【生詞預(yù)覽】

notorious聲名狼藉的，cheap skate 吝嗇鬼

【笑話原文】

The Mean Man’s Party

The notorious cheap skate was explaining to a friend how to find his apartment. He said. ″Come up to 5M and ring the doorbell with your elbow. When the door opens，push with your foot.″

″Why use my elbow and foot? ″

″Well. Gosh, ″ was the reply. ″You're not coming empty-handed, are you? ″

【中文譯文】

吝嗇鬼的生日派對

一個出了名的吝嗇鬼在向一個朋友解釋怎么找到他家時說：“你上到五樓，找中間那個門，然后用你的胳膊肘按門鈴。門開了之后，再用你的腳把門推開。”

“為什么要用我的肘和腳呢？”

“你的雙手得拿禮物啊。天哪，你總不會空著手來吧？”吝嗇鬼回答。

【詞匯講解】

1.mean吝嗇的。也可以指“卑鄙的，不善良的”：It was mean of her to say that.她那樣說是刻薄的。

2.notorious聲名狼藉的。He is a notorious rake.他是個聲名狼藉的浪子。
He was notorious as a gambler.他是臭名昭著的賭徒。

3.cheap skate吝嗇鬼。

4.come up上去（來）。也有“發(fā)生”的含義：I expect something to come up soon.我預(yù)料很快就要出事的。“升起”：The sky was dark blue and clear when the moon came up.月亮出來時, 天空是深藍(lán)色的, 非常晴朗。也可以指“提到, 提及”：The project came up in their conversation.他們在談話中提到了這項(xiàng)工程。

5.doorbell門鈴。He refused to answer the doorbell.門鈴響了，但他拒絕去開門。

6.elbow肘部。Don't lay your elbows on the desk.不要把兩肘放在書桌上。也可以作動詞，指“用肘推, 用肘擠”：He elbowed right and left in the crowd.他在人群中左沖右撞。He elbowed me out of the way.他把我擠開了。