英语小达人 135 A String in A Bar

 　　A String in A Bar

　　绳子上酒吧

　　A string walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a drink. The bartender looks at the string and says, "Sorry, Dude. We don't serve strings¹ in here. You are going to have to go somewhere else." The string is angry and leaves the bar.

　　有条绳子走进酒吧，要酒保给他一杯酒。酒保看着这条绳子说道：“抱歉，小伙子，我们这里不招待绳子，你去别的地方吧。”于是绳子愤愤地离开了酒吧。

　　Moments later the string comes back into the bar and asks the bartender for a drink.

　　过了一会儿，这条绳子又回到酒吧要酒保给他一杯酒。

　　"Sorry, we don't serve strings. Now, get out of here." This really pisses the string off. He leaves the bar and goes outside.

　　“抱歉，我们不招待绳子。现在给我滚开。”绳子这回真的火大了，他离开酒吧。

　　He is so angry that he has a tantrum outside. He get himself so upset that he ties himself all up in knots. He goes back into the bar and asks the bartender for a drink one more time.

　　他愤愤不平地在外面发了一顿脾气，气到把自己全身打结。他又走进酒吧，再一次要酒保给他一杯酒。

　　The bartender peers over the bar at the string and says, "Listen. I told you we don't serve string, aren't you?"

　　酒保盯着吧台上这条绳子说道：“听着，我已经告诉过你这间酒吧不招待绳子。难道你不是绳子吗？”

　　The string looks at the man and says, "No, I'm a frayed² knot."

　　绳子看着酒保说：“不，我是一个磨损的绳结。”

1 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

2 frayed   

adj.磨损的v.（使布、绳等）磨损，磨破( fray的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His shirt was frayed. 他的衬衫穿破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The argument frayed their nerves. 争辩使他们不快。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》