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【生詞預覽】
clerk售貨員，tape卷尺，plasma 等離子
【笑話原文】
A Small Trick
All I wanted was to pay for some batteries, but none of the clerks in the electronics store seemed interested in helping me. I got an idea, and pulled a tape measure out of my pocket. I stepped over to one of the giant plasma screen TVs and started to measure it. Faster than you can say high definition, a young man came running over.
“May I help you?” he asked breathlessly.
“Yes,” I said. “I’d like to buy these batteries.”
【中文譯文】
一個小花招
我只是要付錢買電池。但是電器店里的職員似乎沒有一個對此感興趣。我有一了一個主意。我從口袋里掏出一條軟尺，走到一個巨大的等離子電視機前，開始量尺寸。一個年輕人迅速跑過來，比說完“高清晰度”這四個字的速度還快。
他問：“有什么能幫您的呢？”他上氣不接下氣地說。
“有啊”我說，“我想買些電池?！?/FONT>
【詞匯講解】
1.clerk售貨員?？偨Y一下clerk所代表的各種職位：（旅館）接待員；辦事員、文書；書記員；（議會中的）高級職員；教堂執事、見習修道士、神智人員；學者。
2.tape卷尺。tape還可以做動詞，有“用膠布固定”的意思：tape a note to the door用膠布把一張字條粘貼在門上。Tie her and tape her up.把她綁起來，用膠布封住她的嘴。
3.step over走過，邁過。Step over the water, kids.孩子們，邁水過來。Will you step over to my office after work?下班后到我辦公室來一趟好嗎？
4.giant特大的。a giant photograph巨幅照片。也可以作名詞，指“巨人”：a literary giant大文豪；an oil giant大石油公司
5. measure測量／權衡／調節／斟酌：measure one’s words斟酌詞句；measure one’s foe估量自己的敵人。也可作名詞，是“尺寸”的意思：one’s waist measure腰圍尺寸。
6.breathless氣喘吁吁的。Running up stairs very fast made him breathless.飛快跑上樓梯使他上氣不接下氣?！俺翋灥?、令人窒息的”：a breathless evening無風而沉悶的夜晚；breathless air in the attic閣樓里令人窒息的空氣
