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I complimented one of my co-workers on having lost ten pounds. However, I couldn't resist bragging that when I was 17, 1 weighed 225 pounds and today I tip the scales at 224. 1 added, "That's not bad for a man of my age."

Overhearing this, a woman remarked, "You mean to say it took you all this time to lose one pound?"

Notes:

(1) compliment (sb. on sth. ) v.恭維；稱贊

(2) brag v.自夸；夸耀

(3) tip the scale at稱量

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：

① How much had the man's co-worker lost in weight?

A. one pound

B. ten pounds

C. seventeen pounds

D. eleven pounds

② What was the man's attitude towards his cc,-worker having lost in his weight?

A. jealous

B. unconcerned

C. admiring

D. worried

③ How much did the man weigh when he was 17?

A. 224 pounds

B. 225 pounds

C. 223 pounds

D. 222 pounds

④ "Tip the scales at" in paragraph one possibly means_____ .

A. weigh

B. make a tip for scales

C. weigh more than

D. weigh less than

⑤ How did the man feel on his losing one pound?

A. disappointed

B. proud

C. ashamed

D. puzzled

.減掉一磅

我稱贊我的一個同事減肥10磅。可是，我禁不住夸耀說我17歲時，體重225磅，而目前體重是224磅。我還說：“這對我這樣年齡的男子來說，是不錯的。”

一個女子聽到了這些話，她說道：“你是說你花了這么長時間才減了1磅？”

練習(xí)參考答案：

①B②C③B④A⑤B