Questions：

1．How come the new jeans Sally is wearing are tighter than
her skin？

莎莉身上新买的牛仔服为何比她的皮肤还要紧身？

2．What word is pronounced wrong， even by the best of
scholars？

什么字就是最有学问的人也会读错？

3．What word is pronounced quicker by adding a syllable¹ to
it？

什么单词加一个音节反而读得更快？

Keys：

1．Because she can sit down in her skin， but not in those tightly-fit
jeans．..
因为她的皮肤允许她坐下来，紧身牛仔可不行。
2．The word“wrong”．..
就是“错”这个字。
3．It’s“quick”．..
就是“快”这个单词。

Notes：

l．jeans/DNi:nz/ n．牛仔裤，工装裤

2．scholar/>sk&l+/ n．学者，有学问的人
3．syllable/>sil+bl/ n．音节