A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯
Wehave just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. Ihave been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because Iown over a thousand books. To make matters worse， theroom is rather small， so I have temporarily put mybooks on the floor. At the moment， they cover everyinch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of theroom. A short while ago， my sister helped me to carryone of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a bigsurprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiestcarpet I have ever seen，' she said. She gazed at it forsome time then added， 'You don't need bookcases at all.You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet！'
New words and expressions 生词和短语
temporarilyadv. 暂时地
inchn. 英寸（度量单位）
spacen. 空间
actuallyadv. 实际上
参考译文
我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午。我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐，但这并不容易，因为我有1，000多本书。更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了，我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间的。几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。她走进我的房间，当她看到地板上的那些书时，大吃一惊。"这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯，"她说。她盯着"地毯"看了一会儿，又说："你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这儿读地毯！"