英语笑话：burglar 小偷

burglar¹

A man went to the police² station to speak to a burglar. He asked, "How did³ you get into my house without waking⁴ my wife⁵? Tell me your secret⁶ because I've been trying to do that for years."

Notes:
1. A man went to the police station to speak to a burglar.
有一个男人去警察局和一个小偷谈话。
burglar和thief都是指小偷，但前者特指破门而入进行盗窃的人，或是夜盗；而thief则泛指以非暴力偷偷窃取他人财物的小偷，例如扒手，所以burglar也是thief的一种a
burglar n.窃贼
2. He asked "How did you get into my house without waking my wife?"
他问：“你是怎么进入我家却没有把我奏子吵醒的？”
get into 逬入
3. Tell me your secret becausc l've been tiying to do that for years.
告诉我你的秘诀，因为我已经试了好几年了。
 

1 burglar   

n.窃贼，破门盗窃者

参考例句：

• The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.当夜盗开窗时，警察冷不防地捉住了他。
• The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.那人瞥见小偷从窗户爬出来。

2 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

3 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

4 waking   

adj.醒着的，不眠的v.醒( wake的现在分词 )；唤醒；唤起（记忆）；使再次感觉到

参考例句：

• She spends all her waking hours caring for her mother. 她不睡觉的时候都在照看母亲。
• Do you like waking to the sound of a radio? 你愿意醒来就听到收音机的声响吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

6 secret   

n.秘密；adj.秘密的

参考例句：

• Their secret is out.他们的秘密泄露了。
• Last night,we held a meeting in secret.昨晚，我们秘密地举行了一次会议。