英语笑话听力+文本：他被解雇了吗
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语笑话（MP3+文本）
【生词预览】
scheme计划，random 1任意的，strike up开始（谈话），reprimand训斥
笑话原文】
Was He Fired?
A co-worker had a unique scheme to meet women. He’d call a random number. If a man picked up, he apologized for dialing the “wrong” number. But when a woman answered, he’d strike up a conversation. One day, the department manager overheard him bragging 3 how he averaged two dates a week from this ploy 4. Was he fired? Did he receive a reprimand? No, he was named Director of Telemarketing.
中文译文】
他被开除了吗？
一个同事对付女人有一套。他随意打一个电话号码，如果是男人接电话，他就道歉说打错了。但如果是女人接电话，他就会搭上话。有一天，部门经理听见他吹嘘说，他用这套办法平均每星期约会两个女人。他被开除了吗？他收到训诫了吗？没有。他被任命为电话销售部主任了。
词汇讲解】
1.scheme计划. a scheme for the term’s work学期工作安排。也有“诡计”的意思：That so-called sale is a scheme to swindle the consumer.那场所谓的大贱卖其实只是个欺诈消费者的骗局。
2.random任意的／胡乱的。random killings胡乱杀戮；random bullets乱飞的流弹；a random talk漫谈。Ask some random students to join in a discussion.任选几名学生一起参加讨论。
3.strike up开始（谈话）。strike up a friendship开始建立友谊。 A military band struck up a funeral dirge 5.军乐队奏起葬礼哀乐。
4.brag 2吹嘘（及物／不及物）。He bragged 6 about his new car.他吹嘘自己的新车。That is nothing to brag about.那没有什么可夸耀的。也可以作名词，是“大话”的意思：His brag was tiresome 7 to listen to.他的自吹自擂听得人厌烦。
5.ploy计策／手段。a delaying ploy拖延之计；a bargaining ploy讨价还价的手段；a propaganda ploy宣传挤俩。This is a ploy to gain publicity 8 for his new book.这是为他的新作求名的手段。在口语里，还有“忙碌的活动”的意思：Angling is his latest ploy.他最近忙着钓鱼。
6.reprimand训斥。The boy got a new reprimand from his teacher.那个男学生又收到老师一顿训斥。We can’t let his behaviour go without reprimand.我们不能让他任意胡来而不加谴责。
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
- Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句
- I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
- Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。
- She threw down her basket and intoned a peasant dirge.她撂下菜篮，唱起庄稼人的哀歌。
- The stranger,after listening for a moment,joined in the mournful dirge.听了一会儿后这个陌生人也跟著唱起了悲哀的挽歌。
- He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
- Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。
- He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。