第4章 動物也瘋狂(4)
- 幽默英文:帥也白搭,還不是要被卒子吃掉
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- 2016-03-03 15:24:15
He waited,and again the lady didn’t come to let him in.He knocked again,and again the parrot said,"Who is it?"He said,"IT’S THE PLUMBER!!!!!!"
Again he waited; again she didn’t come; again he knocked; again the parrot said,"Who is it?"
"Ah-"he said,flying into a rage; he pushed the door in and ripped it off its hinges,He suffered a heart attack and he fell dead in the doorway.
The lady came home,only to see the door ripped off its hinges and a corpse lying in the doorway,"A dead body!"she exclaimed,"WHO IS IT?!"
The parrot said,"It’s the plumber."
誰呀
一位女士在等管道工,管道工應該十點到。
十點了,管道工沒來;十一點……十二點……一點……還是沒有管道工的身影。
女士斷定管道工今天不會來了,便出門購物去了。女士出門后,管道工就來了。
管道工敲了敲門,家里的鸚鵡問:“誰呀?”管道工回答:“修管道的!”
他想準是房里的女士問“誰呀”,就等她來開門。
房里沒有動靜,他又敲門了,鸚鵡又問:“誰呀?”他說:“修管道的!”
他繼續(xù)等著,又不見女士開門。他再敲,鸚鵡再次問:“誰呀?”他說:“修管道的!!”
他再等,女士還沒有來,他再敲,鸚鵡再次問:“誰呀?”
“啊--”他勃然大怒,然后撞門而入,保險鏈條也撞斷了。突然他心臟病發(fā)作,一頭栽倒在門口,死了。
女士回來只看到脫了鏈條的門和門口的一具尸體,“死尸!”她驚叫,“這是誰?!”
鸚鵡說:“修管道的。”
20 The Centipede Puts on Its Shoes
A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants to buy a pet that can do everything.The shop owner suggests a faithful dog.
The man replied,"Come on,a dog?"
The owner says,"How about a cat?"
The man replies,"No way!A cat certainly can’t do everything.I want a pet that can do everything!"
The shop owner thinks for a minute,then says,"I’ve got it!A centipede!"
The man says,"A centipede?I can’t imagine a centipede doing everything,but okay-I’ll try a centipede."
He gets the centipede home and says to the centipede."Clean the kitchen."
Thirty minutes later,he walks into the kitchen and it’s immaculate!All the dishes and silverware have been washed,dried,and put away; the appliances sparkling; the floor waxed.He’s absolutely amazed.
He says to the centipede,"Go clean the living room."
Twenty minutes later,he walks into the living room.The carpet has been vacuumed; the furniture cleaned and dusted; the pillows on the sofa plumped; flowers watered.The man thinks to himself,"This is the most amazing thing that I’ve ever seen.This really is a pet that can do everything!"
Next he says to the centipede,"Run down to the corner and get me a newspaper."
The centipede walks out the door.10 minutes later...no centipede.20 minutes later...no centipede.30 minutes later...no centipede.By this point the man is wondering what’s going on.So he goes to the front door,opens it and there’s the centipede sitting right outside.
The man says,"Hey!!I sent you down to the corner store 45 minutes ago to get me a newspaper.What’s the matter?"
The centipede says,"I’m going!I’m going!I’m just putting on my shoes!"
蜈蚣穿鞋
一個人來到一家寵物店,告訴店主說他想買一只什么都能做的寵物。店主建議他買一條忠誠的狗。
那人回答道:“算了吧,狗?”
店主說:“貓怎么樣?”
那人說道:“不要!貓當然不可能什么都能做。我想要一只什么都能做的寵物!”
店主想了一會說:“有了!蜈蚣!”
那人說,“蜈蚣?我想象不出一只蜈蚣什么都能做,但是好吧,我試試看。”
他把蜈蚣帶回了家,對它說:“把廚房打掃干凈。”
半個小時后,他走進廚房,廚房里簡直太干凈了!所有的盤子和銀器都被清洗、烘干,并整整齊齊地放好了;廚具閃閃發(fā)亮;地板打了蠟。他完全呆住了。
他對蜈蚣說:“去把客廳打掃干凈。”
二十分鐘后,他走進客廳。地毯已經(jīng)用吸塵器除過塵,家具被擦得一塵不染,沙發(fā)上的靠墊已經(jīng)被拍松,花也已經(jīng)澆過水了。那人心里暗想:“這是我見過的最不可思議的事。它可真是什么都能做的萬能寵物!”
接著他對蜈蚣說:“去街拐角給我買份報紙回來。”
蜈蚣走出門。十分鐘過去了,蜈蚣沒有回來。二十分鐘過去了,蜈蚣沒有回來。三十分鐘過去了,還是不見蜈蚣的影子。那人奇怪究竟發(fā)生了什么事,于是他走到前門,打開門,蜈蚣正坐在外面。
那人說:“嘿!四十五分鐘前我就讓你去街拐角的報亭給我買份報紙了,這是怎么回事?!”
蜈蚣說:“我馬上走!我馬上走!我正在穿鞋呢!”
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