【生詞預覽】

crisis危機，undergraduate本科生，consolation安慰，litany嘮嘮叨叨的抱怨

【笑話原文】

Who Is This

My two sisters and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phoned home for some consolation and understanding of my unique problems.

When my dad answered, I immediately launched into my litany of frustrations with college life. As I paused to catch my breath, he said, "O.K., honey...now, fist of all, who is this?"

【中文譯文】

哪個女兒

我和兩個妹妹同時離開家去不同的大學讀書。經歷了太多的危機，也厭倦了受到與其他大學生相同的對待之后，有一天我給家里打了個電話，就我獨有的問題尋求安慰和理解。 爸爸接起電話后，我立刻開始歷數我大學生活中的挫折。當我停下來歇口氣時，爸爸說：“好啦，親愛的...現在，首先告訴我，你是我的哪一個女兒？”

【詞匯講解】

1.crisis危機。也有“關鍵階段”的意思：Keep a cool head during the crisis.在危急關頭要保持清醒的頭腦。

2.consolation安慰。 This news was of little consolation to us.這個消息對我們來說沒有什么安慰。 3.launch開始。也可以指“發射”：I saw the launch of the rocket yesterday.我昨天看了火箭發射。