经典双语笑话 第4期:听到那样真令人难过

 Unit4 Sorry to hear that 第四节听到那样真令人难过

A foreign visitor touring the great American West came across an Indian with his ear pressed to the ground. 一位外国游客到美国大西部游览，碰到一个印第安人把耳朵紧贴在地上。

"What are you listening for?" "你在听什么呢?"

 he asked. 他询问道。

"Stagecoach¹ pass about half hour ago. "一辆马车半小时前曾经过这里。"

"How can you tell?" "你怎么知道呢?''

"Broke my neck. " "我的脖子被撞断了。"

1.come across 遇到

例句：He came across the jawbone of a 4.5 million-year-old marsupial².

他偶然发现了一个450万年前的有袋动物的颌骨。

2. pressed to 压向

例句：We hope Israel is being pressed to at least temporarily halt³ building in East Jerusalem as a sign of good faith.

我们希望以色列受到压力从而至少暂时在东耶路撒冷停止建房来表示诚意。

3.foreign visitor 外国游客

例句：A foreign visitor asks the way from the volunteer.

一位外国游客向志愿者问路。

4.half hour ago 半小时前

例句：I just had lunch here a half hour ago.

刚刚一小时前我在这里吃午餐。

1 stagecoach   

n.公共马车

参考例句：

• She's getting off the stagecoach.她正在下马车。
• The stagecoach driver cracked the whip.驿站马车的车夫抽响了鞭子。

2 marsupial   

adj.有袋的，袋状的

参考例句：

• Koala is an arboreal Australian marsupial.考拉是一种澳大利亚树栖有袋动物。
• The marsupial has been in decline for decades due to urban sprawl from car accidentsdog attacks.这种有袋动物其数量在过去几十年间逐渐减少,主要原因是城市的扩张、车祸和狗的袭击。

3 halt   

n.停住，停止，暂停；v.(使)停住，(使)停止

参考例句：

• When the children's play got too noisy, their mother called a halt.当孩子们的游戏过于吵闹时，他们的母亲叫他们停下来。
• No one can halt the advance of history.没人能阻挡历史的前进。