经典双语笑话 第32期:你能不能快一点

 Could You Hurry It up a little? 你能不能快一点?

A man and his wife were cleaning out the attic¹ when the husband found an ancient receipt. 一对夫妇正在清理阁楼，这时先生发现一张过期很久的旧收据。

"Hey, Nancy, look at this.  “嘿，南茜，你过来看看这个。

It's a receipt for a pair of shoes I left to be repaired and never picked up. 这张是以前皮鞋送修的收据，我忘了去拿回来。

It's eleven years old." 足足有十一年之久了!”

"You know, that shoe repair shop is still there," replied the wife. “那间鞋店不是还在那里吗?”妻子回答。

"Why don't you just drop in there and hand him the receipt as if it were nothing unusual." “为什么不跑一趟，把收据交给他，就当作没事发生一样?"

And that is what the husband did. 先生去了那家鞋店。

Quietly the cobbler went to the back of his shop and poked³ around a bit, 鞋匠静静地走到后头，东翻西翻了一会儿之后，

came back to the counter and said "They'll be ready next Tuesday. " 回到柜台说道：“下星期二才能修好!”

1.attic 阁楼；顶楼

例句：The twins have been monkeying about in the attic again.

那对双胞胎又在阁楼上胡闹了。

2.receipt 收据；发票；接收

例句：I paid the bill but he neglected to give me a receipt.

我付了帐单,但他忘了给我收据。

3.pick up 捡起；接人

例句：I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.

我真想去火车站接爷爷。

4.poke² 刺；戳；探

例句：Never poke your head out of a train window.

绝不可把你的头伸出火车窗外。

1 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

2 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

3 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》