One day Susan Lee was walking along the street when she saw her friend Lisa Carter.

She had not seen her old friend for some time so she said, “Weve got lots to talk about. Lets have some tea and cake in that café.”

She pointed to a nearby café.

Lisa agreed, so the two friends went into the café.

Susan ordered. “Well have two pieces of cake,” she said, “and a pot of tea.”

The waitress wrote down their order and went away.

She soon returned with the cake and the pot of tea.

Susan saw immediately that one piece of cake was a little bigger than the other.

However, she was well-mannered so she picked up the plate and offered it to Lisa.

“Have a piece of cake, Lisa,”she said.

“Thank you,”Lisa said. “But after you.”

“No, no,”Susan said, “After you, please.”

“Very well,”Lisa said and she took the bigger of the two pieces of cake.

Susan was angry.“Youve taken the bigger piece of cake,”she said. “That was very rude.”

“Not at all,”Lisa replied. “Tell me, if you had taken the cake before me, which cake would you have taken?”

“The smaller one, of couse,” Susan said.

“Exactly. Well, youve got the smaller one, so what are you complaining about?”

生词本

café n. a small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals 咖啡馆；小餐馆

e.g. There are many people in that café. 那个小咖啡馆里面有很多人。

potn. a container with a handle and a small tube for pouring, used to make tea or coffee 壶

e.g. A pot of tea for two, please. 请来一壶够两人喝的茶。

well-manneredadj. 彬彬有礼的；气质高雅的

e.g. Professor Li is a well-mannered man. 李教授是一个彬彬有礼的人。

platen. a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food on 盘；碟

e.g. Hes eaten a whole plate of French fries. 他吃了一大盘薯条。

complain v. to express feeling of unhappiness about something 抱怨；埋怨

e.g. He complained that he couldnt find a job anywhere.他抱怨自己找不到工作。

一、 根据前文从a, b, c, d中选出最恰当的答案

A.Susan and Lisa

a.met each other in a café.

b.hadnt seen each other for a while.

c.were walking along the street together when they decided

to have some coffee.

d.worked in a café.

B.They ordered

a.two pots of tea.

b.tea and cake.

c.the special of the day.

d.two pieces of cake and coffee.

C.One of the pieces of cake

a.was on its own plate.

b.was too big to eat.

c.was larger than the other.

d.was the largest in the café.

D.Lisa took

a.both pieces of cake.

b.the smaller piece of cake.

c.the pot of tea.

d.the bigger piece of cake.

二、 用简单几个词回答下列问题

a.Where did the two girls go for a drink?

b.Who took the first piece of cake?

c.Who took their order?

d.Who was angry?

e.Which piece of cake did Susan say she would have chosen?

没什么可抱怨的

一天，苏珊在街上碰见了她的朋友莉萨。

她俩有很长时间没见面了，因此她说：“我们要好好聊聊。这样吧，我们去那家咖啡店，要壶茶和点心怎么样？”

她指着最近的一家咖啡店。

莉萨表示赞同，然后两人就进了那家咖啡店。

苏珊点了一壶茶和两块蛋糕。

服务员记下菜单，转身离去。

不久蛋糕和茶水就端上来了。

苏珊立刻注意到有一块蛋糕比另一块大了一点。

可她却很有礼貌地把那块大蛋糕让给了莉萨。

“吃蛋糕吧，莉萨。”她说。

“谢谢，”莉萨说。“你先来吧。”

“不，不，不，”苏珊说。“还是你先来吧。”

莉萨说：“那好吧。”就把大蛋糕拿到自己盘子里了。

苏珊很生气。“你把大蛋糕拿走了，”她说。“那是很不礼貌的。”

“不是的，”莉萨回答道。“听我说，如果我让你先拿蛋糕，你拿哪块？”

“当然是小的了。”苏珊说。

“对呀。你既然选择拿小的，那你还抱怨什么呢？”

Keys：一、A. b B. bC. cD. d二、a. a café b. Lisac. a waitress d. Susan e. the smaller one