时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


英语课

【生词预览】



ox牛,out of缺少



笑话原文】



Rope or Ox?



The man in the prison asked a new comer why he was sent there. The new comer answered: "I am out of luck, I think. A few days ago I was walking in the street when I saw a piece of dirty rope. I thought nobody wanted it and so I picked it up and took it home."



"But it is not against the law to pick up a piece of rope and take home!"



"I told you I had bad luck, didn't I?" the man sighed, "The trouble is that I didn't notice there was an ox at the other end of that rope."



中文译文】



绳子还是公牛?



在监狱里,一个人问新来的犯人为什么被关进来。新来的犯人回答说:“我想我真是倒霉。几天前我在街上走的时候,看到一根脏绳子,以为没人要了,便捡起来带了回家。”



“但是,捡一根绳子带回家并不犯法啊!”



“我告诉过你我倒霉了吧?”那个人叹了口气,“麻烦的就是我没有注意到绳子的那一头还有一头公牛。”





词汇讲解】



1.ox牛。He is as strong as an ox.他体壮如牛。I'm willing 1 to be an ox serving the country all my life.我甘当孺子牛, 终生为国家服务。



2.来者。The audience in the front rows made room for the late comers.

前排的观众为迟来的人让出座位。也可以指“有成功希望的人”。



3.out of缺少。 “I am out of luck”我缺少运气,那就是运气不好的意思了。out of还有很多含义,比如”脱离了(状态)“A lorry 2 ran down the hill out of control.卡车失去了控制,直往山下冲去。



4.pick up捡起。还可以指“搭救”: The shipwrecked sailors were picked up by a passing boat.一艘过路的船只搭救了遭受船难的水手。“振作”: His spirits picked up.他的精神振奋起来了。 “收拾东西〔屋子〕“:

Children, it's time to pick up and have supper.孩子们, 该收拾吃晚饭了。



5.sigh叹气。 She sighed and looked sad.她叹了口气, 显得很伤心。She sighed with relief when she heard the good news.听到这个好消息时, 她宽慰地舒了口气。



6.trouble麻烦。也可以作动词: I don't wish to trouble them.我不愿意去麻烦他们。May I trouble you to shut the door? 麻烦你把门关上好吗?



adj.愿意的,自愿的,乐意的,心甘情愿的
  • We never lack food and clothing if we're willing to work.如果我们愿意工作,就不会缺吃少穿。
  • He's quite willing to pay the price I ask.他很愿意照我的要价付钱。
n.(英)卡车;(=<美>truck)
  • The old man was run down by a big lorry.那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。
  • A lorry ran down the hill out of control.卡车失去了控制,直往山下冲去。
学英语单词
ad-tech
additional thrust rudder fin
advance-guard
alstone
antiexpansion
aphrophora habonis
apparent monochromatic temperature
Aquifoliaceae
argyrodes lanyuensis
artificial thomas phosphate
auditorships
barter syndication
Batulilangmebang, Gunung
be absorbed with
bisbee
black and whites
board gage
cell growth control
complicite
coquelles
cuminyl
Custer's effect
denotative meaning
desiliconizing treatment
determination of standard base
deutiodide
Devil's Triangle
dialeuropora viburni
discoursing
double bed
dual-polarized antenna
epencephal
fady
field effect transistor(fet)
finite projective geometry
genus Elodea
gesonula punctifrons
heading mark
hydroxyanthranol
incapacitation
independent attitude of auditor
interrogative moods
Kilkivan
leapfroggings
letificant
long offset addressing
lower reaches of river
maccoby
Macho Abajo
macroplanning
metalform
metro-liner
mimallonid
motor transport cost reduction amount
neuwald
nuclear magnetic resonance flowmeter
organizational memory
orthogonal point
overspeed control device
pallation
peacock worm
physiological strain (or race)
Pindhos
pitch of rivet
plastics welding
policy stream
portal clearance
power supply monitor
prelatised
princess-ship
problem check
Rastrites
Rebecca West
reinstaure
remonstrators
rendzina soil
retarding of sprouting
Revlon mode
rimiest
seal oil back up test
sign reverser
silhouette animation
standing finish
start-stop transmission
stas
swapping memory
tarikh
tempeh
tetratohedral pentagonal dodecahedron
tone (in) with
translating gear
tussock sedge
Umera
untransfected
vegetable salad
Velykyy Burluk
Vestervig
victoria de durangoes
visual modality
yakulov
yeild
Yeogi-san