英语笑话听力+文本：Want to be a teacher想当老师

[00:25.04]senior 高三学生
[00:28.56]babble¹ 不停地说
[00:31.78]life's calling 人生目标
[00:35.82]misspell 拼写错误
[00:39.68]英文原文
[00:41.13]When I was a high school senior,
[00:42.66]I saw an inspirational ad on TV about becoming a teacher.
[00:47.01]I called the number shown: 800-45TEACH.
[00:50.59]After a woman answered,
[00:51.97]I babbled² on about how I thought I had found my life's calling
[00:55.06]and could she send me information.
[00:57.33]She asked what number I was calling.
[00:59.38]After I told her, there was a long pause.
[01:02.15]Then she said, "You misspelled teach."
[01:07.13]中文大意
[01:49.93]逐句对照
[01:53.14]When I was a high school senior,
[01:55.63]I saw an inspirational ad on TV about becoming a teacher.
[02:07.96]I called the number shown: 800-45TEACH.
[02:17.93]After a woman answered,
[02:19.28]I babbled on about how I thought I had found my life's calling
[02:21.94]and could she send me information.
[02:35.50]She asked what number I was calling.
[02:39.54]After I told her, there was a long pause.
[02:46.82]Then she said, "You misspelled teach."
[02:55.10]多学一点
[03:00.44]senior
[03:15.65]提前多少时间
[03:20.95]His appointment is senior to mine by a year.
[03:27.99]babble
[03:32.34]Babies babble before they can talk.
[03:39.01]babble 口齿不清地说些蠢话
[03:49.94]life's calling 一种生命的目标
[04:00.93]misspell
[04:02.93]mis + spell
[04:06.58]mis 出错
[04:10.46]mistake 错误
[04:12.50]misunderstand 误解
[04:14.99]spell 拼写
[04:17.49]misspell 拼写错误
[04:24.34]重新听一次故事原文
[04:26.55]When I was a high school senior,
[04:27.89]I saw an inspirational ad on TV about becoming a teacher.
[04:32.07]I called the number shown: 800-45TEACH.
[04:35.76]After a woman answered,
[04:37.37]I babbled on about how I thought I had found my life's calling
[04:40.35]and could she send me information.
[04:42.80]She asked what number I was calling.
[04:44.77]After I told her, there was a long pause.
[04:47.54]Then she said, "You misspelled teach."

想当老师

当我读高三（12年级）的时候，我看到一则关于成为教师的电视广告，大受启发。 我按电视显示的电话，80045teach 打了过去。当一个女人接电话时，我喋喋不休地给她讲了我如何感觉自己找到了人生的目标，问她是否可以给我寄相关的资料等等。 她问我打的是什么电话。在我告诉他之后，那边是一阵长久的沉默。然后，她说，“你把 teach 拼错了”。

1 babble   

v.含糊不清地说，胡言乱语地说，儿语

参考例句：

• No one could understand the little baby's babble. 没人能听懂这个小婴孩的话。
• The babble of voices in the next compartment annoyed all of us.隔壁的车厢隔间里不间歇的嘈杂谈话声让我们都很气恼。

2 babbled   

v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• He babbled the secret out to his friends. 他失口把秘密泄漏给朋友了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She babbled a few words to him. 她对他说了几句不知所云的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》