英文短篇故事（纽约）193 Your Noise Right Back at You

 　　Bart's upstairs neighbor was driving him nuts. He made all kinds of strange noises at all kinds of strange hours. If I tell my neighbor he's noisy, he won't believe me, Bart thought. He'll believe me only if he lives downstairs and hears himself upstairs. Of course, that's impossible. My neighbor can't be in two places at one time. Bart needed to invent something. After much thought and work, he invented a Noise Reflector. It sent noise back to its source. The reflector had a volume button. It could double or triple¹ the original noise. Bart waited for his neighbor to make noise again. He turned on the reflector. It took less than a minute for his neighbor to quit making noise. Bart told Herb about his reflector. Herb said, "That sounds great. Can you make one for me? I'll use it the next time my wife yells² at me."

1 triple   

n.三倍之数，三个一组；adj.三倍的

参考例句：

• Twelve is the triple of four.十二是四的三倍数。
• He received triple wages for all his extra work.由于额外的工作他领取了三倍的工资。

2 yells   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The most savage yells of all came from the schoolchildren. 最野蛮的喊叫声来自那些学童。 来自英汉文学
• Dimes, dimes, "yells another, selling $ 10 vials of crack. 另一个卖瓶装克拉克的青年也在大声叫卖。 来自名作英译部分