Poor snake

    An old snake goes to see his Doctor. "Doc, I need something for my eyes, I can't see very well these days."The Doc fixes him up with a pair of glasses and tells him to return in 2 weeks.
    The snake comes back in 2 weeks and tells the doctor he'svery depressed¹.
    Doc says, "What's the problem?  Didn't the glasses help you?""The glasses are fine doc, but I just discovered I've beenliving with a water hose² (软管）the past 2 years!"

1 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

2 hose   

n.输水软管，长统袜；vt.浇园子，用管冲洗

参考例句：

• Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap.把水管接在龙头上，打开水龙头。
• After raining,I always hose the yard out.雨后，我总是用软管把院子冲干净。