背诵为王 第 二 册 第 39 课

Lesson39 Writing¹ the Name Backwards²
The other day a man named William Smith went to a police³ station． He wantedto get a license⁴ to drive a car．Behind the desk in the police station sat⁵ apolice captain⁶． He was⁷ not a very polite⁸ man．“I would⁹ like to get alicense to drive a car，” said¹⁰ Mr． Smith in a low¹¹ voice¹²． “You have tofill out this card first，” said the police captain． He threw a smallwhite card in Mr． Smith's direction¹³． “Put your name at the top．” “Inink?” asked Mr． Smith very politely¹⁴． “Of course¹⁵， in ink!” said thepolice captain． “Put your last name first and your first name last．”
“How's that?” said Smith． He did¹⁶ not understand the police captain．“Write your name backwards． Your last name first and your first name last． BACKWARDS!” “Backwards?” “That's right． That's just what I said!”
Slowly¹⁷， carefully¹⁸ Mr． Smith began to write． It seemed¹⁹ a little strange²⁰ tohim． But the police captain must know what was correct²¹． Mr． Smith wrotehis name： HTIMS MAILLIW．

police captain 警官
backwards ? 向后地，相反地

倒着写名字
有一天，警察局来了个叫威廉姆•史密斯的人。他想办一张驾驶汽车的驾驶证。
警察局里办公桌后坐着一位警官。他不是个很客气的人。
“我想办张汽车驾驶证”，史密斯先生低声说。
“首先你必须填好这张卡，”警官说。他朝史密斯先生的方向扔过来一张白色的小卡片。“顶端填写你的姓名。”
“用墨水填？”史密斯先生很礼貌地问。
“当然，用墨水！”警官说，“先写姓，后写名。”
“怎么填？”史密斯说。他不明白负责人的意思。
“从后往前写姓名。姓在前，名在后。倒着写！”
“倒着写？”
“对。我就是这样说的！”
史密斯先生开始慢慢地、仔细地填写。他觉得这有点奇怪。但警官肯定知道怎么填写才是正确的。史密斯先生写下了他的姓名： HTIMS MAILLIW。

1 writing   

n.写，写作；著作，文学作品

参考例句：

• I am also writing a short story.我也写短篇小说。
• Do you like writing for children?你愿意为儿童写作吗？

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

4 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。

5 sat   

v.（sit的过去式，过去分词）坐

参考例句：

• He sat on a chair.他坐在椅子上。
• The mother sat by the sick child all night long.妈妈整夜守在生病的孩子身旁。

6 captain   

n.队长；首领；船长，舰长；（军）上校

参考例句：

• Have you seen our captain?你看到队长了吗？
• The captain sailed his ship through the narrow channel.船长驾驶他的船穿过了狭窄的航道。

7 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

8 polite   

adj.有礼貌的，客气的；斯文的，有教养的

参考例句：

• It's not polite to stare at a girl in the face.盯着姑娘的脸瞧是不礼貌的。
• She is a polite girl.她是一个文雅的姑娘。

9 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

10 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

11 low   

aaj.低，矮；低级的，下层的，卑贱的；低声的

参考例句：

• Your price is too low.你们的价格太低。
• This is a small and low house.这是一个小而低矮的房子。

12 voice   

n.说话声；声音

参考例句：

• Her voice was music to my ears.她的声音听起来就像音乐。
• That song doesn't suit her voice.那首歌不适合她的嗓子。

13 direction   

n.方向；方位；指令；说明

参考例句：

• In which direction did he go?他朝哪个方向去了？
• He looked in that direction and saw an airplane.他朝那个方向看，看见了一架飞机。

14 politely   

adv.客气地，斯文地，殷勤地，优雅地，委婉地

参考例句：

• He has a politely diffident manner.他的态度是客气中带有羞怯。
• He cannot refuse if you ask politely.如果你客气一点的话,他是不会拒绝的。

15 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

16 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

17 slowly   

adv.慢地，缓慢地

参考例句：

• Speak more slowly,please.请说慢一点。
• Do it slowly and carefully.要慢慢仔细地做。

18 carefully   

adv.仔细地；小心地

参考例句：

• If you watch carefully you will see how to do it. 如果你仔细观察，你就会看出如何做此事了。
• Now listen carefully everybody.请大家仔细地听。

19 seemed   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She seemed totally absorbed in her book. 她好像完全被这本书迷住了。
• My life seemed aimless. 我的生活似乎没有目标。

20 strange   

adj.奇怪的；古怪的

参考例句：

• She's a strange policewoman.她是个作风奇特的女警。
• I heard a strange sound.我听到一种奇怪的声音。

21 correct   

adj.正确的；vi.改正，纠正；vt.改正

参考例句：

• She gave a correct answer.她给了个正确的答案。
• Choose the correct one from these words.选择正确的词填空。