【生詞預覽】

offender罪犯， trial審判， commit犯罪

【笑話原文】

Early Big Shopping

An offender was brought to trial before a judge. The judge asked him, "What is the crime you have committed?"

The offender said, "I went shopping too early during the New Year."

The judge said, "This is not a crime! Is there a mistake, perhaps? So how early did you go shopping?"

He answered, "The shop was not yet open for business, and I was already inside."

【中文譯文】

新年采購引發的犯罪

有個犯人被帶到法官面前審案，法官問他：“你犯了什么罪？”
犯人說：“因為我在新年時，太早去采購了。”
法官說：“這不是罪呀！可能是弄錯吧？那你多早去采購呢？”
他說：“商店還沒開門，我就已經進去了。”

【詞匯講解】

1. offender罪犯。也有“冒犯者”的意思： The offender apologized when he sobered up.冒犯者醒酒后道了歉。

2.trial審判。也可以指“憂慮的原因”： That child is a trial to his parents.那小孩真讓他父母傷腦筋。

3.commit犯罪。也有“承諾”的意思： He has committed himself to support them.他答應負擔他們的生活。

4.business營業。 business as usual“一切如常，處之泰然”：Apart from being under new management, it's business as usual in the department.除了管理層變了，該部門情況一切如常。