2．夏洛克·福尔摩斯和华生医生去山区野营。他们正躺在一块露天的地上，头上是星星。夏洛克·福尔摩斯仰望着星空，轻声问道："华生，当你望着美丽的天空时，你想到了什么？"华生回答说："我想到生命是多么短暂，而宇宙是多么漫长。""不，不对，华生！"福尔摩斯说，"你到底想到了什么？"于是华生又试着回答："我想到我是多么渺小，而天空是多么浩瀚。""再回答一次，华生！"福尔摩斯说。华生试着又回答了一次："我想到宇宙是多么寒冷，而人们睡在床上是多么暖和。"福尔摩斯说："华生，你这个傻瓜！你应该想到有人把我们的帐篷偷走了！"

　　Step 1　True (T) or False (F)．

　　1．In the first joke, the customer is angry about a fly in his/her soup.(　　)

　　2．In the second joke, the waiter mistakes "bean" for "been"．(　　)

　　3．In the third joke, the customer asks about the shape of the pancakes.(　　)

　　4．Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went travelling in a mountainous area.(　　)

　　5．From their dialogue we can see Sherlock Holmes is humorous.(　　)

　　答案：1～5　TFFFT

　　Step 2　Choose the best answers according to the text.

　　1．In the second dialogue the customer in fact means that ________.

　　A．he doesn't know what it is now

　　B．he doesn't hear clearly what the waiter says

　　C．he is not content with the soup

　　D．he mistakes "bean" for "been"

　　2．In the third dialogue the customer really wants to know

　　________.

　　A．the length of the pancakes

　　B．how soon the pancakes will be ready

　　C．the size of the pancakes

　　D．the shape of the pancakes

　　3．When did the story probably happen?

　　A．In the morning.　　　 B．At noon.

　　C．In the afternoon. D．At night.

4．What happened to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson?