【生詞預覽】

wreck精神上受到嚴重損傷的人，blasé司空見慣的， pull up停車， stammer結巴

【笑話原文】

What Was Wrong

When I moved to California, I was a nervous wreck about earthquakes. My friend Lisa, who was born and raised there, was completely blasé. I remember once when we pulled up to a light, her Honda began to shake. She looked worried until I stammered, “I think that we’re having an earthquake.”

“Thank goodness,” said Lisa. “I thought something was wrong with my car.”

【中文譯文】

出什么問題了？

當我剛搬到加州住的時候，我對地震極為緊張。而我那位在加州土生土長的朋友麗莎卻對此完全無動于衷。我記得有一次我們在等紅燈的時候，她的本田車開始抖動起來。她看起來很擔心。直到我結結巴巴地很說：“我想我們所碰到地震了。”她卻說：“謝天謝地，我以為是我的車出問題了。”

【詞匯講解】

1.wreck文中是“精神上受到嚴重損傷的人”。wreck可以做動詞，是“毀壞”的意思：The fire wrecked the hotel.那場大火把飯店燒毀了。

2.be born and raised somewhere 在某個地方出生和長大，即“土生土長”。

3. blasé司空見慣的，無動于衷的。He remained totally blasé about the alarming news.他對于這項令人驚恐的消息全然無動于衷。While many adults play down television’s impact, the children are not so blasé.許多成年人貶低電視的影響，而孩子們卻不是那么不為所動的。

4.pull up停車。也有“責備”的意思： Don't pull him up about this; it's not really his fault.這不是他的過錯, 別責怪他。“追上”：She’s going to pull up alongside us.她快趕上我們了。

5.stammer結巴。 結巴地說出She stammers when she feels nervous.她緊張時就口吃。

6.thank goodness謝天謝地，幸虧。