Lesson41 Doyou call that a hat?
'Do youcall that a hat ?' I said to my wife. 'You needn't be so rude about it,' mywife answered as she lookedat herself in the mirror.I sat down on one of those modernchairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half anhour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
We mustn'tbuy things we don't need,'I remarked suddenly.I regretted sayingit almost at once.
'Youneedn't have said that,' my wife answered.' I need not remind you of thatterrible tie you bought yesterday.'
Ifind it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.' 'And a womancan't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minuteslater we walkedout of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hatthat looked like a lighthouse !
duː juː kɔːl ðæt ə hæt ?' aɪ sɛd tuː maɪ waɪf. juː niːdnt biː səʊ ruːd əˈbaʊt ɪt,' maɪ waɪf ˈɑːnsəd æz ʃiː lʊkt æt hɜːˈsɛlf ɪn ðəˈmɪrə. aɪ sæt daʊn ɒn wʌn ɒv ðəʊz ˈmɒdən ʧeəz wɪð həʊlz ɪn ɪt ænd ˈweɪtɪd. wiː hæd biːn ɪn ðə hæt ʃɒp fɔː hɑːf ən ˈaʊər ændmaɪ waɪf wɒz stɪl ɪn frʌnt ɒv ðə ˈmɪrə. ' wiː ˈmʌsnt baɪ θɪŋz wiː dəʊnt niːd,' aɪ ˈrɪˈmɑːkt ˈsʌdnli. aɪ rɪˈgrɛtɪd ˈseɪɪŋ ɪt ˈɔːlməʊst æt wʌns.
juː niːdnt hæv sɛd ðæt
,' maɪ waɪf ˈɑːnsəd.' aɪ niːd nɒt ˈrɪmaɪnd juː ɒv ðæt ˈtɛrəbl taɪ juː bɔːt ˈjɛstədeɪ.' ' aɪ faɪnd ɪt ˈbjuːtəfʊl,' aɪ sɛd. ə mæn kæn ˈnɛvə hæv tuː ˈmɛni taɪz.' ænd ə ˈwʊmən kɑːnt hæv tuː ˈmɛni hæts,' ʃiː ˈɑːnsəd.
tɛn ˈmɪnɪts ˈleɪtə wiː wɔːkt aʊt ɒv ðə ʃɒp təˈgɛðə
. maɪ waɪf wɒz ˈweərɪŋ ə hæt ðæt lʊkt laɪk ə ˈlaɪthaʊs !
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