双语趣听精彩世界 第130期:玩笑短信不要分两段发

 　　英国每日邮报:一名在纽约的老师由于厌烦学校的会议,于是开玩笑让他的妻子打报警电话称学校遭炸弹威胁.他的太太居然把玩笑当了真.

　　玩笑短信不要分两段发

　　The Daily Mail: A bored New York teacher has been quizzed by police after asking his wife to call in a bomb threat to save him from a school meeting.

　　The man, whose first name is Eric, was sitting in a morning meeting at Renaissance¹ Charter² High School in East Harlem when he sent a text to his partner.

　　In the message, he jokingly asked her to call in a bomb threat so he could escape from the monotonous³ event, which sees teachers run through the day's activities

　　Local media reports that he told her: 'Call in a bomb threat.' before sending another text reading 'haha'. However, his wife failed to read the second message and contacted the police, informing them there had been a bomb threat at the school.

1 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

2 charter   

n.特许状，执照，宪章；v.特许，发给特许执照

参考例句：

• This new law amounts to a tax evader's charter.这项新法律简直成了为逃税者开的许可证。
• We will charter a steamer to convey the goods.我们将租一艘船运送这批货物。

3 monotonous   

adj.单调的，一成不变的，使人厌倦的

参考例句：

• She thought life in the small town was monotonous.她觉得小镇上的生活单调而乏味。
• His articles are fixed in form and monotonous in content.他的文章千篇一律，一个调调儿。