【生詞預覽】

Goethe歌德，stroll漫步，hostile懷有敵意的

【笑話原文】

Goethe’s Tolerance

Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar. As luck would have it, he met with a critic who was hostile to him. Both of them stopped, staring at each other. Then the critic said, "I'll never make way for a fool."

"But I will." with that Goethe retreated aside.

【中文譯文】

給傻瓜讓路

一次，歌德正在魏瑪一個公園的一條狹窄小道上散步。碰巧他遇見一個對他懷有敵意的評論家。兩人都停了下來，彼此相互對視。接著評論家說道：“我從來不給傻瓜讓路。” “但是我會的。”說完歌德退到了一邊。

【詞匯講解】

1.critic批評家。 That would put blood in the eye of his critics.那會使得批評他的人更加惱火。

2. hostile懷有敵意的。也可以指“敵方的”：This is a hostile territory.這是敵占區。

3.make way讓路。 Make way, there! I need to get through.讓一讓, 我需要走過去。

4.retreat退卻。 Our soldiers force the enemy to retreat.我們的戰士迫使敵人后退。