原文:Lesson 54 Sticky fingers

First listen and then answer the question.

What two interruptions did the writer have?

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! 

 我的疑问1: The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.按照章正邦老师说的，句子与句子并列是需要并列连词的。所以这个my husband前面需要加and。

我的疑问2: Nothing could have been more annoying.对过去的当时现场进行推测应该是 Nothing could  be more annoying.才对 原文:Have we met before.-电影《我是谁》 We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.-新概念英语第二册第37课。 

 我的疑问3:现在完成时为什么会加过去的时间状语？关注的时间是现在又不是过去，这不是矛盾吗?就好像I have arrived here at 2:00.是错的一样。