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第205期:挠动你脚心的故事-最后一只鸡

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(单词翻译)

   今天分享的是“最后一只鸡”的英文故事。

  重点词汇
  butcher n.屠夫,屠户;
  flip1 vt.轻弹,轻击; 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥;
  scale n.天平;
  faintly adv. 微弱地;模糊地;虚弱地
  hesitate vi.犹豫,踌躇;不愿;支吾;停顿
  This joke is about a man who has a clever, but not very honest idea. See how this gets him into trouble in the end. Enjoy!
  (1) A butcher, who had had a particularly good day, proudly (2) flipped2 his last chicken on (3) a scale and weighed it. "That will be (4) 6.35 euros," he told the customer.
  "That's a good price, but it really is a little too small," said the woman. "Don't you have anything larger?" Hesitating, but thinking fast, the butcher returned the chicken to the refrigerator, paused a moment, then took it out again. "This one," he said (5) faintly, " will be 6.65 euros."
  The woman paused for a moment, then made her decision. (6) "I know what," she said, "I'll take both of them!"
  (1) a man who cuts meat and sells it
  (2) threw up onto the counter
  (3) a small tool that shows how heavy something is
  (4) you should read this as "six pounds, thirty-five pence3"
  (5) softly4
  (6) "I know what I want to do"
  最后一只鸡
  这个笑话讲的是一个有小聪明,但不太诚实想法的人。 看看这是怎么让他陷入困境的。好好享受吧!
  一个屠夫,有一天他很开心,他非常自豪的把最后一只鸡翻到秤上称了一下。“这是6.35英镑,”他告诉客户。
  “价钱不错,但实在有点太小了,”那个女人说。没有大一点的吗?”屠夫犹豫了一下,大脑飞速运转,把肌肉放回冰箱,停了一会儿,然后又把它拿了出来。“这个,”他淡淡地说,“5英镑,6.65英镑。”
  那女人停了一会儿,然后做了决定。 “我知道我想要什么了,”她说,“我两个都要!”

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1 flip Vjwx6     
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
参考例句:
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
2 flipped 5bef9da31993fe26a832c7d4b9630147     
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥
参考例句:
  • The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转,撞毁了。
  • The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。
3 pence 8mUzZF     
n.便士;名词penny的复数形式
参考例句:
  • She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
  • These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。
4 softly HiIzR4     
adv.柔和地,静静地,温柔地
参考例句:
  • He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻,她听不见。
  • She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。

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