Sticky Fingers

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After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.

早饭后，我把孩子们送到学校，然后就去商店了。

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It was still early when I returned home.

我回到家时，时间还早。

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The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.

孩子们在学校，我丈夫去上班了，家里很安静。

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So I decided to make some meat pies.

于是我决定做些肉馅饼。

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In a short time I was busy mixing butter

没过多久，我就忙着搅和黄油

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and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.

和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了黏糊糊的面团。

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At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.

就在那时，电话铃响了。

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Nothing could have been more annoying.

没有什么比这更烦人的了。

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I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起听筒，当认出海伦·贝茨的声音时，我感到很沮丧。

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It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver.

我花了十分钟才说服她稍后再打来。最后我挂断了电话。

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What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.

真是一团糟！我的手指上、电话上、门把手上都沾满了面团。

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I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

我刚回到厨房，门铃就响了，声音大得足以把死人吵醒。

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This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信！