【生詞預(yù)覽】

admire欣賞，tribal部落的，eagle鷹，warrior勇士

【笑話原文】

Not An Eye Witness

Visiting the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C, I was admiring a beautiful tribal elder headdress decorated with eagle feathers. A man came up to me and identified himself as Native American.

“Do you know how warriors got those?” the man asked, pointing to the feathers.

“They covered a hole with brush, tied a live rabbit on top of it and hid underneath. When an eagle swooped down for the kill, they would grab its wing or tail.”

“Fascinating,” I said. “Did you see it yourself?”

“Actually, no,” the man confessed. “I saw it on the Discovery Channel.”

【中文譯文】

不是親眼所見(jiàn)

在華盛頓參觀的美國(guó)印第安人博物館的時(shí)候，我非常欣賞一件漂亮的用老鷹羽毛裝飾的部落長(zhǎng)老的頭飾。一個(gè)男子走上前來(lái)，說(shuō)他是美國(guó)的原住民。他指著羽毛問(wèn)我：“你知道勇士們?cè)趺吹玫竭@些羽毛的嗎？他們?cè)谝粋€(gè)洞上面蓋上樹(shù)枝，在樹(shù)枝上拴一只活兔子，而他們自己藏在洞里面。當(dāng)老鷹俯沖下來(lái)的時(shí)候，他們就抓住它的翅膀或者尾巴。”

我說(shuō)：“真神奇。你是親眼看見(jiàn)的嗎？”

那個(gè)男子承認(rèn)：“其實(shí)不是。我是從電視節(jié)目Discovery里看到的。”

【詞匯講解】

1.admire欣賞、欽佩。admire sb.’s capacity for work欽佩某人的工作能力。“稱(chēng)贊”：He forgot to admire her new hat.他忘了稱(chēng)贊她的新帽子。“（常作反語(yǔ)）感到驚奇”：I admire your audacity.對(duì)你的厚顏我不勝驚訝。

2.tribal部落的。tribal customs部落習(xí)俗；a tribal war部落戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)

3.identify認(rèn)為，識(shí)別，鑒定。The light was too dim for me to identify her.光線太暗，我沒(méi)法認(rèn)出她。“認(rèn)為等同于”：He identifies beauty with goodness.他認(rèn)為美即善。“使與有關(guān)聯(lián)”：That politician is too closely identified with the former government.那個(gè)政治家與前政府的關(guān)系過(guò)于密切。

4.warrior勇士、鼓吹戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的人。a cold warrior冷戰(zhàn)專(zhuān)家

5.swoop飛撲。還有“下降”的意思：Air Force planes swooped low over the target.空軍的戰(zhàn)機(jī)在目標(biāo)上空低飛。還有“吮吸”的意思：swoop in a hot swallow吸入一口燙的東西。

6.fascinating迷人的。a fascinating woman迷人的女子。The story of his adventures was fascinating to listen to.聽(tīng)他講他的冒險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷真有趣極了。