英语笑话听力+文本：Mental deficiency(智力缺陷)

[00:13.73]Mental deficiency¹
[00:16.10]智力缺陷
[00:19.02]"Would you mind telling me, Doctor,"
[00:22.09]Bob asked...
[00:23.67]"how you detect² a mental deficiency in somebody
[00:28.05]who appears completely normal?"
[00:31.34]"Nothing is easier," he replied.
[00:34.34]"You ask him a simple question
[00:36.73]which everyone should answer with no trouble.
[00:40.22]If he hesitates, that puts you on the track."
[00:44.68]"Well, What sort of question?"
[00:48.77]"Well, you might ask him,
[00:51.10]'Captain Cook made three trips around the world
[00:55.71]and died during one of them. Which one?'
[00:59.97]Bob thought for a moment,
[01:01.96]and then said with a nervous laugh,
[01:06.25]"You wouldn't happen to have another example
[01:09.66]would you?
[01:10.69]I must confess³ I don't know much about history."
[01:16.10]中文大意
[02:10.93]语言点
[02:12.80]mental deficiency 智力缺陷
[02:16.45]deficiency 缺陷，缺乏
[02:23.31]would you mind telling
[02:25.12]would you mind doing sth
[02:39.48]yes
[02:42.40]no
[02:45.61]nothing is easier
[02:52.89]that's very easy
[02:59.39]hesitate 犹豫、踌躇
[03:05.87]put sb. on the track
[03:15.47]you wouldn't happen to have another example
[03:18.21]would you?
[03:34.88]Yes, I would.
[03:39.63]No, I wouldn't.

Mental deficiency
智力缺陷

"Would you mind telling me, Doctor," Bob asked ..."how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?" "Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that puts you on the track." " Well, What sort of question?" "Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?' Bob thought for a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history."

“医生，你能不能告诉我，”鲍勃问，“对于一个看上去很正常的人，你是怎样判断出他有智力缺陷的呢？”“再没有比这容易的了，”医生回答，“问他一个简单的问题，简单到所有人都知道答案，如果他回答得不干脆，那你就知道是怎么回事了。”“那要问什么样的问题呢？”“嗯，你可以这样问，‘库克船长环球旅行了三次，但是在其中一次的途中他去世了，是哪一次呢？’”鲍勃想了一会儿，紧张的回答道，“你就不能问另外一个问题吗？坦率地说，我对历史了解的不是很多。”

1 deficiency   

n.缺乏，不足，缺点，缺陷

参考例句：

• During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.战争期间孩子们遭受缺乏食物之苦。
• Fortunately,color deficiency is not a serious medical problem.幸运的是，色盲并不是一种严重的医学问题。

2 detect   

vt.察觉，发现；探测

参考例句：

• I can detect signs of improvement in your thinking.我可以察觉出你思考问题方面的进步。
• Their instruments can detect the slightest vibration.他们的仪器能探测出极微弱的震动。

3 confess   

vt.承认，坦白；vi.承认，坦白，忏悔

参考例句：

• Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.很多基督徒都定期向牧师忏悔他们的罪行和恶念。
• I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。