Donna and her husband John go to the beach every Saturday in the summer. Today is no exception. Donna packs a picnic lunch. She packs the beach umbrella and sun lotion.
She cannot find their beach towels. Donna always loses things. The towels are not in the laundry basket or dryer. They are not in the closet, either. She finally looks in her beach bag. She sees the towels folded in the bottom. Of course, the beach towels are exactly where they should be.
Donna puts on her swimsuit and floppy sun hat. She is almost ready. She just needs her sunglasses. She thinks they are on the table by the door. Or maybe they are in the bathroom. They could also be in her purse. Donna sighs.
John puts the picnic basket, umbrella, and beach bag in the car. He checks his fishing poles and equipment. He places them in the car beside the picnic basket.. Daisy, their dog, jumps in the backseat. She loves the beach! John is ready to leave. Where is Donna? She knows he likes to arrive at the beach before the crowds.
John groans and shakes his head. Donna is always late!
Donna searches for her sunglasses. She cannot find them, and she knows John is waiting. He hates when she is late! She grabs her purse and locks the door.
"You are late," John says as Donna gets in the car. Donna tells John that she could not find her sunglasses.
John looks at her and laughs! He flips down the sun visor so Donna can see herself in the mirror. Donna looks in the mirror and laughs too. Her sunglasses are on top of her head. They were there the whole time!
"It is always in the last place that you look," Donna giggles!
THE END
【关键词】
1、 sun lotion （n.）防晒霜
2、 laundry basket（n.）洗衣篮
3、 dryer （n.）烘干机
4、 closet （n.） 壁橱；衣帽间
5、 floppy（adj.）松软的
6、 groan （vi.）叹息
7、 grab（vt.）抓取
8、 flip down （phr.）下翻
9、 sun visor （n.）遮阳板
10、 giggle （v.） 咯咯地笑
【译文】失而复得
唐娜和丈夫约翰在夏季的每个周六都会去海滩。今天也不例外。唐娜打包野餐时要吃的午餐。她打包沙滩伞和防晒霜。
她找不到沙滩巾。唐娜总是丢三落四。毛巾不在洗衣篮或烘干机内，也不在壁橱里。她最后在她的沙滩包里查找。她看到叠好的毛巾放在沙滩包底层。当然，沙滩巾正好就应该放在哪里。
唐娜穿上泳衣，戴上松软的太阳帽，差不多万事俱备了。她只需要她的太阳镜。她认为太阳镜是在门边的桌子上，或许放在了洗手间，也可能是在她的钱包里。唐娜叹了口气。
约翰把野餐篮、雨伞和沙滩包放进车里。他检查他的钓鱼竿和装备，把它们放在车里，摆野餐篮的旁边。他们的狗黛西，跳到后座上。她喜欢海滩！约翰准备出发。唐娜呢？她知道他喜欢在人多之前到达海滩。
约翰叹息一声，摇了摇头。唐娜总是迟到！
唐娜在寻找她的太阳镜。她怎么也找不到，她知道约翰在等她。他讨厌她迟到！她抓起她的钱包，锁上了房门。
“你迟到了，”约翰说，这时唐娜已经上车了。唐娜告诉约翰，她找不到她的太阳镜了。
约翰看看她，放声大笑起来！他翻转遮阳板，好让唐娜看到镜子里的自己。唐娜照照镜子，也笑了。她的太阳镜在她的头顶上，一直都在！
“踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫。”唐娜咯咯地笑道！
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