【生詞預(yù)覽】

violent猛烈的，thunderstorm雷暴，tuck給⋯蓋被子，tremor顫抖，sissy膽小鬼

【笑話原文】

A Big Sissy

One summer evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”

The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. “I can’t dear, ” she said, “I have to sleep with Daddy.”

A long silence was broken at last by a scornful voice saying, “The big sissy. ”

【中文譯文】

老膽小鬼
一個(gè)夏天的夜晚，雷電交加，一位母親正在給她的兒子蓋被子。她正要關(guān)燈，兒子用顫抖的聲音問(wèn)：“媽媽?zhuān)砩夏銜?huì)和我一起睡嗎？”

媽媽笑了笑，給了兒子一個(gè)安慰的擁抱。“不行，親愛(ài)的，”她說(shuō)，“我得和你爸爸一起睡。”

長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的沉默被小男孩兒充滿鄙視的一句話打破了：“真是個(gè)老膽小鬼。”

【詞匯講解】
1. Violent 暴力的，猛烈的：a violent clash with the police 與警察的暴力沖突， violent television programmes 暴力電視節(jié)目

2. Thunderstorm 雷暴。thunder 是“雷”，storm是“風(fēng)暴”，這個(gè)合成詞就是“雷暴”的意思。

3. Tuck給…蓋被子： tuck a baby into bed 給嬰兒蓋好被子使其安睡；把…夾入：He tucked the letter in a book so he wouldn’t lose it.他把那封信夾在一本書(shū)里，這樣就不會(huì)丟失了。

4. be about to將要，而用于否定句中則是“打定主意要”的意思：He was not about to waste any time.他決定不再浪費(fèi)時(shí)間了。

5. tremor(恐懼、激動(dòng)或興奮引起的)戰(zhàn)栗、激動(dòng)、興奮：The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine(脊柱)。這故事真可怕，使我渾身不寒而栗。

6. scornful輕視的。有“輕視的”之意的詞還有：contemptuous,dspiteous.