英文短篇故事（纽约）318 The Spirit Is Within You

 　　The two spirits were talking. "I'm bored. Who shall we be today?" asked Booboo. Nono said, "Why don't you be Jack¹, and I'll be Jill?" Booboo agreed. They entered the minds of Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill were at a bar, drinking a beer. They always drank one beer after work. Then they always went home. They finished their beers. "Let's have another," Jack said. Jill agreed. They finished two more beers. "Let's have another," said Jill. Jack agreed. They drank five beers each before they left the bar. They were laughing and talking loudly on the subway home. A man said, "Quiet down!" Jack said, "Do you want to fight?" Jill said, "Yeah. Do you want to fight?" The man went back to his book. The next day, Jill asked, "Why did we drink so much last night? Why did we challenge² that guy? That's not like us!"

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 challenge   

n.挑战；v.向...挑战

参考例句：

• The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
• She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。