【生詞預覽】

appliance store 家用電器商店，blonde 金發碧眼女人，dye 染色， disguise 化妝／假扮，frustrated 沮喪的，exclaim （由于痛苦、憤怒）呼喊

【笑話原文】

We Don't Sell to Blondes
A blonde went to an appliance store.

“I would like to buy this TV,” she told the salesman.

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

She hurried home and dyed her hair, then came back and again told the salesman, “I would like to buy this TV.”

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

“Darn, he recognized me,” she thought. She went for a complete disguise this time, haircut and new color, new outfit, big sunglasses, then waited a few days before she again approached the salesman. “I would like to buy this TV.”

“ Sorry, we don’t sell to blondes,” he replied.

Frustrated, she exclaimed, “How do you know I’m a blonde?”

“Because,” he replied, “that’s a microwave.”

【中文譯文】

我們不賣給金發女郎

一個金發碧眼的女人走進一個家用電器商店。

“我想買這臺電視，”她告訴售貨員。

“抱歉，我們不賣給金發女郎。”他回答。

女人跑回家，染了頭發，回來又對售貨員說：“我想買這臺電視。”

“抱歉，我們不賣給金發女郎。”他回答。

“見鬼，他認出我了。”她心想。這次她來了個全副武裝，剪了新的發型還上了色，穿了套新衣服，戴上了大大的太陽鏡，等了幾天后，她又來找售貨員。“我想要買這臺電視。”

“抱歉，我們不賣給金發女郎。”他回答。

她很沮喪地喊道：“你怎么知道我是個金發女郎？”

“因為，”他回答，“那是個微波爐。”

【詞匯講解】

1.sell 可作及物或不及物動詞。文中的sell to是不及物的使用方法。作及物動詞時，后面直接加名詞表示“出售”。同時也有“出賣”的意思，例如：sell one’s country賣國

2.dye。 have sth. dyed或者 dye sth. 就是“給某物染色”

3.darn 是damn的變體，表示含有憤怒、厭煩、輕蔑、失望的感嘆

4.disguise 化裝，假扮。可以說：She disguised herself as a man with a false beard.她戴上假胡須女扮男裝。

5.approach 靠近、接近，在文中，靠近售貨員，其實就是去找售貨員的意思。

6.exclaim 大喊。可加上介詞使用，比如：exclaim against猛烈斥責；exclaim upon憤怒譴責