家具导购培训手册(编辑修改稿)

家具导购培训手册(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of the t hings Herbert l oves: but ter , potat oes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained t hat his di et was so str ict that he had to r eward hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e the contents of the par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve large bar s of chocol ate and thr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t ryi ng to get my new room i n or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor ari ly put my books on t he f l oor . At the moment , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I act ual ly have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of t he r oom. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me to car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al l t hose books on the f loor . 39。 Thi s i s the pret ti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。 she s ai d. She gazed at i t for som e ti me t hen added, 39。 You don39。 t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。 Leson53 Hot snake 触电的蛇 At l ast fi remen have put out a big for est fi r e in Cal if ornia. Since t hen, they have been t ryi ng to f ind out how t he fi re began. For est fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glass or by ci gar et e ends whi ch people car el essly t hrow away. Yes terday t he fi remen examined t he ground car efull y, but wer e not able to f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e that a cigaret te end did not start t he fi re. This m or ning, however , a fi reman acci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He not iced the r emains of a snake whi ch was wound round the el ect ri c wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In this way, he was able t o sol ve the m yster y. The explanati on was si mple but very unusual . A bir d had snat ched up t he snake f rom the ground and t hen dr opped i t on to t he wir es. The snake t hen wound it self r ound the wi res. When it di d so, i t sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and these i mmedi at el y star ted a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast , I sent t he childr en to school and t hen I went to market . It was sti l ear ly when I retur ned hom e. The chil dr en wer e at school , my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et. So I deci ded to m ake some t art s for tea. In a shor t im e I was busy m ixing but ter and fl our and my hands were soon cover ed wi th sti cky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he telephone r ang. Not hing coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I picked up t he recei ver between t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voi ce of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me t en minut es t o persuade her to ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up the r eceiver . What a mes! Ther e was past ry on my f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than the door bel rang l oud enough to wake the dead. This t im e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o sign f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金矿 Dr eams of fi nding l ost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achine c al ed 39。 The Reveal er 39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in the ground. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher ei t is saidpir ates used t o hide gol d. The pi rates would oft en bur y gold i n t he cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search par ty went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself m aki ng the a si st ant br ing almost ever ything in the wi ndow bef ore f inal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n di sgui se? 是因祸得福吗。 The t i ny vi l l age of Fr i nl ey i s sai d t o possess a 39。 cur sed t r ee39。 . Because t he t r ee was m ent i oned i n a newspaper , t he num ber of vi si t or s t o Fr i nl ey has now i ncr eased. The t r ee was pl ant ed near a chur ch f i f t y year s ago, but i t i s onl y i n r ecen t year s t hat i t has gai ned an evi l r eput at i on. I t i s sai d t hat i f anyone t ouches t he t r ee, he wi l l have bad l uck。 i f he pi cks a l eaf , he wi l l di e. Many vi l l ager s bel i eve t hat t he t r ee has al r eady cl ai m ed a num ber of vi ct i m s. The vi car has been asked t o have t he t r ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he t r ee i s a usef ul sour ce of i n e as t our i st s hav e been i ng f r om al l par t s of t he count r y t o see i t . I n spi t e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he conver sat i on. 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 I said. 39。 Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 No, 39。 she answer ed. 39。 Wi l you be spending your holidays abroad thi s year ?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. 39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 I asked. 39。 No,39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 Young man,39。 she answered,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那个叫帽子吗。 39。 Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 You needn39。 t be so r ude about i t, 39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one o。