【生詞預覽】

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

在華盛頓參觀的美國印第安人博物館的時候，我非常欣賞一件漂亮的用老鷹羽毛裝飾的部落長老的頭飾。一個男子走上前來，說他是美國的原住民。他指著羽毛問我：“你知道勇士們怎么得到這些羽毛的嗎？他們在一個洞上面蓋上樹枝，在樹枝上拴一只活兔子，而他們自己藏在洞里面。當老鷹俯沖下來的時候，他們就抓住它的翅膀或者尾巴。”

我說：“真神奇。你是親眼看見的嗎？”

那個男子承認：“其實不是。我是從電視節目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。“稱贊”：He forgot to admire her new hat.他忘了稱贊她的新帽子。“（常作反語）感到驚奇”：I admire your audacity.對你的厚顏我不勝驚訝。

2.tribal部落的。tribal customs部落習俗；a tribal war部落戰爭

3.identify認為，識別，鑒定。The light was too dim for me to identify her.光線太暗，我沒法認出她。“認為等同于”：He identifies beauty with goodness.他認為美即善。“使與有關聯”：That politician is too closely identified with the former government.那個政治家與前政府的關系過于密切。

4.warrior勇士、鼓吹戰爭的人。a cold warrior冷戰專家

5.swoop飛撲。還有“下降”的意思：Air Force planes swooped low over the target.空軍的戰機在目標上空低飛。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.聽他講他的冒險經歷真有趣極了。