Lesson 41 do you call that a hat

What kind of shopping does the writer enjoy, do you think?

'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.

'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.

I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.

'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.

'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'

'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'

'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.

Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!

wɒt kaɪnd əv ˈʃɒpɪŋ dəz ðə ˈraɪtər ɪnˈʤɔɪ, dʊ jʊ θɪŋk? 

   dʊ jʊ kɔːl ðət ə hæt?' aɪ sɛd tə maɪ waɪf. 

   jʊ niːdnt bi səʊ ruːd əˈbaʊt ɪt,' maɪ waɪf ˈɑːnsəd əz ʃi lʊkt ət hɜːˈsɛlf ɪn ðə ˈmɪrə. 

aɪ sæt daʊn ɒn wʌn əv ðəʊz ˈmɒdən ʧeəz wɪð həʊlz ɪn ɪt ənd ˈweɪtɪd. wi həd biːn ɪn ðə hæt ʃɒp fə hɑːf ən ˈaʊər ənd maɪ waɪf wəzstɪl ɪn frʌnt əv ðə ˈmɪrə. 

   wi ˈmʌsnt baɪ θɪŋz wi dəʊnt niːd,' aɪ ˈrɪˈmɑːkt ˈsʌdnli. aɪ rɪˈgrɛtɪd ˈseɪɪŋ ɪt ˈɔːlməʊst ət wʌns. 

   jʊ niːdnt həv sɛd ðæt,' maɪ waɪf ˈɑːnsəd. aɪ niːdnt ˈrɪmaɪnd jʊ əv ðət ˈtɛrəbl taɪ jʊ bɔːt ˈjɛstədeɪ.' 

   aɪ faɪnd ɪt ˈbjuːtəfʊl,' aɪ sɛd. ə mæn kən ˈnɛvə həv tuː ˈmɛni taɪz.' 

   ənd ə ˈwʊmən kɑːnt həv tuː ˈmɛni hæts,' ʃi ˈɑːnsəd. 

tɛn ˈmɪnɪts ˈleɪtə wi wɔːkt aʊt əv ðə ʃɒp təˈgɛðə. maɪ waɪf wəz ˈweərɪŋ ə hæt ðət lʊkt laɪk ə ˈlaɪthaʊs!

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知识笔记：

A man can never have too many ties. 男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。

cannot／can never…too…（固定结构）表示“无论怎么……也不会过分”：

A woman can't have too many hats.

女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。

练习感情：实际练习日期 2018/11/17