There was a football game on TV last Saturday evening. 'The game was between a Spanish¹ team and an Italian team. I sat in front of the TV at 7 o' clock, when the game just began. An hour later, my wife came to join me. She seemed to be absent-minded² while she was watching the game. As the time clock showed one minute, forty一two seconds left in the game, she began cheering enthusiastically³, "come on一get going”Since she had never been a football fan，I looked at her in surprise and asked which team she was cheering for. "Neither,” she replied. "I' m cheering the time clock on.”

上周六晚上电视上有场足球赛，是西班牙队对意大利队。七点钟，球赛刚刚开始，我就坐到了电视机前。一个小时后，我的妻子也过来和我一起看球。她看的时候仿佛心不在焉。当记时器显示比赛还剩一分四十二秒时，她开始异常的热情起来，“加油，快!”因为她从来就不是个球迷，我吃惊地望着她，问她为哪个球队加油。“哪个也不为，”她答道，“我在给钟表加油。”