An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not
able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (
解释
) where my
new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (
门垫
). Since I knew it
would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and
help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(
电冰箱
).
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Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was
listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was
drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the
house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key
under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open
and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise.
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There is
no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my
next
door neighbor's house!