| 19A | 20C | 21B | 22B | 23D | 24A | 25A |
| 26B | 27C | 28A | 29C | 30C |
Dad: I am at the store now. Your mother left this list on the refrigerator.
| SHOPPING LIST |
|---|
| 2 bars of soap |
| 1 box of tangerines |
| 4 toothbrushes (pink for Ann) |
| 1 small wok |
| Total money: 900 |
Ann: The wok is for Grandma, right? Please get the one with two handles.
Dad: Good idea. The store has no tangerines today, so I will buy a watermelon.
Ann: Fine. And my toothbrush must be pink, or I will not use it.
爸爸：我現在在店裡。你媽媽把這張清單留在冰箱上。
| 購物清單 |
|---|
| 肥皂 2 塊 |
| 橘子 1 盒 |
| 牙刷 4 支（安要粉紅色） |
| 小炒鍋 1 個 |
| 總金額：900 |
安：炒鍋是給奶奶的吧？請買有兩個把手的那種。
爸爸：好主意。店裡今天沒有橘子，所以我會買西瓜。
安：好。還有我的牙刷一定要粉紅色，不然我不會用。
Before you begin
Each group gets one wok, one pot, four plates, and a set of tools. Count them at the start and again at the end. If a knife is missing, tell the teacher at once; do not look for it yourself.
Dry every glass with a clean towel before you put it away. Wet glasses left on the shelf may break, and broken glass is hard to find on a light floor. The room must be ready for the next class in ten minutes.
開始之前
每一組會拿到一個炒鍋、一個湯鍋、四個盤子和一套工具。開始時清點一次，結束時再清點一次。如果少了一把刀，請立刻告訴老師，不要自己去找。
把每個玻璃杯用乾淨的毛巾擦乾再收好。濕的杯子留在架上可能會破，而破掉的玻璃在淺色地板上很難找到。教室必須在十分鐘內準備好給下一班使用。
Dear Sir,
I bought a set of four glasses at your store on Middle Road last Saturday. When I opened the box at home, two of them already had a long mark down the side. I did not drop them; the box was still closed.
I would like two new glasses, or half of my money back. I still have the paper you gave me, and I can bring the box to the store this week. I usually shop with you and have never had a problem before, so I hope this is easy to solve.
Please call me after five o'clock on any weekday.
Sincerely, Mei Lin
敬啟者：
我上星期六在您位於中路的店裡買了一組四個玻璃杯。回家打開盒子時，其中兩個側面已經有一道長痕。我沒有摔到它們，盒子當時還是封著的。
我希望能換兩個新杯子，或退還一半的錢。我還留著您給我的單據，這星期可以把盒子帶到店裡。我平常都在您這裡購物，以前從來沒有遇過問題，所以希望這件事容易解決。
請在平日五點後打電話給我。
敬上，美玲
Look at a toothbrush. It is so common that we hardly think about it, and yet it is more important than it looks, yet someone had to decide how long the handle should be and how soft the top should feel.
Good tools are usually quiet. A knife that cuts well does not ask for attention; we call upon it every day, and we notice it only on the day it stops cutting well. The same is true of a rope, a towel, or a simple wooden spoon.
Perhaps this is why we seldom thank the people who make such things. They are not famous, and they win no prize. But the next time you open a door or hold a pan without thinking about it, someone has already done that thinking for you.
看看一支牙刷。它太普通了，我們幾乎不會去想它，然而它比看起來更重要，然而曾經有人必須決定手把該多長、刷頭該多軟。
好的工具通常是安靜的。一把好切的刀不會引起注意，我們天天仰賴它，卻只有在它切不動的那天才會注意到它。繩子、毛巾或一支簡單的木湯匙也是一樣。
也許這就是我們很少感謝做出這些東西的人的原因。他們並不有名，也得不到獎。但下一次你不假思索地開門或拿起平底鍋時，早已有人替你想過了。