【生詞預覽】

drummer鼓手，performance表演。 notify通知

【笑話原文】

How badly Did He Play?

I hired a drummer to entertain my customers in my nightclub. After several performances, I discovered the drummer had walked away with some of my valuables. I notified police, who arrested him. Desperate for another drummer, I called a friend who knew some musicians. “What happened to the drummer you had?” he asked me. “I had him arrested,” I replied. We said good-bye and hung up. A few minutes later my friend called back and asked, “How badly did he play?”

【中文譯文】

那個鼓手有多糟

我雇了一個鼓手到我的夜總會來給顧客演出。演了幾場之后，我發現這個鼓手偷了我一些值錢的東西溜走了。我報告了警察，把他抓了起來。我急于尋找另一個鼓手來演出，就打電話給我一個認識音樂家的朋友。他問我：“上一個鼓手怎么啦？”我回答說：“我讓他們把他抓起來了。”我們互相道了別，掛上了電話。過了幾分鐘，這個朋友又打電話過來問：“那個鼓手演奏得有多糟？”

【詞匯講解】

1.entertain使娛樂。也有“款待”的意思： He entertains his guest very poorly.他對客人很怠慢。

2. performance表演。也有“性能”的意思： Are you satisfied with the performance of your new car?
你對你新車的性能滿意嗎?

3.notify通知。 He will notify us where we are to meet.他將通知我們在什么地方集合。

4.hang up掛上電話。也可以指“耽擱”： The project was hung up for lack of funds.由于缺少資金, 這項工程被擱置下來。