经典双语笑话 第67期:渴望爱情

 Thirstin for Love 渴望爱情

Thurston was in the habit of visiting his girl friend's apartment from time to time, 沙斯敦经常去他女友的公寓住处，

but always managed to get home at a decent hour with a plausible¹ excuse. 但他总是设法找个理由以免太晚回家。

But this time, both he and his girlfriend had fallen asleep, 但这一次，他和女朋友都睡着了，

and it was 2:00 a. m before Thurston came to. 当他醒来时都已经凌晨两点了，

Thinking fast, he immediately called home, 沙斯敦脑筋一转，立刻打电话回家，

and when his wife answered, panted, "Don't pay the ransom²! I've escaped!" 当他太太接电话时，他故意喘着气说：“千万不要付赎金!我已经安全逃出来了!”

1.in the habit of 有...的习惯

例句：He' s not in the habit of drinking a lot.

他不习惯於多喝酒.

2.thirst for 渴望；渴求

例句：He has a strong thirst for knowledge.

他有很强的求知欲。

3.time to time 时不时地；经常

例句：From time to time there were sudden explosions of a southeast wind.

不时有阵阵猛烈的东南风突然刮来。

4.plausible excuse 可信的借口；合理的托辞

例句：He cast about in his mind for some plausible excuse for not turning up at the meeting.

他心里在盘算，想找一个什么说得过去的理由来解释他为什么没有到会。

1 plausible   

adj.似真实的，似乎有理的，似乎可信的

参考例句：

• His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
• Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。

2 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。