Buying a New Television英语短文阅读理解

　　Buying a New Television买一台新电视机

　　Mike and Maria were sitting at home one Sunday afternoon. They were watching a movie together when all of a sudden the television turned off. Mike did not know what to make of what just had happened. He looked at Maria and asked her if she had turned it off. Maria said she did not even have the remote control.

　　星期日的下午，迈克和玛丽亚坐在家里。他们正在一起看电影，突然，电视机关掉了。迈克不知道做了什么导致这样的，他看着玛丽亚问是不是她把它关掉了，玛丽亚说她甚至都没有碰过遥控器。

　　Mike checked to see if he was sitting on the remote control. Perhaps he had sat on it and accidentally pressed the off button He checked under him and there was nothing there. "Maybe the television got disconnected from the power outlet," Maria said. Mike stood up to check the back of the television. He inspected the cord that connected to the power outlet. The television was still connected.

　　迈克查看了一下是不是他坐上在遥控器上面。也许是他坐在上面，不小心按了上面的按钮。他看了一下，那里什么也没有。“也许电视机从电源插座处断电了。”玛丽亚说。迈克站起身来检查电视机的背面，查看了一下连接电源插座的电源线，电视机还连接着的。

　　"That's strange," Mike said. Maria told him to turn on the television. Mike turned on the television. The screen lit up and the movie they were watching came back on. Mike sat back down next to Maria on the couch. Maria told Mike that maybe the television was breaking. Mike refused to believe that possibility. He had owned that television for years, and it had always worked. In fact, it was the first and only television he had ever purchased. It was quite expensive also.

　　“真奇怪。”迈克说。玛丽亚告诉他再打开电视机试一试。迈克打开电视机，屏幕亮起来，他们正在观看的电影也放了起来。迈克挨着玛丽亚坐在了沙发上。玛丽亚告诉迈克，也许电视机要坏了。迈克不肯相信这个可能。他一直都是在用这台电视机，它一直好好的。事实上，这是他有史以来购买过的第一个也是唯一一个电视，价格也相当昂贵。

　　"This television is indestructible," he told Maria. As soon as he finished his sentence the television turned off and made a crackling sound. Mike jumped to his feet when he noticed smoke coming out of the television. "My television!" Mike wailed. The old television had broken. Maria panicked a little when she saw the smoke. Mike immediately pulled the plug before anything else happened. He threw out the broken television in thrash. Mike could not live without television. He told Maria if she wanted to go with him and buy a new one. Maria said yes, and the two were off to the electronic store.

　　“这台电视是牢不可破的。”他告诉玛丽亚。当他毫不犹豫的说着时，电视机关掉了并且发出噼里啪啦的声音。迈克吓的跳了起来，他发现电视机冒烟了。“我的电视机！”迈克嚎啕大哭。旧电视机坏了，玛丽亚看到电视机这样也惊慌失措了起来。迈克立即拔掉插头，经过一番研究后他扔了这台旧电视机。迈克不能没有电视，他告诉玛丽亚她是否想和他一起去买个新的，玛丽亚答应了，然后两人去了电子商店。