慢速英语短文听力 新书缺50页

Fifty Missing¹ Pages

剩下的50页不见了

He needed to study for a test. He went online to order a book. He went to the publisher's website. He found the book he needed to study. It was 240 pages. It was $59. Shipping1 was $6. He could order the book from the publisher's website. Or, he could order it from the Borders store. It was only a block away. Borders wouldn't charge him for shipping². He walked over to Borders. He gave the book title to the clerk. She typed the title into her computer. The price was $59. Shipping was free. The number of pages was 190. "Wait a minute," he said. "I just looked at this book online. It has 240 pages, not 190. Where did 50 pages go?" "That's strange," she said. "Maybe you should order it from the publisher." "No," he said. "It's okay. That's 50 pages that I won't have to study."

他需要准备学习参加考试，因此他去网上订购了一本书，打开出版商的网站，他找到了自己想要的那本。总共240页，售价59美元，运费6美元。他既可以从出版商网站那里购买，也可以从边界书店那里购买，并且该书店距离他只有一个街区那么远，另外这个书店也不会收取他邮费，因此他步行到边界书店，告诉店员这本书的名字。店员将书名输入电脑，显示价格是59元，免邮费。但是只有190页。“等等”，他问道“刚刚我在网上找到这本书，上面显示的页数是240页，而你们的只有190页，另外50页呢”？“这就奇怪了”店员回答道，“要不然你就在出版商那里订购吧”，“不”，他说，“既然是这样，那剩下的的50页我就不学了”。

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。