Lesson 52 A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯 What is the writers carpet made of? We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen, ' she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You dont need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!' 我們剛剛搬進(jìn)一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一個(gè)上午。我試圖把我的新房間收拾整齊，但這并不容易，因?yàn)槲矣?,000多本書。更糟糕的是房間還非常小，所以我暫時(shí)把書放在了地板上。這會(huì)兒，書把地板的每一點(diǎn)空隙都占據(jù)了，我實(shí)際上是踩著這些書進(jìn)出房間的。幾分鐘前，我妹妹幫我把一個(gè)舊書櫥抬上了樓。她走進(jìn)我的房間，當(dāng)她看到地板上的那些書時(shí)，大吃一驚。“這是我見過的最漂亮的地毯，”她說。她盯著“地毯”看了一會(huì)兒，又說：“你根本用不著書櫥，空閑時(shí)你可以坐在這兒讀地毯！” temporarily adv. 暫時(shí)地 inch n. 英寸（度量單位） space n. 空間 actually adv. 實(shí)際上