I Can’t Wear Any Dress

江苏张家港市东渡实验学校 钱喆海 编译

It iswell knownthat most of the women in the world likechatting aboutclothes as much as they chat about theirhusbands.

One day, four women living in theneighborhoodwere invited to a party. They werediscussing aboutthe dress they would wear for the party. They finallydecidedto choose the color thatmatches withthe hair colors of their husbands.

The first woman told the other three women, “I willgo withred as my husband colored his hair red.”

The second woman thought for a while. Then she said, “I alwayspreferblack as my husband’s hair color isnaturallyblack!”

The third woman said, “Yeah,then I do prefer to go with yellow dress as he hasblondehair!”

However, the fourth woman was quiet. All the other three womeninsistedher about her preferred color.

So she said, “I was thinking a lot but can’t choose any color.I can’t wear any dress because my husband isbald!”

At this, the other three women laughed and laughed.

译文：

众所周知，世界上大多数女人都喜欢谈论衣服，就像她们谈论丈夫一样。

一天，住在附近的四个女人被邀请参加一个聚会。她们在讨论她们将穿什么衣服去参加聚会。她们最终决定选择与丈夫头发颜色相匹配的颜色。

第一个女人告诉其他三个女人：“我要穿红色的，因为我丈夫把他的头发染成了红色。”

第二个女人想了一会儿，然后说道：“我总是喜欢黑色，因为我丈夫的头发颜色是自然黑！”

第三个女人说：“是啊，那么我更喜欢穿黄裙子了，因为他有一头金发！”

然而，第四个女人却默不作声。其他三个女人都坚持要她说出自己喜欢什么样的颜色。

于是，她说道：“我一直在考虑，考虑了很多，但我还是不能选择任何颜色。我什么衣服都不能穿了，因为我丈夫是光头！”

听了这话，其他三个女人哈哈大笑。

Notes:

well known 为人熟知

chat about 闲聊……

husbandn. 丈夫

neighborhoodn. 地区；临近街坊

discuss about 谈论……

decidev. 决定

match with 与……搭配

go with 与……般配

preferv. 喜欢

naturallyadv. 自然地

blondeadj. 金黄色；古铜色

insistv. 坚持

baldadj. 光秃的

at this 听到这话；见此情景

I. Put the following into Chinese.

well known _______________

in the world ______________

chat about ________________

as much as _______________

in the neighborhood ______

discuss about ____________

go with _________________

match with _______________

preferred color ___________

at this __________________

II. Complete the table below according to the passage.

The women The 1st woman The 2nd woman The 3rd woman The 4th woman The preferred dress The reason

III. Fill in the blanks with the words given.

that / who / whose / where / which

1. Do you know the man ____ is standing in front of Tom?

2. I don’t know that hospital ____ Peter talked about yesterday.

3. The old man ____ hair is white is Professor White.

4. Have you read the book ____ that I’m reading?

5. Did you live in the village ____ there are hills, ponds and rivers?

6. I don’t like the apples, ____ are half red and half green.

7. The lady ____ shirt is blue is my aunt.

8. This is the best English song ____ I’ve ever heard.

9. The little boy cannot remember the place ____ he was born.

10. The young man ____ father died three days ago is our new

teacher of History.