背诵为王 第 二 册 第 02 课

2 Too Difficult To Spell

A policeman returned to his police station one evening andreported to the sergeant¹ that he had found an old car with nolicense plates ．“ Where was it? ” asked the sergeant ． “ In EcclesiastesStreet ， beyond the bridge ，” answered the policeman ．The sergeant opened the report book and began to write ． Heasked the policeman how to spell the name of the street ， buthe was not sure whether the spelling was correct ． At last hedecided the name was too difficult for him to spell ． So heordered the policeman to write the report ． The policeman alsotried to spell the name of the street ， but he couldn't ，either ． Then the policeman put his helmet on and began towalk out slowly ．“ Where are you going? ” the sergeant asked ．“ Back to Ecclesiastes Street ，” answered the policeman ． “I'm going to push the car round the corner into Green Street．”

sergeant ? 警官
license² plate 汽车牌照
helmet ? 头盔



太难拼写

一天傍晚，一个警察回到警察局，向警官报告说他发现了一辆没有牌照的旧汽车。
“车在哪里？”警官问。“在 Ecclesiastes 大街，在桥的那边。”警察回答。
警官打开报告本开始记录。他问警察如何拼写那条大街的名字，但是他吃不准他的拼写是否正确。最后他觉得这个名字太难，他拼不出来。所以，他命令警察来写报告。警察拼了半天，也拼不出来。警察戴上他的头盔，慢慢地往外走。

“你到哪里去？”警官问。
“回到 Ecclesiastes 大街去，”警察回答，“我要把那辆车推到 Green 大街的拐角上去。”

1 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。