【生詞預覽】

head count人口調查，bid（過去式bade）告別，desperate情急的，jumpsuit連衣褲

【笑話原文】

I Want to Get out of Here

I was reviewing my client’s case with him in prison when it was announced that visitors had 15 minutes to leave or be locked in for the three-hour prisoner head count. I bade my client farewell and left. But somehow, I managed to get lost my way out. Desperate for directions to exit, I noticed some men wearing orange jumpsuits. I called out to one of them, a no-neck, barrel-chested man. “Sir,” I said, “I want to get out of here.” He shrugged. “So do I.”

【中文譯文】

我想要從這里出去

我正在監獄里和我的委托人一起仔細討論他的案情，有通知說探訪者必須在15分鐘之內離開，否則在查點犯人人數的三個小時期間不能出去。我向委托人告了別，就離開了。可是，不知怎么的就迷路了。情急之下，看見幾個穿著桔色連衫褲的男子，就喊其中一個膀大腰圓的男子：“先生，我想要從這里出去。”他聳了聳肩說：“我也想。”

【詞匯講解】

1.client委托人。也可以指“顧客”，“當事人”：She can't come to the telephone; she's serving a client.她不能來接電話, 她正在接待一位顧客。

2.bid告別。也有“企圖”的意思：He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall.他企圖翻越這面高墻以獲得自由。“出價”：How much do you bid?你出多少錢?

3.farewell“告別, 歡送”：He made his farewell to his family.他向他的家人告別。

4.desperate情急的。也可以指“不顧一切的”：He is a desperate criminal.他是個亡命之徒?！皹O其渴望的”：They're desperate to escape.他們急于想逃跑。

5.barrel桶。也可以作不及物動詞，指“飛速前進”。

6.shrug聳肩。He shrugs his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
他聳聳肩表示對那房間的住戶不屑一顧。