第139期:降落伞的故事-究竟谁才是最聪明的人呢

 　　今天分享的是一个小笑话——降落伞。

　　On a flight on a small private plane, a doctor, a lawyer, a model, and an old lady with her grandson were the only passengers. Unfortunately, the plane developed engine trouble. The pilot went back to speak to the passengers.

　　'I have good news and bad news,'he said. 'The bad news is that the plane is going to crash, but the good news is that we have some parachutes². However, there are six people on this plane and we only have five parachutes. As you can see, I'm wearing mine right now.'

　　With that, the pilot jumped out of the plane, pulled the cord³ for his parachute¹ and disappeared from view. The doctor spoke⁴ up first.

　　'Well, my job is saving⁵ lives and that's one of the most important jobs in the world, so I should have one of the parachutes', and she took a pack and jumped.

　　Next was the lawyer.

　　'I'm the most intelligent man in the world, so I should have one, too,'he said, and he took a pack and leapt⁶ from the plane. Then the model stood up.

　　'I'm one of the most beautiful women in the world, so I think I should have one as well.'

　　Sadly, the grandmother turned to her grandson.

　　'Well, there's only one left. I think you should have it, dear. I've already had the best years of my life.'

　　'Oh, don't worry, grandma,'said the boy, 'The most intelligent man in the world just jumped out of the plane with my back pack.'

　　在一架小型私人飞机上，医生、律师、模特和一位老妇人和她的孙子是唯一的乘客。不幸的是，飞机发动机出现了故障。飞行员便和跟乘客们说。

　　“我有好消息和坏消息。坏消息是飞机要坠毁了，但好消息是我们有一些降落伞。然而，有六人在这架飞机上，我们只有五个降落伞。正如你所看到的，我现在正穿着我的降落伞。”

　　说着，飞行员便从飞机上跳下去了，他拉了降落伞的绳子，从人们的视野中消失了。医生先开口说话。

　　“嗯，我的工作是拯救生命，这是世界上最重要的工作之一，所以我应该有一个降落伞'，她拿了个包边跳下去了。

　　接下来是律师。

　　“我是世界上最聪明的人，所以我也应该有一个，”他说，他拿了一包，从飞机上跳了起来。然后模特站起来。

　　“我是世界上最漂亮的女人之一，所以我想我也应该有一个。”

　　祖母伤心地转向她的孙子。

　　好吧，只有一个离开。我想你应该拥有它，亲爱的。我已经度过了我生命中最美好的时光。”

　　“噢，别担心，奶奶，”男孩说，“世界上最聪明的人刚背着我的背包跳出了飞机。”

1 parachute   

n.降落伞；v.用降落伞投送/降落

参考例句：

• No way,I'm not jumping from high places without a parachute.没可能的，没有降落伞我可不从高处往下跳。
• Please release the parachute when there is an emergency.有紧急情况，请打开降落伞。

2 parachutes   

n.降落伞( parachute的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Mind is like parachutes: they only function when opened. 心，好比降落伞：只在张开之时才发挥作用。 来自互联网
• Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. 心如降落伞，只有在张开时才能发挥作用。 来自互联网

3 cord   

n.绳，线；纺织品；小电线；腱

参考例句：

• I wear a safety cord all the time.我一直带着安全绳索。
• I pulled the cord,and I felt a strong jerk.拉住绳索，我强烈的恐惧。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

6 leapt   

v.跳( leap的过去式和过去分词 )；猛然行动；骤增；剧增

参考例句：

• A dolphin leapt out of the water. 海豚跃出水面。
• He cracked his whip and the horse leapt forward. 他甩了个响鞭，马儿就奋蹄向前奔去。