【生詞預(yù)覽】

resident住客， casually漫不經(jīng)心地

【笑話原文】

A Real Winner

One resident of our retirement center loved to talk politics. Following the election, I asked him if he’d picked a winner. “Well,” he casually replied, “the man I voted for lost.” “You seem pretty calm about it,” I said. “That’s because the man I bet on won.”

【中文譯文】

真正的贏家

我們退休中心的一名住客喜歡談?wù)撜巍Ｍ镀钡牡诙欤覇?wèn)他選的人是不是勝了。他漫不經(jīng)心地回答：“我投票選的人敗了。”我說(shuō)：“你看起來(lái)挺淡定的嘛。”他說(shuō)：“那是因?yàn)槲掖蛸€的那個(gè)人勝了。”

【詞匯講解】

1.resident住客。也可以指“居住的”：They engaged a resident tutor.
他們聘用了一名住家的家庭教師。

2.retirement退休／隱居。 He lives in retirement, away from everyone.他遠(yuǎn)離大家隱居著。

3.politics政治。要注意politic與politics的區(qū)別。politic是形容詞，指“謹(jǐn)慎的／考慮周到的”，動(dòng)詞是“從政”的意思。

4.pick挑選。It took her two hours to pick a dress that suited her.
她花了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才挑選了一件合適的衣服。也可以指“采摘”：Ripe apples pick easily.熟了的蘋(píng)果容易摘。

5.casually漫不經(jīng)心地。也可以指“偶然地”：I didn’t see him, except casually, in two months.
我兩個(gè)月里一直沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)他,除了偶爾相遇。

6.bet on打賭。