背诵为王 第 一 册 第 18 课

18 A Joke— “I stand corrected”

I have this friend who always seemed to lean¹ slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery² later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans³. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.

lean 倾斜
slightly 轻微地
check out 检查
refuse 拒绝
quarter 四分之一
surgery 手术
cure 治愈
fix 治愈
stand corrected 认错


笑话——“我诚恳认错”

我有一个朋友，他似乎总是微微向左倾斜。这个问题曾经非常困扰我，所以我建议他去看医生，检查一下他的腿。几年来，他总是不听我的建议，还说我不正常，但是上星期，他终于去看了医生。果真，医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一个很快的小手术后，他康复了，现在他的两条腿完全一样长了，他也不再倾斜了。“你看，”我说，“那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢。”他看着我说：“我认错了。”

1 lean   

n.瘦肉，倾斜，弯曲；adj.瘦的，贫乏的，歉收的；v.倚靠，倾斜，依赖

参考例句：

• The seats have no back against which to lean.这些座位都没有靠背可倚。
• Please don't lean your chair back,you'll break it.请不要坐在椅子上往后仰，你会把椅子弄坏的。

2 surgery   

n.外科，外科手术；手术室

参考例句：

• What time does surgery finish?门诊什么时间结束？
• Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情况很严重，需要动外科手术。

3 leans   

v.（使）倾斜，屈身( lean的第三人称单数 )；倚；依赖；使斜靠

参考例句：

• The tower of Pisa leans at an angle . 比萨斜塔塔身倾斜。
• He leans over backwards to make up for what he has lost. 他尽力弥补他的损失。 来自《简明英汉词典》