賴世雄讀英語(yǔ)笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ)之各民族趣談(5)：一個(gè)真正熱愛(ài)國(guó)家的人(雙語(yǔ))

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Unit 5 A True Patriot一個(gè)真正熱愛(ài)國(guó)家的人The airplane was obviously in trouble. One engine was on fire, anther was sputtering, and the machine was slowly, ineluctably losing height.
飛機(jī)顯然出了問(wèn)題，一個(gè)引擎著火，另一個(gè)嘎嘎作響，不可避免地，飛機(jī)緩慢地失去高度。

Finally the grim-looking captain entered the cabin.
最后，面色凝重的機(jī)長(zhǎng)走進(jìn)客艙。

"Ladies and gentlemen," he announced," we've lost most of our power. The only way to keep the plane aloft is to lighten our load. We've already dumped the baggage, but it's not enough. I'm asking for volunteers to make the supreme sacrifice so that others may live."
“各位女士，各位先生，”他宣布道，“我們已失去了大部分的動(dòng)力，要保持飛機(jī)高度的唯一方法就是減輕我們的載重。雖然我們已經(jīng)把行李丟掉，但還是不夠，我要求幾位自告奮勇?tīng)奚员Ｈ渌说男悦?rdquo;　

After a few minutes of stunned silence, a Frenchman stood to quivering attention, shouted" Vive la France!" and threw himself out the door.
一陣目瞪口呆的沉寂之后，一位法國(guó)人顫抖著站起來(lái)喊道：“法國(guó)萬(wàn)歲！”然后跳出機(jī)門(mén)。　

Shortly thereafter, an Englishman rose to his full height, coolly declared," God Save the Queen!" and followed the gallant Frenchman.
之后一會(huì)兒，一位英國(guó)人站了出來(lái)，他冷靜地說(shuō)：“上帝保佑女王！”接著和那位勇敢的法國(guó)人一樣跳出門(mén)外。　　

Finally, a Texan rose from his seat, cried," Remember the Alamo!" and threw out the Mexican sitting next to him.
最后，一位德州佬從座位站起來(lái)，叫道：“毋忘阿拉摩！”說(shuō)著便把隔鄰的墨西哥乘客扔出窗外。　　　

英語(yǔ)單詞短語(yǔ)講解

1.obviously ad. 顯然的
例：Obviously you are to blame for the mistake.
(顯然你要為這個(gè)錯(cuò)誤負(fù)責(zé)。）

2.be in trouble 陷入困境

3.be on fire 著火
例：The whole house was on fire in no time.
(整個(gè)房子很快就著火了。）

4.sputter vi. 發(fā)出啪啪聲；嘎嘎作響

5.ineluctably ad. 不可避免的

6.grim-looking a. 表情嚴(yán)酷的

7.aloft ad.在空中
keep sth aloft 使某物漂浮在空中

8.lighten vt. 使變輕

9.load n. 負(fù)荷 & vt. 裝載
Workload n. 工作量
例：We've got a heavy workload every day.
(我們每天的工作負(fù)荷很重。）

10.dump vt.傾倒；傾銷
the dumpsite 垃圾場(chǎng)
例：Years ago we just took our garbage to the city dump, but
that's no longer possible.
(多年前我們僅須把垃圾倒在市區(qū)垃圾場(chǎng)，但那已不再可能了。）

11.baggage n. 行李（=luggage)
a piece of baggage 一件行李

注意：
baggage、luggage兩詞都是不可數(shù)名詞，不可加s，若要表示多數(shù)時(shí)
要在其量詞piece后加 s，如 two pieces of luggage（兩件行李。）

12.volunteer n. 志愿者 & vi. 自告奮勇
例：You volunteered for latrine duty?
(你志愿打掃則所？）
latrine n. 廁所（尤其是軍隊(duì)營(yíng)區(qū)、醫(yī)院、工廠等的廁所）

13.supreme a. 至高無(wú)上的

14.sacrifice n.犧牲
at the sacrifice of... 犧牲……
=at the cost of...
=at the expense of...
make the supreme sacrifice 做偉大的犧牲；犧牲生命
例：Some cow made the supreme sacrifice so that you could eat
that hamburger.
(某只牛犧牲它的生命，你才能吃到那塊漢堡。)

15.stun vt. 使嚇呆

16.quiver vi. 發(fā)抖

17.vive la France! (法文)法國(guó)萬(wàn)歲！
=Long live France!

18.shortly thereafter 之后沒(méi)多久
=shortly afterward
例：May took out a life insurance policy on her husband.Shortly
thereafter, he died under mysterious circumstances.
(阿梅替她丈夫保了一個(gè)壽險(xiǎn)。之后不久，他就離奇死亡。)

19.rise to one's full height 站起來(lái)

20.coolly ad.冷靜地

21.gallant a. 勇敢的

22.the Alamo n. 阿拉摩
the Alamo是美國(guó)德州 San Antonio 的一座天主教舊教堂及堡壘，1836年因受墨西哥軍隊(duì)圍困，死亡眾多。本文中的德州佬基于世仇因此把鄰座那位墨西哥老兄犧牲掉。　　　

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