【生詞預覽】

portray扮演，sloppiness邋遢，scout偵探

【笑話原文】

Wanted to Look Good

Rather than hire actors to portray homeless men, the director wanted the real deal, with all the sloppiness and despair that comes from being on the streets. The location scout found some down-and-out men who fit the description. They agreed to show up the following week. But when it was tie to shoot the scene, our destitute men arrived on the set-freshly shaven and dressed in new clothes.

“What happened to my homeless people!” Yelled the director.

“We cleaned ourselves up,” one replied. “We wanted to look good for the movie.”

【中文譯文】

干干凈凈的流浪漢

導演不想雇演員來扮演流浪漢，而要找馬路上邋遢、絕望的真正的流浪漢。外景獵星偵探找到幾個窮困潦倒的人符合劇本的要求。他們答應第二周來演。但是到了要拍戲的時候，我們這幾位窮朋友穿著新衣服來了，臉還刮得干干凈凈的。導演大喊起來：“我們這些流浪漢出了什么事了？”有一個回答說：“我們把自己洗干凈了。我們希望在電影里好看一些。”

【詞匯講解】

1.portray扮演。也有“描繪”的意思：The book portrayed his personal experience.這本書描繪了他的個人經歷。

2.sloppiness邋遢。源自形容詞sloppy： She’s always criticizing her husband for being sloppy.她總是指責她的丈夫做事馬虎。

3.scout偵探。也可以指“童子軍”： He is a Boy Scout.他是男童子軍成員。

4.destitute貧苦的。 When Mr. Smith died, his wife and children were left destitute.史密斯先生死后, 他的妻兒變得一貧如洗。