We have a rather small house, with only
one spare (多余的) bedroom. You can imagine (想象) our alarm (惊恐) when Aunt Clara
wrote to say that she was coming with her children to stay for the weekend. Her
family was not a small one, with four boys all under the age of
twelve. I sent off a telegram (电报) at once, explaining that our house was too small. Aunt Clara called us up the next morning. "I forgot to mention (提到) to you, "she said in her sweetest voice, "the boys will be bringing their tents (帐篷) . " Even so, my wife was still worried. It was true we had a large garden, but there was still the problem of feeding (喂养) four growing boys. "And what if it rains " she added. Luckily Saturday morning turned out to be bright and clear when I went to the station to meet Aunt Clara. I pushed the boys, together with the lugg A. it was going to rain B. we had a large garden C. it was hard to feed so many people D. Aunt Clara had a sweet voice 我来回答: 提交
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