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Did the writer repair his lawn mower in the end? Why/Why not?
So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are
becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour. No one can plead
ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself
publications. Armed with the right tools and materials, newlyweds gaily embark
on the task of decorating their own homes. Men, particularly, spend hours of
their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own
gardens; building garages and making furniture. Some really keen enthusiasts go
so far as to build their own computers. Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze
not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering
consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home. Such things provide
an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy, but unfortunately not all of us
are born handymen.
Some wives tend to believe that their husbands are infinitely resourceful
and can fix anything. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are
supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. When
lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail
to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live
under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly
been proved wrong. It is a question of pride as much as anything else.
Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn
mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair
it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said
that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into
the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a
minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop
of oil and it would be as good as new. Inevitably the repair job was not quite
so simple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The
garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn
mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself. I had traced the cause of the
trouble. One of the links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped. After
buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the
confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I was not surprised to find that machine
still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I
was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit
anywhere. I gave up in despair. The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my
wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to
buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now
surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn
mower which I have promised to repair one day.
New words and expressions 生词与短语
plead
v. 找(借口),辩解
ignorance
n. 无知,不懂
publication
n. 出版物
newlyweds
n. 新婚夫妇
gaily
adv. 愉快地,高兴地
leisure
n. 空闲
keen
adj. 热心的,渴望的
advisory
adj. 咨询的
novice
n. 新手
consumer
n. 消费者,顾客
assemble
v. 装配,组装
outlet
n. 出路
creative
adj. 创造性的
handyman
n. 手巧的人,能工巧匠
resourceful
adj. 足智多谋的
fuse
v. 由于烧断保险丝而短路
rickety
adj. 要散架的,晃动的
clog
v. 堵塞
delusion
n. 错觉
lawn mower
割草机
adjustment
n. 调整
screw
n. 螺丝钉
dismantle
v. 拆卸
chunk
n. (厚)块
snap
v. 绷断
insurmountable
adj. 不能克服的,难以对付的
jigsaw
n. 线锯
nag
v. 唠叨不休
rust
v. 生锈
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