A plumber promised old Miss Johnson that he would be at her apartment by 11am the next day。When he did not arrived at 11：15 she locked up her apartment and went about her shopping。
The plumber arrived at 11：30 and knocked on the door。Although Miss Johnson was gone，her parrot called out，“Who is it？”and the plumber said，“It's the plumber。”No one came to the door the plumber knocked again。Again the parrot called out，“Who is it？”Thinking Miss Johnson may be hard of hearing the plumber raised his voice and shouted，“It's the plumber！”This routine continued for some time。
Eventually Miss Johnson returned to her apartment with her bag of groceries and found the plumber dead at her door。As she unlocked the door and let herself into the apartment she exclaimed，“Now I wonder who that is？”to which the bird promptly replied，“It's the PLUMBER！！！”
一个水管工向约翰逊这位老小姐承诺说会在第二天上午11点之前到她家。11点一刻他还没到，所以她就把家门锁上去买东西了。
水管工11点半才到，他敲了敲门。虽然约翰逊小姐不在，她的鹦鹉喊道：“谁在敲门啊？”水管工回答：“水管工！”没人开门，水管工又敲了敲门。鹦鹉又再次喊道：“谁在敲门啊？”水管工觉得约翰逊小姐可能耳朵不好使，就大叫到：“水管工！”就这样一问一答来回来去好几次。
终于约翰逊小姐带着一袋子杂货回来了，她发现水管工死在了自己的门口。她说：“我想知道那是谁啊？”鹦鹉很快地大声答道：“水管工！”
1.plumber n。水管工人，管道工人
Call the plumber to fix the toilet。（打电话叫水管工来修理厕所。）
2.routine：n。例行公事，日常工作，程序
They did that just for routine work。。（他们那样做只是例行公事，）
自我测验11：
1.These shoes cost。What's more，they aresmall for me。
A。much too；too muchB。too much；much too
C。very much；veryD。very much；much
2.Mrs Blackand didn't even look up when her husband entered the room。
A。went on to writeB。went on with writing
C。went on writingD。went on and on to write
3.I am afraid we can't have coffee；there'sleft。
A。noneB。nothingC。noD。no one
4.Cindy doesn't lookher mother，but she speaksher father does
A。like；likesB。as；asC。like；asD。as；like
5.Everyone in the town knew him，so we had no difficultyhis house。
A。to findB。foundC。findD。finding
6.Miss Shute，their new teacher ofEnglish，isEuropean。
A。a；anB。the；不填C。an；theD。不填；a
7.All the children slept inbeds，two，who slept on the floor。
A。separate；exceptB。his own；except for
C。his own；butD。different；besides
key：1-56-7