【生詞預覽】

rough不平靜的，rigid嚴格的，

【笑話原文】

Check out at 11 a.m.

After a few rough years, I decided to let my son try the rigid structure of the military. Once he’d completed basic training, he took a two-day assignment. Midmorning on the second day, I was surprised to receive a call from my son, who was still at his hotel. “Why aren’t you on the road yet?” I asked. “Well, I’m all ready to go, Dad.” he replied, “But the sign on the door says, ‘Check out at 11 a.m.’”

【中文譯文】

離館時間上午11點

經過幾個不平靜的年頭，我決定讓兒子去接受軍隊嚴格的灌輸。他在完成基本的訓練之后，接受了一個兩天的任務。第二天上午十點多鐘，我借到兒子從旅館打來的電話，我吃驚地問他為什么還不上路，他回答說：“爸爸，我已經準備好要走了。可是門上的牌子說‘離館時間上午11點’。”

【詞匯講解】

1. rough不平靜的。也有“粗魯”的意思： His reply was a bit rough.他的答復過于粗魯了一點。

2.rigid嚴格的。也有“僵硬”的意思： She was rigid with fear.她害怕得全身僵住了。

3.military軍隊。也可以作形容詞，是“軍人的”的意思： His bearing was very military.他很有軍人氣概。

4.assignment 工作, 任務。His assignment was to follow the spy.
分配給他的工作是跟蹤這個間諜。

5.check out 付賬后離開。He couldn't have checked out so early.他不可能這么早就離開。