英语小达人 352 Is the Cat There?

 　　Is the Cat There?

　　猫在那儿吗？

　　A man absolutely hated his wife's cat and decided¹ to get rid of him one day by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park.

　　一个人无比痛恨他妻子的猫，他决定把它处理掉。于是一天他开车来到离家二十个街区远的地方，把猫扔在了停车场。

　　As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway.

　　他回到家的时候，发现那只猫正沿着门前的私家车道走来。

　　The next day he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the beast out and headed home.

　　第二天，他决定把猫送到离家四十个街区开外的地方，他把猫扔出去后就开车回家了。

　　Driving back up his driveway, there was the cat!

　　他把车开上自家车道时，发现那只猫又在那里了。

　　He kept taking the cat further and further and the cat would always beat him home.

　　他坚持不懈地把猫送到越来越远的地方扔掉，可是猫总是能在他前面回到家。

　　At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reaced what he thought was a safe disance from his home and left the cat there.

　　最后，他决定把猫送到更远的地方，一路上右转、左转、过桥、右转、再右转，直到他认为离家够远了，就把猫留在了那里。

　　Hours later the man calls home to his wife, "Honey, is the cat there?"几个小时后，他打电话回家问他的妻子：“亲爱的，猫在家吗？”

　　"Yes," the wife answers, "why do you ask?"“当然，”他妻子答道：“为什么这么问？”

　　Frustrated², the man answered, "Put that son of a bitch on the phone. I'm lost and need directions!"那人无比懊丧地说：“让那个混蛋接电话，我迷路了，需要它帮我指道！”

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》