【生詞預覽】

flash使閃現， register記錄器，available可獲得的

【笑話原文】

A Frustrated Man

A man walked into a Burger King at 12:50 AM, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn’t open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren’t available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

【中文譯文】

早餐不供應洋蔥圈

凌晨12：50，一名男子走進“漢堡王”。他亮出手槍要錢。收銀員說如果不買東西他就打不開收銀抽屜。那人說要買洋蔥圈。收銀員說早餐不供應洋蔥圈。那個男子沮喪地走了。

【詞匯講解】

1.falsh使閃現。也有“立即領悟”的意思： The reason for his strange behaviour flashed on me when I meet his mother.我見到他母親時，對他的古怪行為原因突然明白了。

2.register記錄器。還可以指“暖氣”： We turned the house registers off during the summer.夏天, 我們關掉室內的暖氣。

3.cash現款。You’d better pay in cash.你最好付現金。

4.available可獲得的。 When would the search function become available？何時搜索功能才能實現？“有空的”： The doctor is not available now.醫生現在沒空。

5.frustrated沮喪的。 He was frustrated by deep poverty.他因赤貧而灰心喪氣。