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文本和翻译
Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat?你把那个叫帽子吗？
'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.
I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!
参考译文
你把那个叫帽子吗？我对妻子说。
你说话没必要这样不客气，我的妻子边回答边照着镜子。
我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上，等待着。我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。
我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，我突然发表意见说，但马上又后悔说了这话。
你没必要这么说，我妻子回答说，我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。
我觉得它好看，我说，男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。
女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。她回答。
10分钟以后，我们一道走出了商店。我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子。
词汇和短语
rude adj. 无礼的
mirror n. 镜子
hole n. 孔
remark v. 评说
remind v. 提醒
lighthouse n. 灯塔
need情态动词的用法
need可用实意动词和情态动词，用作情态动词时，意思是有必要或需要，其后接动词原形，通常只用于否定句或疑问句以及if或whether之后，一般不用于肯定句。如：
You needn’t worry. 你不必担心。
Why need you go today? 为什么你需要今天走?
He wondered whether they need send a deposit. 他不知道他们是否得交定金。
【注】(1) 由于用作情态动词的need通常不用于肯定句，所以对于以need开头的疑问句的否定回答可用needn’t，但是肯定回答却不能用Yes, you need之类的，应根据具体情况改用其他表达。如：
"Need he stay here?" "Yes, he must." 他有必要留在这儿吗?是的，必须留在这儿。
(2) need有时用于含有only, all 等表限制意义的肯定句中。如：
This is the only form you need fill in. 你要填的只有这一张表。
All you need do is to take a taxi from the airport. 你只需从机场打个的即可。
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