【生詞預覽】

bodyguard保鏢，pistol手槍，evaluate評估

【笑話原文】

Hire A Bodygaurd

When my new job required me to transport valuables, I decided I needed a gun for protection. Since I knew next to nothing about firearms, I joined a pistol club. After watching and evaluating my technique for a few weeks, the instructor pulled me aside.

“Are you open to a suggestion?” he asked.

“Absolutely,” I replied.

“Hire a bodyguard,” he said.

【中文譯文】

雇一個保鏢吧

我的新工作需要我運送一些貴重物品。我覺得我應該有一支槍來保護自己。由于我對武器幾乎一竅不通，就參加了一個手槍俱樂部。教員對我的技能觀察和評價了幾個星期之后，把我叫到一邊。他問我：“你愿意聽聽我的建議嗎？”

我說：“當然。”

他說：“雇一個保鏢吧。”

【詞匯講解】

1.bodyguard保鏢。a bodyguard to sb.某人的保鏢。The president was surrounded by a small bodyguard.總統由一小隊保衛人員團團圍住。還可以作及物動詞使用：bodyguard sb. all the way to the gate 一路護送某人到大門口。

2.transport運輸。goods transported to India運往印度的貨物。還有“使欣喜若狂”的意思：He was transported with joy.他喜不自勝。“把…帶入特定境地”：Alone in her hotel room, a fever of longing transported her to her bedroom at home.她獨自一人在旅館房間里，一陣思家之情似乎把她帶到了家中的臥室。

3.next to幾乎。We had next to nothing to say to one another.我們之間幾乎么有什么話好說。還可以指“貼近”：The hotel is next to the church.旅館就在教堂隔壁。“居于…之后”：My sister is the next to oldest.我姐姐排行老二。

4.pistol手槍。Pistol shooting events include free pistol, rapid fire pistol, standard pistol, air pistol, and sport pistol.手槍射擊包括: 自選手槍射擊，手槍速射，標準手槍射擊，氣手槍射擊和運動手槍射擊。

5.evaluvate評估。He evaluated the horses at thirty-five dollars a head.他將這些馬定價為每匹35美元。How would you evaluate yourself?你對自己將如何評價？ 也可以作不及物動詞：We come as critics, to scrutinize and to evaluate.我們是來挑刺的，來細細查看并給予評估的。

6.instructor教員。搭配上不同的詞，可以表示各種教員，比如：fitness instructor 健美師；technical instructor 技術指導講師； an assistant instructor 助教。