时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


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【生词预览】


 


resident住客, casually 1漫不经心地


 


【笑话原文】


 


A Real Winner


 


One resident of our retirement center loved to talk politics. Following the election, I asked him if he’d picked a winner. “Well,” he casually replied, “the man I voted for lost.” “You seem pretty calm about it,” I said. “That’s because the man I bet on won.”


 


【中文译文】


 


真正的赢家


 


我们退休中心的一名住客喜欢谈论政治。投票的第二天,我问他选的人是不是胜了。他漫不经心地回答:“我投票选的人败了。”我说:“你看起来挺淡定的嘛。”他说:“那是因为我打赌的那个人胜了。”


 


【词汇讲解】


 


1.resident住客。也可以指“居住的”:They engaged a resident tutor.


他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。


 


2.retirement退休/隐居。 He lives in retirement, away from everyone.他远离大家隐居着。


 


3.politics政治。要注意politic与politics的区别。politic是形容词,指“谨慎的/考虑周到的”,动词是“从政”的意思。


 


4.pick挑选。It took her two hours to pick a dress that suited her.


她花了两个小时才挑选了一件合适的衣服。也可以指“采摘”:Ripe apples pick easily.熟了的苹果容易摘。


 


5.casually漫不经心地。也可以指“偶然地”:I didn’t see him, except casually, in two months.


我两个月里一直没有见过他,除了偶尔相遇。


 


6.bet on打赌。


 




adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
  • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
  • I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
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