每天读一篇英语小故事：The Driving Lesson

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　　He had just bought a new car—a Lincoln. It was a big, long, four-door
sedan. Some days, he would go out to his beautiful car and just sit in it. But
he was going to the hospital next week for a colonoscopy; he needed to give his
wife some practice in driving the Lincoln. She had to drive him home after the
medical procedure. Because he was receiving anesthesia before the colonoscopy,
the law required that he not drive himself home. She drove a Honda Accord, a
medium-sized car. But the Honda was in the shop. Someone had crashed into it
while she was Christmas shopping at Macy’s.
        　　They got into the Lincoln. She moved the seat all the way forward. They put
on their seatbelts. She raised the seat a little so she could see better over
the dashboard. He told her that it was just like driving the Honda, except that
the Lincoln had a longer hood and a bigger trunk. She started the engine. She
moved the gearshift from park to reverse. “Now be careful,” he said, a little
nervously. She looked in the rearview mirror, and started backing up.
        　　“Brake, brake!” he yelled, because she was about to hit the three-foot-high
hedge that bordered the parking lot. But his yell startled her. Instead of
hitting the brake, she slammed on the gas. The brand new Lincoln went through
the thick hedge, through a six-foot-high wooden fence, and right into the
shallow end of the swimming pool.