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 childrenwere at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time Iwas busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephonerang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when Irecognized 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 thekitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for aregistered letter!
本⽂语法：复习some和any的⽤法
（请参考Lesson 6和Lesson 30的分析讲解）
1、After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went lo the shops.早饭后，我先送孩⼦们上学，然后就去了商店。
语⾔点 sent the children to school ⼀般为由第三者帮忙送孩⼦到学校。2、It was still early when I returned home.我回到家时，时间还早。
语⾔点 本句包含由when引导的时间状语从句。
3、The children were at school, my husband was al work and the house was quiet.孩⼦们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家⾥清静得很。以下短语常常不加定冠词：
at work 在⼯作；at school 在上学；at hospital 在住院；go to school 去上学；go to church 去做礼拜；go to market 去赶集；go to prison 去坐牢；go to hospital 去看病；go to court 打官司4、So I decided to make some meat pies.于是我决定做些⾁饼。
语⾔点 make some meat pies 做⼀些⾁饼；knead dough 揉⾯
