My uncle lives in a village， but he works in a big city. He goes to work by train every morning and comes home in the same way.

　　我叔叔住在一个小乡村，但他在一个大城市里工作。每天早上他都乘火车去工作并以同样的方式回来。

　　One morning， my uncle is reading a newspaper on the train. A man behind him says “hello” to him and begins to talk to him. “Your life isn’t interesting， is it？ You take the same train every morning， and you always sit in the same seat and read the same paper.”

　　一天早上，我叔叔正在火车上看报纸。他后面的一个人跟报打招呼并开始与他交谈。“你的生活很没乐趣，不是吗？你每天早上都乘相同的火车，总是坐在相同的座位并读着同一份报纸。”

　　“How do you know all that？” My uncle asks.

　　“你是怎么知道所有这一切的？”我叔叔问。

　　“Because I always sit in the same seat behind you，” the man says.

　　“因为我一直坐在同一座位上，就在你后面。”这个人说道。

　　单词小览

　　in the same way 以同样的方式

　　train n. 火车

　　behind prep. 在……后面

　　根据上文，选择正确的答案。

　　1. My uncle works ________.

　　A. in a village

　　B. in a town

　　C. in a city

　　2. He comes back home by _________.

　　A. ship

　　B. bus

　　C. train

　　3. When he is on the train， he often _________.

　　A. reads books

　　B. read a newspaper

　　C. sleep

　　4. My uncle always sits in the _________ seat.

　　A. same

　　B. different

　　C. other

　　参考答案：

　　1. C   2. C   3. B   4. A