The Luxuries of Life

• 作者: 谢琼
• 来源期刊: 语言教育
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: LISTENING hoped MORNING himself PERFECT never THINGS tired HUSBAND SEARCHING
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（1）
• 页码范围: 14-14
• 页数: 1页
• 分类号: H319.4

摘要

Most of us have a wish list of things that we would love to have but would not buy for ourselves. These often make perfect gifts to loved ones. Susie, an old friend, got tired of listening to her husband, Bill, search for his shoehorn (鞋拔) every morning. He never seemed to put it in the same place, and it was small and easily overlooked. After months of searching, she bought him a large (and therefore, she hoped, unlosable) eighteenth-century brass shoehorn-the kind of thing he would never treat himself to but was delighted to receive.