英语笑话听力+文本：雇一个保镖吧

【生词预览】

bodyguard¹保镖，pistol手枪，evaluate评估

笑话原文】

Hire A Bodygaurd

When my new job required me to transport valuables, I decided² I needed a gun for protection. Since I knew next to nothing about firearms, I joined a pistol club. After watching and evaluating my technique for a few weeks, the instructor³ pulled me aside.

“Are you open to a suggestion?” he asked.

“Absolutely,” I replied.

“Hire a bodyguard,” he said.

中文译文】

雇一个保镖吧

我的新工作需要我运送一些贵重物品。我觉得我应该有一支枪来保护自己。由于我对武器几乎一窍不通，就参加了一个手枪俱乐部。教员对我的技能观察和评价了几个星期之后，把我叫到一边。他问我：“你愿意听听我的建议吗？”

我说：“当然。”

他说：“雇一个保镖吧。”


词汇讲解】

1.bodyguard保镖。a bodyguard to sb.某人的保镖。The president was surrounded by a small bodyguard.总统由一小队保卫人员团团围住。还可以作及物动词使用：bodyguard sb. all the way to the gate 一路护送某人到大门口。

2.transport运输。goods transported to India运往印度的货物。还有“使欣喜若狂”的意思：He was transported with joy.他喜不自胜。“把…带入特定境地”：Alone in her hotel room, a fever of longing⁴ transported her to her bedroom at home.她独自一人在旅馆房间里，一阵思家之情似乎把她带到了家中的卧室。

3.next to几乎。We had next to nothing to say to one another.我们之间几乎么有什么话好说。还可以指“贴近”：The hotel is next to the church.旅馆就在教堂隔壁。“居于…之后”：My sister is the next to oldest.我姐姐排行老二。

4.pistol手枪。Pistol shooting events include free pistol, rapid fire pistol, standard pistol, air pistol, and sport pistol.手枪射击包括: 自选手枪射击，手枪速射，标准手枪射击，气手枪射击和运动手枪射击。

5.evaluvate评估。He evaluated the horses at thirty-five dollars a head.他将这些马定价为每匹35美元。How would you evaluate yourself?你对自己将如何评价？ 也可以作不及物动词：We come as critics, to scrutinize⁵ and to evaluate.我们是来挑刺的，来细细查看并给予评估的。

6.instructor教员。搭配上不同的词，可以表示各种教员，比如：fitness instructor 健美师；technical instructor 技术指导讲师； an assistant instructor 助教。

1 bodyguard   

n.护卫，保镖

参考例句：

• She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
• The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

4 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

5 scrutinize   

n.详细检查，细读

参考例句：

• Her purpose was to scrutinize his features to see if he was an honest man.她的目的是通过仔细观察他的相貌以判断他是否诚实。
• She leaned forward to scrutinize their faces.她探身向前，端详他们的面容。