歌词
--- Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something?
你想对我说什么吗？
--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
--- Why did the writer become very worried?
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
^牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。
My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
^我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。
I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
^我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。
He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
^他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加。
He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
^接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。
In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
^作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
^与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。
I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
^我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。
When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth,
^当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，
I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
^我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。
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