Hospitality 好客

2018-08-13 04:42
疯狂英语·爱英语 2018年12期
关键词:中士捕鼠长官

The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple pie without any cheese.

The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest?蒺s plate.

The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said:“You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?”

“In the rat?鄄trap, sir,” replied the boy.

【注释】

apologize /?藜?謖p?鬑l?藜d?廾a?奘z/ v. 道歉;谢罪

unexpected /?謣?蘧n?奘k?謖spekt?奘d/ adj. 出乎意料的;始料不及的

rat-trap /?謖r?覸ttr?謖?覸p/ n. 捕鼠笼;捕鼠器;捕鼠夹

【译文】

只能为不速之客提供苹果派而没有奶酪了,女主人因此表示歉意。

这家的小男孩悄悄地离开了屋子。过了一会儿,他拿着一片奶酪回到房间,并把奶酪放在客人的盘子里。

客人微笑着把奶酪放进嘴里说:“孩子,你的眼睛就是比你妈妈的好。你在哪里找到的奶酪?”

“在捕鼠夹上,先生。”小男孩回答道。

Visual training 视觉训练

The squad were having “visual training”. One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field. The party was so faraway that the men appeared as mere dots, but unhesitatingly the recruit replied:

“Sixteen men and a sergeant, sir.”

“Right, but how do you know there?蒺s a sergeant there?”

“He?蒺s not doing any digging, sir.”

【注释】

squad / skw?鬑d / n. (軍队的)班;小组

recruit / r?奘?謖kru?蘼t/ n. 新兵;新成员

unhesitatingly /?蘧n?謖hez?奘te?奘t?奘?耷l?奘/ adv. 毫不犹豫地

sergeant / ?謖sɑ?蘼d?廾?藜nt / n. 陆军(或空军)中士;巡佐

【译文】

那时,班里正在进行“视觉训练”。一个聪明伶俐的新兵被班长叫出来数远处旷野上采掘队的人数。采掘队在很远的地方,那些人看起来只是一些小点儿。但是这个新兵毫不犹豫地回答:

“十六个兵外加一个中士,长官。”

“正确,可是你怎么知道那儿有一个中士?”

“他不干活,长官。”

(海南 孟焕晨 译)

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