【生詞預覽】

secondary school初中，ask out請某人外出

【笑話原文】

Go Barefoot

In secondary school, I was always self-conscious about my height. Once I was asked out by a life-guard. I had never really stood next to him and didn't know how tall he was, so the night of the date I took out two pairs of shoes-one with heels, one flat. I arranged with my brother to answer the door, compare his height with my date's and run upstairs to let me know which shoes to wear.

When doorbell rang I waited. Then my brother showed up and told me what I didn't want to hear: Go barefoot.

【中文譯文】

光著腳約會

中學的時候，我對自己的高度非常敏感。一次，一位救生員約我出去。事實上，我從未和他并肩站過，因而不知道他到底有多高。因此約會那晚，我拿出兩雙鞋，一雙高跟，一雙平跟。我安排哥哥去開門，讓他和救生員比比高度，再上樓告訴我應穿哪雙鞋。 門鈴響了，我在樓上等著。哥哥跑上樓告訴了我一個不幸的消息：你可以光著腳去約會。

【詞匯講解】

1.ask out請某人外出。 She's busy tonight; she's been asked out to dinner.今晚她沒空, 有人請她外出吃飯。

2.arrange with商定。 I'm going to arrange with him about the tickets.我準備就票的問題與他商量。

3.date約會對象。也有“年代”的意思： At that date there were no airplanes.那時還沒有飛機。

4.show up出現。也有“使丟臉”的意思： He showed his parents up rather badly.他給他父母丟盡了臉。