每日英语二十四期(每日英语-47)(1)

I need glasses

我需要眼镜

I have been having trouble seeing the blackboard.

我一直看不清黑板。

Everything is blurry.

一切都很模糊。

I keep getting headaches.

我一直头疼。

I told my mother about it, and she made an appointment with the optometrist.

我把这件事告诉了我妈妈,她和验光师预约了。

I went to a place where they made me read words and letters on a chart.

我去了一个地方,他们让我读图表上的单词和字母。

Some of the words were big, and some were very small.

有些字很大,有些字很小。

I tried to read everything, but sometimes I couldn’t see some of the small letters.

我试着读所有的东西,但有时我看不到一些小字母。

The optometrist would cover one of my eyes while I read the chart.

当我阅读图表时,验光师会遮住我的一只眼睛。

Then, she would cover my other eye.

然后,她会遮住我的另一只眼睛。

She even put some drops in my eyes.

她甚至在我的眼睛里滴了一些药水。

I asked the optometrist if I had passed or failed the test.

我问验光师我是否通过了测试。

She laughed, and said that it wasn’t the kind of test that you passed or failed.

她笑了,说这不是你通过或失败的那种考试。

She was just trying to find out if I needed glasses.

她只是想知道我是否需要眼镜。

I did need glasses.

我确实需要眼镜。

My mother and I looked around.

我和妈妈环顾四周。

There were many pairs of frames.

有许多副镜框。

I wanted something that was in style.

我想要时髦的东西。

I tried on many pairs of frames.

我试了很多副镜框。

Some of them looked good on me, and some of them looked really funny on me.

有些我戴上很好看,有些我戴上很搞笑。

I finally chose a frame that was my favorite.

我最终选择了一个我最喜欢的框架。

I gave them to a lady who did some measurements.

我给了一位女士,她做了一些测量。

She told me to come back on Friday to get my glasses.

她叫我星期五回来拿眼镜。

On Friday, I got my glasses.

星期五,我拿到了眼镜。

My friends liked them.

我的朋友们喜欢这副眼镜。

They said I looked smart in my glasses.

他们说我戴眼镜看起来很聪明。

I wore them to school on Monday, and I was able to see the blackboard clearly.

星期一我戴着眼镜上学,我能清楚地看到黑板上的字了。

I didn’t realize how much I hadn’t been able to see.

我没有意识到有多少东西我看不见。

Now I don’t get headaches anymore.

现在我不再头痛了。

I’m glad that I have my glasses.

我很高兴我有眼镜。

Everything is a lot clearer now.

现在一切都清楚多了。

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