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读者文摘:奇怪的包裹

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Like any college student, Connor Cox was excited when he received a package from home.

和其他大学生一样,康纳·考克斯收到家里寄来的包裹很是兴奋。

He assumed1 it was filled with food and other goodies. He tore open the box and, indeed, found a surprise inside: garbage.

他以为里面装满了食物和其他好吃的东西,撕开盒子发现里面确实有一个惊喜:垃圾。

Turns out, he'd left home without taking out the trash as he'd promised his mother, so she mailed it to him.

原来,他离开家时没有像对妈妈承诺的那样把垃圾拿出来,所以妈妈把垃圾寄给了他。

A Florida man drove his 24-year-old daughter to a job interview.

一名佛罗里达男子开车送他24岁的女儿去面试。

When she came back to the car with a large amount of cash, he figured she'd gotten the job and this was her advance.

当她回到车里发现有大量的现金,他以为女儿面试成功了,这是老板预付的现金。

Not quite. Unbeknown to the man, he had become his daughter's getaway driver in her fifth—and final—bank heist.

不完全是。这名男子对自己成为女儿第五次和最后一次银行抢劫逃跑的司机一无所知。

When a french couple named their child Nutella, a court stepped in and said non.

当一对法国夫妇给他们的孩子取名Nutella时,法庭介入并否认了这一名字。

In Mexico, state officials in Sonora nixed the name Circumcision.

墨西哥索诺拉州的官员废除了Circumcision这个名字。

But in America, anything goes. Celebrities2 have dubbed3 their kids Kal-El(Nicolas Cage), Bronx Mowgli (Ashlee Simpon),

但在美国,名字怎么取都行。名人这样给他们的儿子取名:卡尔-艾尔(尼古拉斯·凯奇),布朗克斯·莫格利(阿什莉·辛普森),

Audio4 Science (Shannyn Sossamon), and George (George Foreman, who named all five of his sons after himself.)

声学(莎妮·索萨蒙)和乔治(乔治·福尔曼,他用自己的名字给五个儿子命名。)


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1 assumed assumed     
adj.假定的, 假装的 动词assume的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The assumed linearity of these equations can be related to the uniformity of space and time.所假定的这些方程的线性,可归因于空间和时间的均匀性。
2 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
3 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
参考例句:
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 audio 9yOziJ     
n./adj.音频(响)(的);声音(的),听觉(的)
参考例句:
  • Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来,供以后查阅。
  • You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。
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