英语笑话听力+文本：我还不知道老鼠长什么样子
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语笑话（MP3+文本）
What a rat looked like 老鼠是什么样子的
词汇扫描
posh 豪华的
slide 幻灯片
remedy 纠正
stow 安置
英文原文
Rodents 1 had overrun a posh private school near New York City.
So the headmaster, a friend of mine,
asked a health inspector 2
to deliver a slide presentation to teachers and students,
showing how to remedy the situation, i.e.,
stow trash, no food in class, etc.
The following day,
a teacher had her very young children write a letter to the inspector,
thanking him for the visit.
One of the students wrote,
"Dear Mr. Johnson, Thank you for coming to my school.
Until I saw you, I didn't know what a rat looked like."
中文大意
逐句对照
Rodents had overrun a posh private school near New York City.
So the headmaster, a friend of mine,
asked a health inspector
to deliver a slide presentation to teachers and students,
showing how to remedy the situation, i.e.,
stow trash, no food in class, etc.
The following day,
a teacher had her very young children write a letter to the inspector,
thanking him for the visit.
One of the students wrote,
"Dear Mr. Johnson, Thank you for coming to my school.
Until I saw you, I didn't know what a rat looked like."
多学一点
posh 时髦的，豪华的
slide 幻灯片
transparent 3
remedy 补救，纠正
There could be a remedy for everything but death.
stow 安置
He stows his tools into a box.
重新听一次故事原文
Rodents had overrun a posh private school near New York City.
So the headmaster, a friend of mine,
asked a health inspector
to deliver a slide presentation to teachers and students,
showing how to remedy the situation, i.e.,
stow trash, no food in class, etc.
The following day,
a teacher had her very young children write a letter to the inspector,
thanking him for the visit.
One of the students wrote,
"Dear Mr. Johnson, Thank you for coming to my school.
Until I saw you, I didn't know what a rat looked like."
- Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。 来自辞典例句
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。