英语笑话听力+文本：一只青蛙的真命天女

【生词预览】

psychic¹巫师，hotline热线，croak²呱呱叫

笑话原文】

The Girl in A Frog’s Life

A lonely frog telephoned the Psychic Hotline and asked what his future holds.

His Personal Psychic Advisor³ tells him， "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you."

The frog is thrilled, "This is great! Will I meet her at a party?" he croaks⁴.

"No," says the psychic, "In biology class."

中文译文】

一只青蛙的真名天女

一只孤单的青蛙致电占卜热线询问他的未来会怎么样。

他的私人巫师顾问告诉他：“你会遇到一个想了解有关你的一切的美丽年轻的女孩。”

青蛙很激动，说：“那太好了！我会在派对上和她邂逅吗？”青蛙呱呱地叫。

“不，”巫师说，“是在生物课上。”

词汇讲解】

1.psychic巫师。也可以作形容词，指“超自然的／有特异功能的”：Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。

2.hotline热线。He got through on the hotline to the head of the government.他通过热线与政府首脑取得了联系。

3.hold包含，容纳。“… what his future holds”他的未来包含什么，即“他的未来会怎么样”。又如：The box can hold all my clothes.这箱子能装下我的全部衣服。也可以指 “认为, 相信”：I hold that this is a right decision.我相信这是个正确的决定。

4.personal私人的。也可以指“亲自的”：He wanted to have a personal visit to that factory.他想亲自去参观那家工厂。“人身攻击的, 无礼的”：You can't make personal abuse on her.你不可对她进行人身攻击

5.croak呱呱地叫。也可以指“用粗的声音说”。

6.biology生物学。 She has a degree in biology.她具有生物学的学位。

1 psychic   

n.对超自然力敏感的人；adj.有超自然力的

参考例句：

• Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
• She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能，能预知未来。

2 croak   

vi.嘎嘎叫，发牢骚

参考例句：

• Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.每个人似乎都有点不对劲，想发发牢骚。
• Frogs began to croak with the rainfall.蛙随着雨落开始哇哇叫。

3 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

4 croaks   

v.呱呱地叫( croak的第三人称单数 )；用粗的声音说

参考例句：

• A burst of noisy croaks came from the pond. 从池塘里传来了一阵喧噪的蛙鸣。 来自互联网
• The noise in the zoo turned out to be the croaks of bullfrogs. 动物园里喧噪得很，原来是一群牛蛙在叫。 来自互联网