英語笑話:Equal-opportunity平等機會

[00:28.74]spirit ['spirit] 精神

[00:32.01]making the rounds 繞圈子

[00:36.57]tease [ti:z] 捉弄

[00:39.96]spare [sp??] 寬恕

[00:42.97]英文原文

[00:44.96]One Friday everyone in our office was in high spirits,

[00:49.21]and Marshall, a sales rep, was making the rounds,

[00:52.46]joking and teasing us all.

[00:54.28]When he stopped in front of a new employee's desk,

[00:57.28]she braced herself.

[00:58.83]"I hoped I might be spared," she said.

[01:01.25]"Oh, you can't escape Marshall," our boss cautioned her.

[01:05.08]"He's an equal-opportunity annoyer."

[01:10.70]中文大意

[01:39.98]逐句對照

[01:43.74]One Friday everyone in our office was in high spirits,

[01:51.76]and Marshall, a sales rep, was making the rounds,

[01:54.76]joking and teasing us all.

[02:01.55]When he stopped in front of a new employee's desk,

[02:04.29]she braced herself.

[02:05.53]"I hoped I might be spared," she said.

[02:15.72]"Oh, you can't escape Marshall," our boss cautioned her.

[02:19.06]"He's an equal-opportunity annoyer."

[02:31.73]多學一點

[02:35.35]spirit 幽靈、靈魂

[02:40.08]an evil spirit(一個惡靈)

[02:42.59]the holy spirit(圣靈)

[02:46.50]spirit 精神

[02:52.45]Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit.

[03:06.77]making the rounds

[03:08.13]round 圈子

[03:12.22]make a round / make the rounds 繞圈子，繞來繞去

[03:18.67]tease 捉弄，開玩笑

[03:28.17]If you always tease others like that,

[03:30.72]you'll forfeit the good opinion of your friends.

[03:42.95]spare 寬恕，豁免，免除

[03:50.99]spare the trouble of going

[03:57.41]he does not spare himself.

[04:04.97]重新聽一次故事原文

[04:07.23]One Friday everyone in our office was in high spirits,

[04:11.24]and Marshall, a sales rep, was making the rounds,

[04:14.28]joking and teasing us all.

[04:16.34]When he stopped in front of a new employee's desk,

[04:19.50]she braced herself.

[04:20.96]"I hoped I might be spared," she said.

[04:23.16]"Oh, you can't escape Marshall," our boss cautioned her.

[04:27.08]"He's an equal-opportunity annoyer."

平等機會

一個周五，我們辦公室的所有人都熱情高漲， 銷售代表Marshall在辦公室內四處耍寶，逗我們高興。 當他來到一個新員工的桌子前時，那位新員工是一副嚴陣以待的樣子，說，“我希望我能免了”。

“噢，你可不能免”，我們老板警告她說，“在他這個騷擾者面前，人人平等”。