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BEC学习:A Whole Hour 整整一小时

2009-04-27 
员工上班迟到是让老板很恼火的事情,员工们都会想各种各样的借口说明自己迟到的原因,但是像下面这则笑话中的老板可是很难应付的。

    Mr. Brown arrived for work an hour late. His clothes were torn and tattered. He was hanged and bruised, and he had one arm in a sling. His boss was purple with rage.

    "It is ten o'clock," screamed the boss, "you were supposed to be here at nine. What happened?"

    "I'm sorry," explained Mr. Brown, "I fell out of ten-story window."

    "That took you a whole hour?"

    词汇学习:

    (1) arrive v. 到达

    (2) tear  v. 撕裂

    (3) tatter v. 撕[扯]碎 彻底摧毁

    (4) hang v. 绞死, 踌躇, 使悬而未决

    (5) bruise v. 打伤, 撞伤

    (6) sling v. 投掷

    (7) purple adj. 紫色的

    (8) rage n.气愤,愤怒

    汉语翻译

    整整一小时

    布朗先生上班整整迟到了一小对,他衣衫不整,浑身青紫,一只胳膊上还打着绷带。他的老板怒火冲天。

    “现在已经十点了,”老板咆哮若,“你九点钟就应该来的。到底发生了什么事?”

    “对不起,”布朗先生解释道,“我从10层楼的窗户里摔下去了。”

    “难道那也用整整一个小时吗?”

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