17 Ditto
At the gate of a big office in London there was a book．All the clerks had to write down their names in it when they arrived each morning．At nine o'clock，the manager's secretary, who lived in a small room above the offices，had to draw a red line under the last name in the book．When someone came after that, he had to explain why he was late．
If there was a thick fog in the city, the first person to arrive late usually wrote”Be！ate by fog“under the red line in the book．Everyone else after him just put”ditto”．
But one foggy morning；the first man to arrive late wrote
“My wife had a baby early this morning ”instead of”Delayed by fog“under the red line in the book．After that, twenty or thirty people put”ditto“under that as usual．
同上
在伦敦,有一个大公司门口放着一个本。每天早晨，所有的职员到了时，都必须在上面签上自己的名字。到了九点．住在办公室上面一个小房间里的经理秘书必须在本上最后一个名字下面划一条红线。在这之后来的人就得解释他为什么来晚了。
如果城里起了雾，第一个来晚的人通常会在本上的红线下面写
着“因为起雾迟到了”。其他后面的人只写“同上”。
但是，一个雾天的早晨，第一个来晚的人在本上红线下写着“今天早晨，我妻子生孩子了”而不是“因雾耽搁了”。之后，二三十人跟着平常一样在上面写了“同上”。
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词汇：
clerk 办事员，职员 manager 经理
draw 绘制，划 fog 雾
ditto 同上 delay 延误
secretary秘书
I． 听全文录音，判断正(T)误(F)
1. The manager lived in a small room above the offices．
2．If one came after 9：30，he had to explain why．
3．On a foggy morning, the first man to be late wrote 〝Ditto" by mistake．
4．The first man came late because his wife had a baby．
II．听录音，补全下列段落
At the gate of a big office in 1 there was a 2 ．All the Clerk s had to write down their 3 in it when they arrived each morning．At 4 o’clock，the manager's 5 ，who lived in a small room above the offices，had to draw a 6 line under the last name in the book. When someone came 7 that, he had to 8 why he was late.
If there was a thick 9 in the city, the 10 person to arrive late usually wrote“Be late by fog'’under the red line in the book．Everyone else after him just put "ditto"．
答案：
I．1．F 2．F 3．F 4. T
II ．1．London 2. book 3. names 4. nine 5．secretary
6. red 7.after 8.explain 9.fog 10.first