中英文本

The Perfect Solution

完美解决之道

President Shrub was flying over the U. S. with his staff.

史拉伯总统和他的幕僚正搭机横越美国上空。

Suddenly he got a brilliant inspiration:

忽然间他心中突发奇想，

"You know, I think I'll just throw a fifty-dollar bill out the window and make somebody happy. "

“我想由窗口扔一张五十元美钞下去，让某个人高兴一下。”

"Mr.President,why don't you throw out five ten-dollar bills and make five people happy?"

“总统先生，您为什么不丢五张十元的钞票让五个人高兴呢?”

suggested his celebrated Secretary of State Vice President Partridge caught on.

著名的国务卿建议道。

“Golly,Mr.President, why don't you throw fifty singles and make fifty people happy?"

副总统派翠基接着说：“啊，总统先生，您为什么不丢五十张一元钞票，好让五十个人高兴呢?”

The pilot turned around and said, "Why don’t you just throw yourself out the window and make everybody happy?"

这时飞机驾驶员转身说道：“为什么你不把自己丢出窗外，好让每个人都高兴呢?”

重点讲解

1.fly over 飞越；飞过

例句：They were the first two Englishmen to fly over the Atlantic.

他们是最先飞越大西洋的两个英国人。

2.throw out 扔掉; 不受理; 赶走; 开除

例句：Molly had left her apartment to throw out the rubbish.

莫莉离开她的房间去倒垃圾。

3.catch on 理解；了解；掌握

例句：After a few days on the job, you'll catch on to what you're doing.

工作几天后，你就会对你的工作内容有所了解了。

4.turn around 转身；回头
例句：The bus was so full that I could hardly turn around.

公共汽车上挤得我几乎无法转身。