时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  Vacationing on the island of Oahu, we were waiting in our tour bus for some stragglers to show up. A man, obviously not with our group, approached the bus and was about to board. How would our driver handle the situation, we wondered. Straight-faced, he leaned toward the door and asked, "Going to the nudist Colony, sir?"



  "Oh, no," replied the would-be passenger, retreating quickly.



  "Works every time," the driver said with a wink 1.



Notes:



  (1) Oahu n.瓦胡(岛)



  (2) straggler n.落伍者;掉队者



  (3) show up显现



  (4) approach v.走近;接近



  (5) be about to(do)(表计划)即将做



  (6) board v.上(船、火车、飞机、公共汽车等)



  (7) straight-faced adj.板起面孔的



  (8) nudist Colony天体营(裸体主义者实行其信条的场所)



  (9) retreating quickly迅速后退。这是一个分词短语作状语,表示伴随状况。



Exercises:



根据短文填空:



  ① We were waiting in our tour bus for some _____ to show up.



  ② A man, obviously y not with our group, _____ the bus and was to board.



  ③ How would our driver _____the situation, we wondered.



  ④ He leaned _____the door.



  ⑤ "Oh, no, " replied the_____ passenger, _____quickly.



22.工作技巧



  在瓦湖岛上度假时,我们坐在旅游车里等候掉队的人。一位男子,明显不是和我们一起的,朝旅游车走来并要上车。司机会怎么处理这种情况呢?我们都拭目以待。司机拉长了脸,向车门靠过去,问道:“先生,是去天体营吗?”



  “哦,不,”刚想乘车的男子回答说,迅速转身而逃。



  “每次都管用,”司机眨巴了一下眼睛说。



练习参考答案:



① stragglers ② approached;about ③ handle ④ toward ⑤would-be; retreating



n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
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