6 The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well-educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner-time, so the two got into the car and drove to the ice cream store.
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Para. 6 of Text A
Questions about These Paragraph
1) How did the Pontiac President react to the letter
He was skeptical about it.
2) What did he do after receiving the letter
He sent an engineer to check it out anyway.
3) What kind of person was the writer of the letter
He was a successful, obviously well-educated man living in a fine neighborhood.
4) Why did the engineer arrange to meet the man just after dinner
Because that was the time the man would buy the ice cream, so they could drive to the store together.
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庞蒂亚克的总裁对这封信持怀疑态度是可以理解的，但他还是派了一名工程师去检查一下。令这位工程师颇感意外的是，在一个高档的住宅区迎接他的是一位显然受过良好教育的成功男士。他把跟这位男士的见面安排在晚饭刚吃完之后，于是两个人上了车即向冰淇淋店驶去。
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The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent
an engineer to check it out anyway.
庞蒂亚克的总裁对这封信持怀疑态度是可以理解的，但他还是派了一名工程师去检查一下。 本句中，check out这个短语中的out是副词，当宾语是代词的时候就必须放在out的前面，但如果宾语是名词，则既可以放在out的前面，也可以放在out的后面(如第十一段中的check out the favor)。
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The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well-educated man in a fine neighborhood.
令这位工程师颇感意外的是，在一个高档的住宅区迎接 他的是一位显然受过良好教育的成功男士。
句子的主语The latter是指前句中被总经理指派的工程师，这个代词让两句衔接得更好。
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understandably /and reasonable in a particular situation 可以理解地 .
/ ad. in a way that seems normal After the long drive they were understandably tired.
The businessman understandably focuses on how much money he can make from the deal.
开了那么长时间的车，他们很累也是可以理解的。
那个商人关注能从这笔生意中赚多少钱也是可以理解的。
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skeptical // a. having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that sth. will happen 怀疑的 .
Without hard evidence, I remained skeptical of his so-called findings.
I’m skeptical about what I read in the press. 没有确凿证据，我还是怀疑他的所谓发现。
我对报刊上读到的东西持怀疑态度。
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