大家说英语 第465期:偷三明治的贼

 I am sitting at my desk. It is lunch time. 我坐在我的桌子前面。现在是午饭时间。

The window is open. I hear someone yelling¹. 窗户开着。我听到有人在叫喊。

"Jingle² Beard! Where are you?" he says. “Jingle Beard！你在哪里？”那个人说道。

"What kind of name is Jingle Beard?" I think. “Jingle Beard是个什么名字？”我这样想。

I have a delicious sandwich on my desk. 我的桌子上有一个美味的三明治。

It is a B.L.T. It has bacon, lettuce³, and tomato in it. 是个B.L.T三明治。里面有培根，生菜，番茄。

I'm hungry. But first I need a drink from the break room. 我很饿。但是我要先去休息室拿个饮料。

I leave the sandwich on my desk and walk to the break room. 于是我把三明治放在了桌子上，走向休息室。

On the way, I hear a sound. But it's nothing. 在去的路上，我听到了一个声音。不过没有什么事情。

I get to the break room. What a mess! There's garbage on the floor! 我到了休息室。真够乱的！地上都是垃圾！

Someone took the garbage out of the garbage can. 有人把垃圾从垃圾箱里翻了出来。

Who does that? I put the garbage back and wash my hands. 是谁做的呢？我把垃圾丢回了垃圾箱，然后洗了洗手。

I take my drink from the refrigerator. 之后我从冰箱中拿出了我的饮料。

When I get to my desk, my sandwich is gone! 当我回到桌前的时候，我的三明治不见了！

Well, most of my sandwich. 恩，是大部分三明治。

There is a little lettuce and some bread on the floor. 地上还有一小部分生菜和面包。

I look around. I see black hair on my chair. 我四处看了看。我发现我的椅子上有黑色的毛发。

Then I hear a noise outside my office. 然后我听到办公室外有一阵声响。

I follow the noise, and I find my sandwich thief. 我循着声响，发现了偷我三明治的小偷。

"This is your second mess today!" I say to him. 我对他说道：“这是你今天造成的第二场混乱了！”

1 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 jingle   

n.叮当声，韵律简单的诗句；v.使叮当作响，叮当响，押韵

参考例句：

• The key fell on the ground with a jingle.钥匙叮当落地。
• The knives and forks set up their regular jingle.刀叉发出常有的叮当声。

3 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。