英语笑话听力+文本:没有那么聪明(在线收听) |
【生词预览】
plow耕地,gallop飞奔,veterianarian兽医
【笑话原文】
A Smart Horse
There was a farmer who fell and broke his hip while he was plowing, and his horse immediately galloped five miles to the nearest town and returned, carrying a doctor on his back.
"That’s a pretty smart horse," the farmer’s friend later observed.
"Well, he’s not really so smart," the farmer said. "The doctor he brought back was a veterinarian!"
【中文译文】
没有那么聪明
一位农夫在犁田时,不慎跌倒摔伤了屁股,他的马立即飞奔到五里外最近的小镇,载了一位医生回来。一个朋友看到后便夸赞说:“你这匹马真是聪明!” 农夫说:“也没有你想的那么聪明啦!它带来的是一位兽医!”
【词汇讲解】
1.hip臀部。on the hip处于不利地位。
2.plow耕地。名词指“犁”。
3.observe评论。也可以指“看到”:We observed that it had turned cloudy.我们注意到天已经变阴了。
4.gallop飞奔。Prices galloped.物价飞涨。
5. veterinarian 兽医。He is a veterinarian; he is very kind to animals. 他是位兽医,他对动物们可好了。 |
原文地址:http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/jokes/299822.html |