你好，丹！

The traffic light's red

My wife needed encouragement to keep pedaling the exercise bike in gym. I said，“Close your eyes and imagine you're riding along Broadway in New York City. It will be more interesting.” Inspired，she cycled on，but after a minute she stopped. “What's wrong？” I asked. “The traffic light's red，” she replied.

紅燈了

我太太需要一些鼓勵才能繼續蹬健身自行車。我說：“你閉上眼睛，想象你是沿著紐約的百老匯大街在騎車。這樣比較有趣。”在這一靈感的激發下，她繼續蹬下去，但是僅僅一分鐘她又停下了。我問她：“怎么啦？”她回答說：“紅燈了?！?

Honey，so do I！

We were discussing the “don'ts” of public speaking in the PR class I teach. “Don'ts” include a man reaching into his pant pocket and jangling change as he speaks，which is very distracting. To illustrate my point，I asked for a student volunteer，saying，“I need a man with coins in his pocket. ”What I got was a girl yelling out，“Honey，so do I！”

親愛的，我也要！

在我教的公共關系課上，我們正在討論公共場合講話時“不要做什么”。其中有一項就是男人在講話的時候，不要把手伸進褲子口袋，把硬幣弄得嘩嘩響。這么做會分散注意力。為了闡明我的觀點，我要一個學生做示范。我說：“我需要一個男人，口袋里有硬幣?！苯Y果，一個女孩大叫道：“親愛的，我也要！”

Hi Dan！

A lawyer was reading out the will of a rich man：“To you，my loving wife Rose，who stood by me in rough times，as well as good，I leave her the house and $2 million.” The lawyer continued，“To my daughter Jessica，who looked after me in sickness and kept the business going，I leave her the yacht，the business and $1 million.” The lawyer concluded，“And，to my cousin Dan，who hated me，argued with me，and thought that I would never mention him in my will—well you are wrong. Hi Dan！”

你好，丹！

一位律師正在宣讀一個富人的遺囑：“我親愛的太太羅絲，不論是順境還是逆境，你都在我的身邊。我給你留下房子和200萬美元。我的女兒杰西卡，她在我生病的時候照顧我，維持生意繼續運轉。我把帆船、生意和100萬美元留給她。我的表弟丹，你恨我，和我爭吵，并且以為我在遺囑里不會提到你的名字。你錯了——你好，丹！”

A personal question

At the cashier one busy day the line grew quite long. There was much grumbling among those waiting，but one man made light of the situation. He approached a woman who was obviously very pregnant and tapped her on the shoulder. “Would you mind my asking a personal question？” he said. “Were you pregnant when you got in this line？”

一個私人問題

在一個繁忙的日子，收銀員那里排了很長的隊。排隊等待的人開始發牢騷，只有一名男子顯得比較輕松。他走到一個顯然已經懷孕很久的女人背后，拍拍她的肩膀說：“我能不能問你一個私人問題，在你開始排隊的時候有沒有懷孕？”

單詞&詞組

encouragement [in5kQrIdVmEnt] n.鼓勵，支持（的事物）

cycle [5saikl] n.循環；騎自行（摩托）車

distract [dis5trAkt] v.使分心，分散注意力

illustrate [5ilEstreit] vt.給……加插圖；說明

yell [jel] n.叫喊，叫著說

will [wil] n.意圖，決心；遺囑

rough [rQf] adj.艱難的，粗糙的，粗魯的，（味道、聲音等）令人不快的

yacht [jCt] n.游艇，帆船

mention [5menFEn] n.提及，說起

cashier [kA5FiE] n.收銀員，出納員

grumble [5^rQmbl] vi.抱怨，牢騷

make light of 對……不在乎，輕視

personal [5pE：sEnl] adj.個人的，親自的

知道不知道

公共場合講話時“不要做什么”

做public speaking時，還有幾個不要，譬如不要把手伸進口袋里（stick your hands in your pockets），不要手卡在腰帶上（hook your thumbs under your belt），因為上述動作都會分散觀眾的注意力。