【生詞預覽】

psychic巫師，hotline熱線，croak呱呱叫

【笑話原文】

The Girl in A Frog’s Life

A lonely frog telephoned the Psychic Hotline and asked what his future holds.

His Personal Psychic Advisor tells him， "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you."

The frog is thrilled, "This is great! Will I meet her at a party?" he croaks.

"No," says the psychic, "In biology class."

【中文譯文】

一只青蛙的真名天女

一只孤單的青蛙致電占卜熱線詢問他的未來會怎么樣。

他的私人巫師顧問告訴他：“你會遇到一個想了解有關你的一切的美麗年輕的女孩。”

青蛙很激動，說：“那太好了！我會在派對上和她邂逅嗎？”青蛙呱呱地叫。

“不，”巫師說，“是在生物課上。”

【詞匯講解】

1.psychic巫師。也可以作形容詞，指“超自然的／有特異功能的”：Some people are said to have psychic powers.據說有些人有通靈的能力。

2.hotline熱線。He got through on the hotline to the head of the government.他通過熱線與政府首腦取得了聯系。

3.hold包含，容納。“… what his future holds”他的未來包含什么，即“他的未來會怎么樣”。又如：The box can hold all my clothes.這箱子能裝下我的全部衣服。也可以指 “認為, 相信”：I hold that this is a right decision.我相信這是個正確的決定。

4.personal私人的。也可以指“親自的”：He wanted to have a personal visit to that factory.他想親自去參觀那家工廠。“人身攻擊的, 無禮的”：You can't make personal abuse on her.你不可對她進行人身攻擊

5.croak呱呱地叫。也可以指“用粗的聲音說”。

6.biology生物學。 She has a degree in biology.她具有生物學的學位。