英语笑话听力+文本：双料浓咖啡
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：英语笑话（MP3+文本）
【生词预览】
espresso浓咖啡，chef厨师，upscale高档的
笑话原文】
A Double Espresso
The chef of the upscale restaurant collided with a waiter one day and spilled coffee all over our computer. The liquid poured into the processing unit, and resulted in some dramatic crackling and popping sounds. After sopping 1 up the mess, we gathered around the terminal as the computer was turned back on. “Please let it work,” pleaded the guilt-ridden waiter. A waiter replied, “Should be faster than ever. That was a double espresso.”
中文译文】
双料咖啡
一天，一家高级餐馆的大厨和一个服务员撞到一起，把咖啡撞翻在电脑上。液体流进处理器，引起不寻常的噼噼啪啪的响声。把这场混乱收拾干净以后，大家都围着电脑，等着它重新启动。那个闯祸的服务员祈求说：“拜托拜托，让它正常运作吧。”一个女服务员回答说：“应该比以往更快，这可是一杯双料浓咖啡。”
词汇讲解】
1. chef厨师。He is one of the top chefs in Britain.他是英国最好的厨师之一。
2.upscale高档的;高收入的。an upscale neighborhood高消费社区
3.collide相撞。The ships collided in the fog.轮船在雾中相撞。也可以指“(人、意见等 )冲突, 抵触, 不一致”：The interests of the two countries collide.两国的利益发生冲突。
4.dramatic戏剧性的，非寻常的。He enjoys the dramatic arts.他喜爱戏剧艺术。“引人注目的, 给人深刻印象的”：She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes.她饰演一位双眼闪光的引人注目的妇人。
5.sop 2吸水。be sopped 3 through the skin 浑身湿透；用海绵、布等吸起(液体等)：sop up the water with a towel 用毛巾吸水
6.plead恳求。 She wept and pleaded until he agreed to do as she wished.她哭着恳求他, 一直到他答应按她的愿望去做。
- I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.我用拖把把泼出的水擦干。
- The playground was a mere sop.操场很湿。