英语笑话听力+文本：助听器
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语笑话（MP3+文本）
【生词预览】
hearing aid助听器，supervisor 1负责人，parcel包裹
笑话原文】
Hearing Aid
A woman rushed into the post office and wanted to see the supervisor.
I asked, “What’s the trouble?”
“I went out this morning,” she began, “and when I came home I found a card saying the mailman tried to deliver a package but no one was home. My husband was in all morning. He never heard a thing!”
After apologizing, I got her the parcel. “Oh, good,” she gushed 3. “we’ve been waiting for this for ages.”
“What is it?” I asked.
“My husband’s new hearing aid.”
中文译文】
助听器
一位妇女冲进邮局，要见负责人。我问她：“出了什么问题？”
她说：“今天早上我出去了。回来的时候看到一张卡片，说邮差送来一个包裹，但家里没有人接。我丈夫一上午都在家，根本就没有听到有什么。”
我向她道了歉，又给她拿来了包裹。她说：“噢，太好了，我们已经等了好久了。”
我问她那是什么，她说：“我丈夫的新助听器。”
词汇讲解】
1.supervisor负责人。具体说来，supervisor可以指很多种职务，比如“（政府）指导者、管理人”、“镇长、区长”、“（学校）视导员”、“（铁路）工务段线路主任”。billing supervisor票据管理员；sales supervisor销售监管；line supervisor生产线主管。
2. mailman邮递员。这是美式英语中“邮递员”的说法，而在英式英语中，“邮递员”是postman.
3. package包裹。也可以指有关联的一组事物：a package of reforms一整套改革；an emergency package一整套应急措施。Your hotel suite 4, transportation and taxi fares were paid for in the package.你的旅馆套房、旅费和出租汽车费都已一并付清。
4. deliver投递。还有“发表”的意思：He delivered his speech effectively.他演讲生动有力。也有“投，掷”的意思：deliver a flashing smile投以微笑。也可以指“拉票”：deliver the necessary votes拉必须的选票
5.apologize道歉。apologize about／for sth.对…表示道歉；apologize to sb.向某人道歉
6.gush 2滔滔地说话。All the girls gushed about the movie star.姑娘们滔滔不绝地谈论那个电影明星。还有“喷涌”的意思：His eyes gushed sudden tears.他突然泪如泉涌。gush还可以作名词：a gush of enthusiasm热情奔放；a gush of pleasure一阵高兴
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
- There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
- There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。
- Oil gushed from the well. 石油从井口喷了出来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》