Mr. Smith usually got up late in the morning,so Mrs.Smith
史密斯先生通常在早上会晚起,所以为了让他工作不迟到
always called him up in order to make him not to be late for
史密斯太太总是叫他起床.
work. One day,they had a loud and long quarelling,so they were
有一天,他们发生了一次长时间、响亮的争吵,所以他们
not speaking to each other. In the evening Mr. Smith handed his
都不愿跟对方说话.在晚上,史密斯先生给他的
wife a piece of paper. He had written"call me at 7 in the morn-
妻子一张纸条.上面写着“请在早晨7点叫我起床“
ing"on it. Then without a word,he went to sleep.
然后没有说话,他就去睡觉了.
Next morning,when Mr. Smith woke up,it was already 9:30.He
第二天早晨,当先.史密斯醒来时,已经9:30了.他
got up and put on his clothes quickly. As he went out,he found
起来,迅速地穿上衣服.当他跑出去时,他发现
another piece of paper on the table."It's seven o'clock. Get up!"
另一张纸条放在桌子上.上面写着”七点了起来吧!”