小故事背诵达人 最棒的事

The Best Thing That Could Ever Happen

最棒的事

Three old men were sitting around and talking.

三个老头坐在一起聊天。

The 80-year-old remarked, "The best thing that could happen to me would just to be able to have a good pee."

八十岁的老头说：“对我来说最棒的事，就是可以好好小个便。”

"I stand there for 20 minutes, and it dribbles¹ and hurts. I have to go over and over again."

“我现在都要站个二十分钟一滴一滴地小便，而且还会痛，得一直跑厕所才行。”

The 85-year-old remarked, "The best thing that could happen to me is if I could have one good bowel² movement."

八十五岁的老头说：“对我来说最棒的事，就是可以好好大个便。”

I take every kind of laxative I can get my hands on and it's still a problem."

“各种可以弄到的泻药我都试过了，还是没什么用。”

Then the 90-year-old remarked, "That's not my problem. Every morning at 6 a.m. sharp, I have a good long pee."

九十岁的老头说：“我都没有这些问题。每天早上六点整，我都会舒服而尽情地小便。”

"At 6:30 a.m. sharp, I have a great bowel movement. The best thing that could happen to me would be if I could wake up before 7 a.m."

“六点半一到，就会舒服地大便。对我来说最棒的事，就是我能不能在早上七点前醒来。”

1 dribbles   

n.涓滴( dribble的名词复数 )；细滴；少量（液体）v.流口水( dribble的第三人称单数 )；（使液体）滴下或作细流；运球，带球

参考例句：

• That faucet dribbles badly. 那个水龙头漏水严重。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Question: How do you make the dribbles like you always do them? 就像你经常做的，你怎么盘带？（估计也是个踢球的）。 来自互联网

2 bowel   

n.肠(尤指人肠)；内部，深处

参考例句：

• Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.女性比男性更易患肠易激综合征。
• Have you had a bowel movement today?你今天有排便吗？