英語笑話（雙語）4 聽到那樣真令人難過

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第四節(jié) 聽到那樣真令人難過

A foreign visitor touring the great American Westcame across an Indian with his ear pressed to theground.

一位外國游客到美國大西部游覽，碰到一個印第安人把耳朵緊貼在地上。

"What are you listening for?" heasked.

"你在聽什么呢?"他詢問道。

"Stagecoach pass about half hour ago.

“一輛馬車半小時前曾經(jīng)過這里。”

"How can you tell?"

“你怎么知道呢?'’

"Broke my neck. "

“我的脖子被撞斷了。”

1.come across 遇到

例句：He came across the jawbone of a 4.5 million-year-old marsupial.

他偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個450萬年前的有袋動物的頜骨。

2. pressed to 壓向

例句：We hope Israel is being pressed to at least temporarily halt building in East Jerusalemas a sign of good faith.

我們希望以色列受到壓力從而至少暫時在東耶路撒冷停止建房來表示誠意。

3.foreign visitor 外國游客

例句：A foreign visitor asks the way from the volunteer.

一位外國游客向志愿者問路。

4.half hour ago 半小時前

例句：I just had lunch here a half hour ago.

剛剛一小時前我在這里吃午餐。