Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office (办公室).One day Mr Jones says to Mr Brown , “I will have a small party at my house on Monday evening . Would you and your wife like to come ?”
Mr Brown says , “Thank you very much . I’d love to , but let me ask my wife first . ” So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife . Then he comes back and looks very worried .
“What’s the matter?” asks Mr Jones . “Is you wife there at home ?”
“No,” answers Mr Brown . “She isn’t there . My small son answers the telephone . I say to him , ‘Is your mother there , David ?’ and he answers‘ No , she isn’t in the house . ’ ‘Where is she ?” I ask , ‘She is somewhere outside(在外面) . ’ “What’s she doing ?’ ‘She is looking for me .”
There is a party at Mr Jones’s house on Monday evening .
Mr Jones asks Mr Brown and his wife to go to the party .
The telephone is in Mr Brown’s office.
Mr Brown speaks to Mrs Brown on the telephone .
Mrs Brown is looking for her son .