英语笑话听力+文本：不要突然拜访正在上大学的子女

Surprise, surprise 惊喜
词汇扫描
swing 悬摆
fraternity 大学兄弟会
porch 门廊
英文原文
Don't ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college.
You might be the one getting the surprise.
I learned this the hard way
when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip.
Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell.
"Yeah?" a voice called from inside.
"Does Dylan Housman live here?"
"Yup," the voice answered.
"Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later."
中文大意
逐句对照
You might be the one getting the surprise.
I learned this the hard way
when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip.
Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell.
"Yeah?" a voice called from inside.
"Does Dylan Housman live here?"
"Yup," the voice answered.
"Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later."
多学一点
pay a surprise visit
pay 付费 / 打电话或者去拜访
pay someone a visit / pay someone a call
swing by
swing 悬摆，挥动
转弯，沿弧线运动
the car swings over the curb¹
We swing across the island.
fraternity 大学兄弟会
porch 门廊；走廊
重新听一次故事原文
Don't ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college.
You might be the one getting the surprise.
I learned this the hard way
when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip.
Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell.
"Yeah?" a voice called from inside.
"Does Dylan Housman live here?"
"Yup," the voice answered.
"Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later."
 

1 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。