energetic精力旺盛的,cross生氣的
【笑話原文】
An Energetic wife
Neighbor: I heard a big noise in front of your house last night. What happened to you?
Husband: It was nothing. My wife was a bit cross, and threw my overcoat out of the window.
Neighbor: Your overcoat? But how could it make such a noise?
Husband: I... I happened to be inside the coat.
【中文譯文】
妻子生氣的后果
鄰居:昨天夜里我聽見你家屋前有很大的聲音,你們出了什么事嗎?
丈夫:沒什么。我的妻子有點不高興,把我的大衣給扔到窗外去了。
鄰居:你的大衣?扔掉大衣怎么會有那么大的聲音?
丈夫:我......我恰好也在大衣里面。
【詞匯講解】
1. energetic精力旺盛的。 I don't feel energetic enough to rush about, so I'll sit down.我感到?jīng)]有力氣東奔西跑, 我想坐下來。
2.noise噪聲,聲響。 The noise awoke me from my sleep.喧鬧聲使我從睡夢中醒過來。
3.cross生氣的。也有“雜交品種”的意思: A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.騾子是雌馬和驢的雜交種。
4.happend to碰巧。