Lesson 54: Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指
    After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
    句子講解：
    5、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
    不一會(huì)兒我就忙著揉黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。
    語言點(diǎn)1 be busy mixing sth.忙著攪拌
    語言點(diǎn)2 were covered with…是被動(dòng)語態(tài)形式。
    例：The road is covered with frost.路面上瘦蓋著一層霜。
    6、At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.
    恰恰在此時(shí)，電話鈴響了。
    語言點(diǎn) exactly用于加強(qiáng)語氣，表示“正好，恰好在……時(shí)候”。
    7、Nothing could have been more annoying.
    沒有什么能比這更讓人心煩了。
    語言點(diǎn) 本句包含典型的”can/could+have+過去分詞”的結(jié)構(gòu)，表示”沒有……比這更……了”：
    No one could have been fatter.沒有人比這個(gè)人更胖了。
    Nothing could have been cheaper.沒有什么東西比這更便宜了。
    No face could have been uglier.沒有哪一張臉比這張更丑了。