他的妻子
问及他的讲题，他要是供认他应邀讲性知识的话，他会无地自容的。他
飞快地思索，回答说：“我要讲关于航海的知识。”
“噢，那好极了，”他妻子说。
第二天，在杂货店，一位听过讲座的年轻妇女认出了牧师的妻子。
“你丈夫昨天讲得确实好极了，”她说，“在那个问题上他确有独到的
见解。”牧师妻子显出有些懊恼地回答说：“唧，你这样认为真是好笑。
我是说他仅仅做过两次。第一次他呕吐了，第二次他的帽子被吹掉了。”
79. In the air
Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy
and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.
"Let's go to the fair, Matt," his wife said. "We haven't been
anywhere for a long time."
Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to
spend money at the fair. At last he said, "All right, but I'm not
going to spend much money. We'll look at things, but we won't buy
anything. "
They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There
were many things Matt's wife wanted to buy, but he would not let
her spend any money.
Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane.
"Fun flights!" the notice said, " $ 10 for 10 minutes.
Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a
fun flight. However, he didn't want to have to pay for his wife,
as well.
"I've only got $ 10, " he told the pilot. "Can my wife come
with me for free?" The pilot wasn't selling many tickets, so he
said, "I'll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn't scream
or shout, she can have a free flight."
Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife.
The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things.
At one moment it was flying upside down.
When the plane landed, the pilot said, "0. K. your wife didn't
make a sound. She can have her ride free."
"Thank you," Matt said. "It wasn't easy for her, you know,
especially when she fell out."
Notes:
(1) stingy adj.吝啬
(2) hate（doing）讨厌（做）
(3) free adj.免费的
(4) make a bargain with sb 达成协议；做成交易
(5) upsidedown 倒转地；倒置地
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① Why didn't Matt really want to go to the fair?
A. He didn't like fairs.
B. His wife didn't want to go.
C. He did not want to spend any money.
D. It was a long way to walk to the fair.
② What wouldn't Matt let his wife do?
A. go to the fair
B. buy anything
C. go on a fun flight
D. took at things at the fair
③ What did Matt want to do at the fair?
A. buy a few things
B. have a ride in an airplane
C. take his wife shopping
D. buy an airplane
④ Why didn't Matt's wife scream or shout in the airplane?
A. She had fallen out of it.
B. She did not go up in it.
C. She enjoyed the flight.
D. She wanted a free ride.
⑤ So from the passage we can know that_____ .
A. Matt was very generous
B. Matt was very kind to his wife
C. Matt's wife was very brave
D. Matt was very stingy
79.在空中
麦特和妻子住在乡下。麦特很吝啬，讨厌花钱。一天附近的镇子逢
集。
“我们去赶集，麦特，”妻子说。“我们很久没出去了。”
麦特想了一会儿。他知道在集市上一定得花钱。最后他说：“好吧，
但我不打算花太多钱。我们只看不买。”
他们去集市，看看所有可买的东西。有很多东西麦特的妻子想买，
但麦特不让她买。
然后在附近的露天场地，他们看到一架小飞机。
“有趣的飞行。”海报上写着，“10 分钟10 美元。”
麦特从来没有乘过飞机，所以他想乘一次小飞机。然而他不想付他
妻子的票钱。
“我只带了10 美元，”他对飞机驾驶员说，“我妻子能免费和我一
起乘飞机吗？”驾驶员没卖出多少票，所以他说：“我和你做个交易。
如果你妻子不尖叫，也不叫出声来，她就能免费飞行。”
麦特同意了，他和妻子一起登上了飞机。
飞机起飞了，驾驶员让飞机做出各种各样的动作。有一会儿飞机倒
着飞行。
飞机着陆时，驾驶员说，“好吧，你妻子没发出任何声响。她就不
用买飞机票了。”
“谢谢，”麦特说，“你知道，这对她不容易，特别当她刚才掉下
去的时候。”
80. Way of Inducing
At the cleaner's, I noticed the sign "In by 10 a. m. , out by
5 p. m. " so I told the owner that I wanted to pick my clothing
up at five. "it won't be ready," he said.
"But your sign says, 'In by 10 a. m. , out by 5 p. m.'," I
reminded him.
"Oh," he replied, "that means me.
Notes:
remind v.提醒
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① Where was the author?