听播客学英语 264 受伤（打印版）

　　To hurt someone normally means to cause them pain, for example by hitting them.

　　But it can also mean to offend someone, to hurt their feelings. In the last

　　episode, Kevin complained about Joanne’s mother coming to lunch. Joanne was

　　hurt – Kevin had hurt her feelings.

　　Here is Alastair. He has a joke about two old women visiting a fair.

　　Hilda and Marjorie went to the fair. They had a ride on a roundabout, and threw

　　balls at the coconuts (but they didn’t win anything). Then they saw the big

　　wheel. They saw people getting into little cabins at the bottom of the wheel,

　　and then riding high into the air as the wheel turned round. From the top it

　　was possible to see all over the fairground and over the countryside around.

　　Hilda and Marjorie were nervous about going on the big wheel. It seemed so big,

　　and at the top the little cabins were a long way from the ground. But Hilda

　　said, “I’m going to have a ride. You stay here.” So Hilda bought a ticket, and

　　went and sat in one of the little cabins. The wheel turned round – once, twice,

　　three times. Then something terrible happened. The cabin in which Hilda was

　　riding started to come loose from the wheel. Hilda fell out of the cabin and

　　hurtled to the ground. Marjorie ran to where Hilda had fallen. “Oh Hilda, are

　　you hurt?” she cried. “Of course I’m hurt,” said Hilda. “I went round three

　　times and you didn’t wave to me once!”

　　Our music today comes from Marc Raaphorst, with a piece called “My Head Hurts”.

　　Excuse me while I find the asprin.