【生詞預(yù)覽】

subway地鐵，ragged衣著襤褸的，soft touch耳根子軟的人

【笑話原文】

Gook Luck

I had just gotten off the subway when a ragged-looking street person came walking up to me and asked, “Excuse me. Do you have a dollar?” Ordinarily I’m a soft touch, but I hadn’t been able to get to an ATM that day and my purse was practically empty. “I’m sorry. I don’t. ”I apologized. “Here you go.” he said, handing me a single. “Good luck.”

【中文譯文】

祝你好運(yùn)

我剛從地鐵下來，一個(gè)一桌破舊的流浪漢走到我跟前問我：“請(qǐng)問，你有一塊錢嗎？”通常我是個(gè)富有同情心的人，但是哪天我沒能去自動(dòng)提款機(jī)，我的錢包實(shí)在已經(jīng)空了。我道歉說：“對(duì)不起，我沒有。”他遞過來一塊錢，說：“給你，祝你好運(yùn)。”

【詞匯講解】

1.subway地鐵。He goes to work on the subway.他坐地鐵上班。也可以指“地下人行道”：Cross by the subway please.請(qǐng)走地下人行通道。

2.ragged襤褸的。A ragged little boy begged his bread along the street.一個(gè)衣衫襤褸的小男孩沿街乞討。“參差不齊的, 凹凸不平的”：He's walking a dog with a ragged coat of fair.他在溜一只毛長(zhǎng)得長(zhǎng)短不齊的狗。

3.soft touch耳根子軟的人。還可以指容易上當(dāng)?shù)娜?易做的事,可輕易擊敗的對(duì)手

4.ATM 全稱是 Automatic Teller Machine 自動(dòng)取款(出納)機(jī).

5.practically確實(shí)。He solved the problem very practically.他很實(shí)事求是地解決了這個(gè)問題。還有“幾乎; 簡(jiǎn)直”的含義：She's practically always late for school.她上學(xué)幾乎總是遲到。

6.hand給，交給。He handed the business over to me.他把業(yè)務(wù)(的處理權(quán))轉(zhuǎn)交給我。也有“幫助，攙扶”的意思：I handed him into his car.我把他攙上了他的車。