英语笑话听力+文本：Never out of stock 永不缺货

[00:15.23]Never out of stock 永不缺货
[00:26.60]词汇扫描
[00:30.16]overhear [??uv?'hi?] 无意中听到
[00:33.98]assure [?'?u?] 保证
[00:37.64]riot ['rai?t] 有趣的
[00:40.66]英文原文
[00:42.44]When I overheard one of my cashiers tell a customer,
[00:46.43]"We haven't had it for a while, and I doubt we'll be getting it soon,"
[00:50.34]I quickly assured the customer
[00:52.17]that we would have whatever it was she wanted by next week.
[00:56.16]After she left, I read the cashier the riot act.
[00:59.64]"Never tell the customer that we're out of anything.
[01:02.95]Tell them we'll have it next week," I instructed her.
[01:05.79]"Now, what did she want?"
[01:07.47]"Rain."
[01:11.19]中文大意
[01:46.27]逐句对照
[01:50.18]When I overheard one of my cashiers tell a customer,
[01:57.35]"We haven't had it for a while, and I doubt we'll be getting it soon,"
[02:05.66]I quickly assured the customer
[02:07.47]that we would have whatever it was she wanted by next week.
[02:16.52]After she left, I read the cashier the riot act.
[02:24.29]"Never tell the customer that we're out of anything.
[02:27.58]Tell them we'll have it next week," I instructed her.
[02:36.35]"Now, what did she want?"
[02:38.38]"Rain."
[02:46.79]多学一点
[02:51.01]overhear 无意中听到
[02:53.41]over 过度
[02:57.28]overhear 听多了
[03:02.52]over load 超载
[03:04.95]be overtaken in drink
[03:11.98]assure 保证，使放心
[03:15.24]The flight captain assured us that the plane would arrive on time.
[03:23.92]assure / insure 使放心，使确信
[03:32.56]He assured the king of his loyalty¹.
[03:39.46]riot 滑稽的，有趣的
[03:44.59]Jane is a riot person.
[03:50.46]riot 骚动，暴乱
[03:53.83]The riot was put down by force.
[04:02.26]重新听一次故事原文
[04:04.98]When I overheard one of my cashiers tell a customer,
[04:08.27]"We haven't had it for a while, and I doubt we'll be getting it soon,"
[04:12.20]I quickly assured the customer
[04:14.26]that we would have whatever it was she wanted by next week.
[04:18.28]After she left, I read the cashier the riot act.
[04:21.54]"Never tell the customer that we're out of anything.
[04:24.83]Tell them we'll have it next week," I instructed her.
[04:27.88]"Now, what did she want?"
[04:29.37]"Rain."
[04:44.97]谢谢收听



永不缺货

我无意中听到一个收银员对一名顾客说，“这个我们已经有些日子没货了，我怀疑我们能不能很快上货”。 我迅速地向那顾客保证说不管她想要什么，我们下周就会有货。 在顾客离开之后，我看到收银员的到极不自然的反应。

“永远不要告诉顾客我们缺货，跟他们说我们下周就会有”，我训那个收银员。“现在告诉我，那位顾客想要什么”？
“雨”。

1 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。