闹钟。

2. 他心里想：“天啊，又得去那个办公室，还有那个总是冲我大喊大叫的老板。”

3. 下楼时，弗兰克的目光落在门边一个大大的棕色信封上。

4. 他打开信封，读完里面的信时，激动得难以言表。

5. 信中写道：“大森林足球奖池祝贺您，您中了五十万英镑大奖！”

6. 弗兰克一下子兴奋了起来，嘴里的香烟掉了下来，他大喊一声，声音传遍了半条街。

7. 11点半，弗兰克到公司后，老板问他为什么迟到。

8. 弗兰克回道：“去跳湖吧！我刚中了点儿钱，所以再见了，另找个人让你喊去吧。”

9. 那天晚上，弗兰克正抽着一支昂贵的哈瓦那雪茄，这时听到敲门声。

10. 他赶紧跑去开门，门外站着两个穿着灰色西装的男人。

11. 其中一个对他说：“史密森先生，我们是大森林奖池的代表，恐怕出了一个严重的错误……”