第205期:挠动你脚心的故事-最后一只鸡

 　　今天分享的是“最后一只鸡”的英文故事。

　　重点词汇

　　butcher n.屠夫，屠户;

　　flip¹ vt.轻弹，轻击; 按（开关）; 快速翻转; 急挥;

　　scale n.天平；

　　faintly adv. 微弱地；模糊地；虚弱地

　　hesitate vi.犹豫，踌躇;不愿;支吾;停顿

　　This joke is about a man who has a clever, but not very honest idea. See how this gets him into trouble in the end. Enjoy!

　　(1) A butcher, who had had a particularly good day, proudly (2) flipped² his last chicken on (3) a scale and weighed it. "That will be (4) 6.35 euros," he told the customer.

　　"That's a good price, but it really is a little too small," said the woman. "Don't you have anything larger?" Hesitating, but thinking fast, the butcher returned the chicken to the refrigerator, paused a moment, then took it out again. "This one," he said (5) faintly, " will be 6.65 euros."

　　The woman paused for a moment, then made her decision. (6) "I know what," she said, "I'll take both of them!"

　　(1) a man who cuts meat and sells it

　　(2) threw up onto the counter

　　(3) a small tool that shows how heavy something is

　　(4) you should read this as "six pounds, thirty-five pence³"

　　(5) softly⁴

　　(6) "I know what I want to do"

　　最后一只鸡

　　这个笑话讲的是一个有小聪明，但不太诚实想法的人。 看看这是怎么让他陷入困境的。好好享受吧！

　　一个屠夫，有一天他很开心，他非常自豪的把最后一只鸡翻到秤上称了一下。“这是6.35英镑，”他告诉客户。

　　“价钱不错，但实在有点太小了，”那个女人说。没有大一点的吗？”屠夫犹豫了一下，大脑飞速运转，把肌肉放回冰箱，停了一会儿，然后又把它拿了出来。“这个，”他淡淡地说，“5英镑，6.65英镑。”

　　那女人停了一会儿，然后做了决定。 “我知道我想要什么了，”她说，“我两个都要！”

1 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

2 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

3 pence   

n.便士；名词penny的复数形式

参考例句：

• She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
• These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。

4 softly   

adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地

参考例句：

• He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
• She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。