A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."
"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. " said the salesman.
"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15."
Notes:
(1) motel n.汽车旅馆 (3) turn away n.谢绝
(2) vacancy n.空缺
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① A motel is a hotel for motorists.
② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.
③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.
④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.
⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.
生意不好
一个商人在和汽车旅馆的主人闲聊。“生意大糟了，”旅馆主人说，“真的太糟了。
“可是每次我驾车经过这儿，你都挂上了‘客满’的牌子，”商人就。
“那倒是真的。”旅馆主人答道，“可是过去我一夜就谢绝三十至三十五人，而如今只能谢绝十至十五人。”
练习参考答案：
①T②F③T④F⑤F
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