求英语老师帮我看看此阅读,就只问一个题

题目

求英语老师帮我看看此阅读,就只问一个题
Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"
问题：Can Tom read?

答案

No, he can not.
他是以为有眼睛能识字了.
他们的对话翻译过来
T 不行,带着这个我还是看不了书
M 不好意思,你识字吗?（试了n副眼镜后）
T 大怒 “不,我当然不识字了.我要是识字,你认为我会来这买眼镜吗?”
注意这儿是before.如果是看不清,应该是recognize之类的 词