On their first evening in their new home the bride went in to the kitchen to fix drinks. Five minutes later she came back into the living一room in tears.

在他们成家的头一天晚上，新娘子到厨房去弄点喝的。五分钟后她哭春回到了起居室。

"What’s the matter, my angel'?" asked her husband anxiously.

“我的天使，你怎么了?”丈夫着急地问。

"Oh，Derek!” she sobbed¹. "I put the ice一cubes in hot water to wash them and now they've disappeared!”

“噢，得里克!”她哭着说，“我把冰块放在热水里洗一洗，可现在它们不见了。”