49 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A)The narrator lies to her customers about her business.
(B)The narrator makes big profits through her hard work.
(C)The narrator and her husband need to do odd jobs to cover their expenses.
(D)The narrator and her husband have spent all their savings on the farm.
統計: A(42), B(439), C(68), D(53), E(0) #796400
詳解 (共 2 筆)
My husband Peter and I lease租借 a land for organic farming in the foothills山麓小丘 of Northern California.
In the heat of summer, my fields cover the bronzed古銅色的,青銅色 landscape風景,景色 like a green quilt被子,被褥 spread over遍布在..., 復蓋在 sand沙子.
We mind the requirements需要;有賴於 for organic farming and successfully get certificates證書;證明 for all our vegetables.
Ten acres英畝(=4047平方米或4840平方碼) of them trace找到,查出,發現, 追查 the contours輪廓;外形;曲線, (地圖上的)等高線 of a small valley floor.
Tomatoes glow容光煥發 crimson深紅色的, 深紅色, flowers bloom and watermelons grow fat.
But the beautiful picture does not overrule(指有權威的人)否決,駁回 the reality that my business is struggling.
Whenever a customer asked how things were going, I replied, Great.
I never revealed the truth, Well, we're making ends meet使收支相抵;勉強維持生計, but we work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, and pay ourselves only what we need to cover food and household expenses: $100 per week.
I didn't tell anyone how, over the course of the last three years since Peter and I had started our farm, I'd drained疲憊不堪,累極 most of my savings積蓄,省下的錢.
I didn't admit that the only thing keeping the farm afloat漂浮的, 有償債能力的;經濟上周轉自如的 was income Peter and I earned through other means — Peter working as a carpenter木匠;木工 and I as a baker.
I didn't say I felt like I was trying to fill a bathtub when the drain was open.
People admire欣賞;羨慕, 欽佩;讚賞 organic farming, but they seldom know it's hard to sustain保持,維持 a living.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
narrator翻譯:(書或電影中的)敘述者,講述者,旁白者。
(A)The narrator lies to her customers about her business.
(B)The narrator makes big profits through her hard work.
(C)The narrator and her husband need to do odd jobs to cover their expenses.
(D)The narrator and her husband have spent all their savings on the farm.