【生詞預覽】

energetic精力旺盛的，cross生氣的

【笑話原文】

An Energetic wife

Neighbor: I heard a big noise in front of your house last night. What happened to you?

Husband: It was nothing. My wife was a bit cross, and threw my overcoat out of the window.

Neighbor: Your overcoat? But how could it make such a noise?

Husband: I... I happened to be inside the coat.

【中文譯文】

妻子生氣的后果

鄰居：昨天夜里我聽見你家屋前有很大的聲音，你們出了什么事嗎？

丈夫：沒什么。我的妻子有點不高興，把我的大衣給扔到窗外去了。

鄰居：你的大衣？扔掉大衣怎么會有那么大的聲音？

丈夫：我......我恰好也在大衣里面。

【詞匯講解】

1. energetic精力旺盛的。 I don't feel energetic enough to rush about, so I'll sit down.我感到沒有力氣東奔西跑, 我想坐下來。

2.noise噪聲，聲響。 The noise awoke me from my sleep.喧鬧聲使我從睡夢中醒過來。

3.cross生氣的。也有“雜交品種”的意思： A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.騾子是雌馬和驢的雜交種。

4.happend to碰巧。