英文短篇故事（纽约）482 She Used the Wrong Credit Card

 　　She was a little frazzled. Among other problems, a flower company had been billing her incorrectly. She called her bank. She told the rep about the problem, but he wasn't any help. She told him to cancel that credit card. She went out to lunch several hours later. That evening, she was paying bills online. She said, "Oh, no! I paid for lunch with my canceled credit card!" Her husband asked, "Are you sure? How could a restaurant accept a canceled card?" She didn't know. She called the restaurant. It was closed. She sent a lengthy¹ email. She apologized and promised she would drop by the next day to pay for lunch. Later, as she digging through a pile of receipts, she found the receipt for lunch. She had paid for lunch with a good credit card, not a bad one. She emailed the restaurant again. "Never mind," she wrote.

1 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。