英语笑话听力+文本：Waiting Room候诊室

Waiting Room
候诊室

There were three fathers to be in a hospital waiting room, waiting for their babies to be born. The first nurse comes out and tells the first father, "Congratulations¹ you're the father of twins!" He says, “Great! I am the manager for the Minnesota Twins.” The second nurse comes out and tells the second father, "Congratulations you're the father of triplets”! He says, "That's cool! I work for 3M." The third father opens the window and jumps out. The third nurse comes out, and asks, “Where's the third father?" One of the other fathers said, "Oh he jumped out the window.” The nurse asks, "Why?" He replied, "He works² for Seven Up!"

三位父亲在候诊室等候孩子的出生。第一个护士出来对第一位父亲说：“恭喜，你是一对双胞胎的父亲了！”父亲说：“太棒了，我正好是明尼苏达兄弟公司的经理。”第二个护士出来对第二位父亲说：“恭喜，你的孩子是三胞胎！”父亲说：“太好了，我正好是在３Ｍ公司工作。”第三位父亲打开窗户跳出去了。这时第三个护士出来了，问：“第三位父亲去哪了？”另外两个父亲其中的一个说：“噢他从窗户跳出去了。”护士问：“为什么呢？”“他在７Ｕp公司上班。”

1 congratulations   

n.祝贺；贺词；祝词

参考例句：

• I send you my warmest congratulations on your success. 我对你的成功致以最热烈的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Please give her my congratulations when you see her. 见到她时请转达我的祝贺。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。