Carpet

Aaron was laying down carpet in some woman’s home．As he was finishing，he got a craving for a cigarette．Aaron looked around and discovered that his cigarettes were missing．He did，however，notice a bump in the carpet，and figured that he had laid carpet over the pack without noticing it there．Aaron decided rather than to take up the carpet，he would get a hammer and pound it into the ground so no one would know．

When he finished that，the owner of the house walked into the room and commented on what a nice job he had done．

“Aaron，The carpet looks wonderful！”she exclaimed．“Here are your cigarettes．I found them in the kitchen．Oh yes，and by the way，have you seen my gerbil？”

重点英语词汇

1.laying down - 铺设

2.carpet - 地毯

3.craving - 渴望

4.cigarette - 香烟

5.noticed - 注意到

6.bump - 凸起

7.figured - 推测

8.pounding - 敲打

9.finished - 完成

10.owner - 房主

11.job - 工作

12.exclaimed - 惊呼

13.gerbil - 跳鼠

地毯

亚伦正在某位女士家里为她铺置地毯。活儿马上就要干完了，他很想抽根烟。于是他四处看了看，发现烟找不到了。可是，他注意到地毯下鼓起了一个包块，他认为由于自己铺地毯时没注意，把香烟盒留在了地毯下面。但亚伦并不打算掀起地毯，而是想找一把铁锤，把它砸扁在地上，希望这样就没人知道了。

他把那个包块砸平，屋子的主人走进房间，对亚伦的工作赞不绝口。

“亚伦，地毯看上去太棒了！”她大叫道，“这是你的香烟。我在厨房里发现的。哦，顺便问一下，你见到我的沙鼠了吗？”