【生詞預覽】

shoplifter商店竊賊，red-handed當場抓獲的，crook竊賊

【笑話原文】

Caught Stealing

A shoplifter was caught red-handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry store.

"Listen," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either. What do you say I just buy the watch, and we forget about this?"

The manager agreed and wrote up the sales slip. The crook looked at the slip and said, "This is a little more than I intended to spend."

【中文譯文】

預算超標的小偷 一個小偷在一家珠寶店企圖偷走一只手表的時候被當場擒獲。“聽著，”小偷說，“我知道你們也不想惹麻煩。我把這只表買下，然后我們就當什么也沒發生，你看怎樣？” 經理表示同意，然后列了一張售貨單。小偷看著單子說道：“這比我最初的預算稍稍高了一點。你們還有沒有便宜一點兒東西。"

【詞匯講解】

1.sales slip銷售發票。Slip指“便條，小紙片”

2.crook竊賊。Be crook on…因…而惱怒：You’re crook on me because I didn't walk out with you.你對我生氣因為我沒有和你一起出去。