英语笑话听力+文本：烤乳猪

【生词预览】

roast烤制的，fake¹伪装

笑话原文】

Roast Pig

A gentleman was invited for dinner. When he hurried there and sat down, he was happy to see a roast pig in front of his seat: "Not bad, I am next to the pig."

But then he noticed the angry fat lady sitting next to him. He faked a smile and added: "Oh I am sorry, I meant the roasted one on the table."

中文译文】

烤乳猪

一位先生去赴宴迟到了，匆忙入座后，发现自己的座位正对着乳猪，于是大为高兴的说：“还不错，我坐在乳猪的旁边。”
这时才发现身旁的一位胖女士正怒目相视，他忙陪笑改口到：“对不起，我说的是那只烤好的。”

词汇讲解】

1. roast烤制的。roast还可以作动词，有“烤”的意思：The sun was roasting us.太阳火辣辣地炙烤着我们。还可以指“嘲讽”：They roasted his new book.他们狠狠地挖苦他的新书。

2. hurry催促，急忙。Let's hurry a bit, we are far behind them.
咱们得快点, 咱们比他们落后多了。If we hurry the work, it may be spoiled. 要是我们匆忙地把工作干完, 可能会把事情弄糟。

3.next to紧邻。也可以指“几乎”“仅次于”“与…相比”

4.fake伪装。I thought he was really hurt but he was faking.我原以为他真的受伤了, 不料他只是在装样子而已。也可以指“赝品”：We thought it was a genuine antique², but it turned out to be a fake. 我们以为这是真古董, 结果只是一件赝品。

5.add补充。也有“添加”的意思： Her illness added to the family's troubles.她的病给家人添了麻烦。

1 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

2 antique   

adj.古时的，古代的；n.古物，古器，古玩

参考例句：

• The Sunday antique market is a happy hunting ground for collectors.周日的古董市场是收藏家的淘物乐园。
• I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop.我在一家古玩店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。