英语小达人 199 Do You Know My Work(在线收听

   Do You Know My Work

  你知道我是干什么的吗
  One night a hotel caught fire, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.
  一天晚上,一家旅馆失火,住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡衣就跑了出来。
  Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.
  两个人站在外面,看着大火。
  "Before I came out," said one, "I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them."
  “在我出来之前,”其中一个说,“我跑进一些房间,找到了很多钱。人在恐惧时是不会想到钱的。如果有人把纸币留在火里,火就会把它烧成灰烬。所以我把我所能找到的钞票都拿走了。没人会因为我拿走这些钱就变穷了。”
  "You don't know my work," said the other.
  “你不知道我是干什么的。”另一个说。
  "What is your work?"
  “你是什么的?”
  "I'm a policeman."
  “我是警察。”
  "Oh!" cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, "And do you know my work?"
  “噢!”第一个人大叫一声。他灵机一动,说:“那你知道我是干什么的?”
  "No," said the policeman.
  “不知道。”警察说。
  "I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened."
  “我是个作家。我总是爱编一些子虚乌有的故事。”
  1. catch fire
  着火;起火;开始燃烧
  eg. My home catches fire and everything is destroyed.
  我家失了火,所有的东西都烧毁了。
  eg. The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
  飞机起飞后不久就着火了。
  2. think of
  想到;想起;想出
  eg. I don't know why I never thought of that.
  我怎么就从未想到过那一点。
  eg. Nobody could think of anything to say.
  谁也想不出什么话说。
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