时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


英语课



【生词预览】


 


volunteer自动提供,strip拆卸,exterior外部,chip away拆掉


 


【笑话原文】


 


They’ll Leave the Key for You


 


George, my husband, volunteered to strip the bricks from the exterior of my parents’ house. One morning he was out front chipping away when a man came by looking for my father. “He’s not here,” George said. The man thanked him, watched him remove a few more bricks and said, “I’ll bet next time they’ll leave the key for you.”


 


【中文译文】


 


会留钥匙给你的


 


我的丈夫乔治自告奋勇地要帮我的父母亲拆除房子外面的砖块。一天上午他正在前面拆砖的时候,有一个男子来看我父亲。乔治说:“他不在家。”那男子谢了他,又看他拆了几块砖,然后说:“我想下一次他们会把钥匙留给你的。”


 


【词汇讲解】


 


1. volunteer自动提供。 My friend volunteered an interesting piece of news. 我的朋友自动说了一则有趣的消息。


 


2.strip拆卸。也有“剥夺”的意思:The house was stripped bare.


屋子被洗劫一空。


 


3. exterior外部;外表。 You mustn't judge people by their exteriors.


你不能以貌取人。


 


4.chip away拆掉。也可以指“敲下碎片”: He was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.他在用铁锤把那块岩石一小块一小块地敲下来。


 


5.brick砖块。也有“可靠的朋友”的意思。


 


6.remove移走。也有“开除”的意思: They removed him from his position.


他们撤销了他的职务。




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