英语小达人 336 Poor Plumber

 　　Poor Plumber¹

　　可怜的管子工

　　A lady was expecting the plumber; he was supposed to come at ten o'clock.

　　一位女士在等着管子工来，他本该10点来的。

　　Ten o'clock came and went; no plumber; eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, one o'clock; no plumber.

　　10点了，没来；11点了，没来；12点了，没来；1点了，还是没来。

　　She concluded he wasn't coming, and went out to do some shopping. While she was out, the plumber arrived.

　　她认为他不会来了，就出去买东西了。她走了以后，管子工来了。

　　He knocked on the door; the lady's parrot said, "Who is it?" He replied, "It's the plumber."

　　他敲了敲门，那位女士的鹦鹉说：“谁呀？”他答道：“我是管子工。”

　　He thought it was the lady who'd said, "Who is it?" and waited for her to come and let him in.

　　他认为是那位女士在问：“谁呀？”，于是就等着她来开门。

　　When this didn't happen he knocked again, and again the parrot said, "Who is it?" He said, "It's the plumber!"

　　没有人来开门，他又敲了敲门。鹦鹉问道：“谁呀？”他答道：“我是管子工！！！”

　　He waited, and again the lady didn't come to let him in. He knocked again, and again the parrot said, "Who is it?" He said, "IT'S THE PLUMBER!!!!!!!!"

　　他等着，还是没有人来开门。他又敲门，鹦鹉问道：“谁呀？”他答道：“我是管子工！！！”

　　Again he waited; again she didn't come; again he knocked; again the parrot said, "Who is it?"

　　他又等着，还是没有人来开门。他再敲门，鹦鹉问道：“谁呀？”

　　"Aarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!" he said, flying into a rage; he pushed the door in and ripped it off its hinges. He suffered a heart attack and he fell dead in the doorway².

　　“啊——”他怒火中烧，撞进门去，把门上的合叶都撞掉了。他的心脏病发作，倒在门口，死了。

　　The lady came home, only to see the door ripped off its hinges and a corpse³ lying in the doorway, "A dead body!" She exclaimed, "WHO IS IT?!"

　　那位女士回到家，却发现门掉下来了，门口还有一具死尸。她惊叫道：“一具尸体！他是谁？！”

　　The parrot said, "It's the plumber."

　　鹦鹉答道：“是管子工。”

1 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。

2 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

3 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。