慢速英语短文听力 30年前

30 Years Late

30年前

She found a book in her basement. It was an old book. She opened the book. It was a library book. It was an old library book. The library card was inside the front cover. The due date was on the library card. She looked at the due date. The due date was 30 years ago! Oh my goodness¹, she thought. I wonder how much money that is, she thought. I wonder how much money I owe. She didn’t know what to do. She thought about it. I can just throw the book out, she thought. No one will know. No one will know if I just throw the book out. She threw the book out. She threw the book into the trash can. She thought about it. She felt bad. I shouldn’t throw a book into the trash can, she thought. She took it out of the trash can.

她在地下室发现了一本书。这是一本旧书。她打开了这本书。这是一本图书馆的书。这是一本老旧的图书馆图书。借阅卡放在了封皮里面。卡上写着截止日期。她看了看截止日期。截止日期竟然是30年前！她想我的天啊。她想这本书应该值多少钱呢。我不知道我欠了多少钱。她不知道该怎么做。她想了想。我可以把它扔了。没人会知道。没人会知道我把书扔了。她把书扔了。书被扔进了垃圾箱。她想了想。她感觉不太好。我不应该把书仍垃圾箱。她又把书拿了回来。

1 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！