第11课（261字2分钟）

Passage Eleven

（K9 level）

1. Frank Smithson woke up early in the morning and reached over to silence his alarm clock with a weary hand.

2. He sighed deeply, thinking to himself how dreadful it was to face yet another day at the office, enduring the relentless shouting of his boss.

3. As Frank descended the stairs, his gaze was immediately drawn to a large brown envelope lying conspicuously by the front door.

4. Excitement surged through him as he tore open the envelope and scanned the letter inside.

5. The letter announced that Big Woods Football Pools was thrilled to inform him that he had won a staggering half a million pounds.

6. Overcome with joy, Frank felt a rush of energy, the cigarette slipping from his lips as he let out a triumphant yell that echoed down the street.

7. By 11:30, Frank finally arrived at work, where his boss demanded an explanation for his tardiness.

8. Frank confidently told his boss to take a leap into the lake, casually mentioning that he had recently come into some money and was quitting, suggesting his boss find someone else to yell at.

9. That evening, Frank was lounging at home, enjoying an expensive Havana cigar, when an unexpected knock interrupted him.

10. Hurrying to the door, he found two men standing outside, both impeccably dressed in sharp grey suits.

11. One of the men introduced himself and informed Frank, with an apologetic tone, that they were representatives from Big Woods Pools and there had been an unfortunate mistake.

生词表（New Words）

1. woke up 醒来 alarm clock 闹钟  

2. sighed 叹气 dreadful 糟糕 office 办公室

boss 老板 shouting 大喊大叫  

3. descended 下楼 gaze 目光 immediately 立刻

drawn 吸引 large 大的 brown 棕色

envelope 信封  

4. excitement 激动 tore 撕开 scanned 浏览

letter 信  

5. announced 宣布 thrilled 高兴地 inform 通知

staggering 惊人的 million 百万 pounds 英镑  

6. joy 兴奋 cigarette 香烟 lips 嘴唇

yell 喊叫 echoed 回声  

7. arrived 到达 demanded 质问 explanation 解释

tardiness 迟到  

8. confidently 自信地 told 告诉 jump 跳

lake 湖 mentioned 提到 money 钱

quitting 辞职    

9. evening 晚上 cigar 雪茄 knock 敲门声  

10. hurrying 匆匆 outside 门外 grey 灰色

suits 西装  

11. introduced 自我介绍 informed 告诉

1. 弗兰克·史密森一大早醒来，伸手疲惫地关掉了闹钟。

2. 他叹了口气，心想，又是糟糕的一天，还要去办公室面对那个总是对他大喊大叫的老板。

3. 当弗兰克下楼时，他的目光立刻被门边一个显眼的大棕色信封吸引住了。

4. 他激动地撕开信封，快速浏览里面的信件。

5. 信上写道，大森林足球奖池非常高兴地通知他，他中了一个惊人的五十万英镑大奖。

6. 弗兰克兴奋得无以言表，整个人瞬间充满活力，嘴里的香烟掉了下来，他发出一声欢呼，声音传遍了整条街道。

7. 到了11点半，弗兰克终于到达公司，老板质问他为什么迟到。

8. 弗兰克自信地对老板说：“去跳湖吧！” 他随口提到自己刚得到了一笔钱，并宣布辞职，还建议老板另找别人去喊吧。

9. 那天晚上，弗兰克正悠闲地抽着一支昂贵的哈瓦那雪茄，这时突然听到敲门声。

10. 他匆匆跑去开门，发现门外站着两个穿着笔挺灰色西装的男人。

11. 其中一人自我介绍后，语气歉意地告诉弗兰克，他们是大森林奖池的代表，但这次中奖发生了一个严重的错误。