英语笑话听力+文本：我量了一下

【生词预览】

carpenter木匠，evidence证据，witness目击，idiot白痴，measure测量

笑话原文】

I Measured It

A carpenter was giving evidence about an accident he had witnessed.

The judge asked him how far away he was from the accident.

The carpenter replied, “Twenty-seven feet, six and one half inches.”

“What? How come you are so sure of that distance?” asked the judge.

“Well, I knew some idiot would ask me. So I measured it!” replied the carpenter.

中文译文】

我量了一下

一个木匠在给一个他目击了的事故作证。

法官问他当时距离事故发生地点有多远。

木匠回答：“27英尺，6.5英寸。”

“什么？你怎么这么确定那个距离？”法官问。

“噢，我知道肯定有某些白痴会问我这个问题，所以我量了一下！”木匠回答。

词汇讲解】

1.carpenter，木匠。也可以作动词表示“做木匠活”：He carpentered when he was young.他年轻时当木匠。

2.evidence证据。可以作动词， 是“表明”的意思：His tears evidenced great sorrow for what he had done.他的眼泪表明他对自己所做的事极为懊悔。

3.witness及物动词，目击：Your actions witness your guilt¹.你的行动足以证明你有罪。也可作名词，就是“目击者”、“证人”的意思。

4.accident意外，事故。它所指的未必都是不好的事情：Dick had been an accident by sending over flowers.这句话的意思可不是“迪克送花的时候出了事故”，而是“迪克送花来，真是出人意料。”

5.feet,inch。Feet是foot的复数形势。因为是1英尺以上，所以要用复数，变为feet。Inch是英寸，而不是英尺，不要被它的读音误导了。

6.measure测量／权衡／调节／斟酌：measure one’s words斟酌词句；measure one’s foe²估量自己的敌人。也可作名词，是“尺寸”的意思：one’s waist measure腰围尺寸。

1 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

2 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。