【生詞預覽】

reverse倒退，charge收費

【笑話原文】

Please Reverse the Charges

There was a lady who took a taxi home, and when the taxi driver approached her house she told him to stop, saying, "Okay, here, here is good."

Then she asked the driver, "How much is it?" And the driver replied, "Ten dollars."

Then, after searching in her purse for a while, she said, "Could you please go back 500 meters? I have only seven dollars on me!"

【中文譯文】

麻煩把車倒回去

有一位女士搭計程車回家，當抵達家門口時，她告訴司機：“好，就停在這里。”

然后她問：“多少錢？”司機回答：“十塊錢。”

她翻了翻皮包之后說：“可不可以請你把車子再倒回去五百公尺，因為我只有七塊錢！”

【詞匯講解】

1. reverse 倒退。也可以指“翻轉”： Their positions are now reversed.他們現在的位置顛倒了。

2. charge 收費。作動詞有“命令”的意思： He charged me to arrange everything.他要我去安排一切事務。

3. approach 接近。也有“著手處理”的意思： He approached the question as a scientist.他以一個科學家的眼光去處理這個問題。

4. purse 錢包。 tighten (或 loosen) the purse strings緊縮開支。