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劳拉想找洗手间，可别人的回答却让她摸不着头脑。到底别人说了什么呢？快来读一读吧！
Laura comes from Canada. She's going to fly to London to see her grandparents, and it takes about ten hours. Laura walks around the airport and looks at the shops. She doesn't buy anything but has a nice time.
After an hour she wants to go to the bathroom. She looks for it, but she doesn't find it. "Where is the bathroom?" she says. She starts asking other people. Laura asks a man, "Excuse me, sir, could you please tell me where the bathroom is?" The man says, "You mean the restroom, right?"
Laura says, "No, I mean the bathroom." "Well, the restroom is over there," he says and walks away. Laura doesn't understand. She asks a woman, "Excuse me, madam, could you please tell me where the bathroom is?" "The restroom is over there," the lady answers and walks away. Laura is confused. "What's wrong with them? I need to use the bathroom and they tell me to rest! I don't need a restroom. I need the bathroom!"
After a while Laura gives up. She feels tired. She thinks she needs to rest. She walks to the restroom. She is surprised. She now knows the restroom is the name for a public bathroom!
★ 生词卡片 ★
public /'pʌblik/ adj. 公共的
阅读短文，选择正确的答案。
（）1. [词义猜测题] The underlined word "confused" means "".
A. 兴奋的 B. 明白的 C. 迷惑的
（）2. Which sentence is NOT right?
A. It takes about ten hours to fly to London.
B. Laura finds the bathroom at last.
C. The man doesn't know where the restroom is.
（）3. The story tells us .
A. the culture about words B. the rules at the airport
C. the people are not nice

劳拉的机场奇遇
[参考译文]劳拉来自加拿大。她打算乘飞机去伦敦看望她的祖父母，飞行时间大约十个小时。劳拉在机场四处走动，看看商店。她什么都没买，但过得很愉快。
一个小时后，她想去洗手间。她找了找，但没有找到。“洗手间在哪里？”她说。她开始询问其他人。劳拉问一位男士：“打扰一下，先生，请问您能告诉我洗手间在哪里吗？”这位男士说：“你是说休息室，对吗？”
劳拉说：“不，我是说洗手间。”“嗯，休息室在那边。”他说着就走开了。劳拉不明白。她问一位女士：“打扰一下，女士，请问您能告诉我洗手间在哪里吗？”“休息室在那边。”这位女士回答后就走开了。劳拉很困惑。“他们怎么回事？我需要用洗手间，而他们却让我休息！我不需要休息室。我需要洗手间！”
过了一会儿，劳拉放弃了。她感到很累。她觉得自己需要休息。她走向休息室。她很惊讶。她现在知道休息室就是公共洗手间的另一种说法！
[答案]1. C 2. C 3. A 解析：整个故事围绕着劳拉对 bathroom 和别人说的 restroom 的误解展开，体现了词汇文化差异。