英语小达人 203 I Know

 　　I Know

　　我知道

　　A witness to an automobile¹ accident was testifying. The lawyer asked him, "Did you actually see the accident?"

　　一场车祸的目击证人正在作证。律师问他：“你确实看到了那起事故吗？”

　　The witness, "Yes, sir."

　　证人答：“是的，先生。”

　　The lawyer, "How far away were you when the accident happened?"

　　律师：“当时你距离事发地有多远？”

　　The witness, "Twenty-nine feet, eight and one quarter inches."

　　证人：“二十九英尺，八又四分之一英寸。”

　　The lawyer smiled (thinking he'd trap the witness), "Well, sir, will you tell the jury how you knew it was exactly that distance?"

　　律师笑着（认为自己已经给证人下了套）问：“现在，先生，请你告诉陪审团你怎么会知道这么确切的距离的？”

　　The witness, "Because when the accident happened I took out a tape and measured it. I knew some annoying lawyer would ask me that question."

　　证人：“那是因为事故一发生，我就拿了一个卷尺去量的。我知道会有某个烦人的律师问我这种问题的。”

　　重点讲解：

　　a witness to

　　见证人；目击者；

　　eg. Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster.

　　空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。

　　eg. The girl let slip that she had been a witness to the accident.

　　那女孩无意中说出她是该事故的目击者。

　　另：be witness to

　　是…的见证人；是…的目击者

　　eg. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.

　　孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件，其数量之多令人不安。

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。