(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Like any college student, Connor Cox was excited when he received a package from home.
和其他大学生一样，康纳·考克斯收到家里寄来的包裹很是兴奋。
He assumed it was filled with food and other goodies. He tore open the box and, indeed, found a surprise inside: garbage.
他以为里面装满了食物和其他好吃的东西，撕开盒子发现里面确实有一个惊喜：垃圾。
Turns out, he'd left home without taking out the trash as he'd promised his mother, so she mailed it to him.
原来，他离开家时没有像对妈妈承诺的那样把垃圾拿出来，所以妈妈把垃圾寄给了他。
A Florida man drove his 24-year-old daughter to a job interview.
一名佛罗里达男子开车送他24岁的女儿去面试。
When she came back to the car with a large amount of cash, he figured she'd gotten the job and this was her advance.
当她回到车里发现有大量的现金，他以为女儿面试成功了，这是老板预付的现金。
Not quite. Unbeknown to the man, he had become his daughter's getaway driver in her fifth—and final—bank heist.
不完全是。这名男子对自己成为女儿第五次和最后一次银行抢劫逃跑的司机一无所知。
When a french couple named their child Nutella, a court stepped in and said non.
当一对法国夫妇给他们的孩子取名Nutella时，法庭介入并否认了这一名字。
In Mexico, state officials in Sonora nixed the name Circumcision.
墨西哥索诺拉州的官员废除了Circumcision这个名字。
But in America, anything goes. Celebrities have dubbed their kids Kal-El(Nicolas Cage), Bronx Mowgli (Ashlee Simpon),
但在美国，名字怎么取都行。名人这样给他们的儿子取名：卡尔-艾尔（尼古拉斯·凯奇），布朗克斯·莫格利（阿什莉·辛普森），
Audio Science (Shannyn Sossamon), and George (George Foreman, who named all five of his sons after himself.)
声学（莎妮·索萨蒙）和乔治（乔治·福尔曼，他用自己的名字给五个儿子命名。）
重点讲解
1.unbeknown to 不为人知的
Unbeknown to them, the "scrap" contained a highly radioactive source used to treat cancer patients.
他们不知道这件“废品”里有一个用于治疗癌症患者的高辐射源。
2.dubbed 授予
The initiative, dubbed "Star Wars", was criticized as unrealistic and a threat to destabilize the status quo.
这一倡议被称为“星球大战计划”，受到不切实际和威胁破坏现状的批评。
3.getaway driver 车夫
I caught a glimpse of the driver of the getaway car, but I doubt I would recognize her if I saw her again.
虽然我瞥见了那个肇事逃逸的司机，但假如我再次见到她时，我很怀疑我能否认出她来。
4.stepped in 介入
If we need to intervene, we will intervene at that time.
如果需要干预，我们会在那个时候介入。
5.state officials 州政府官员
Small banks and some state officials strongly oppose the plan.
小银行以及某些州的官员强烈反对该方案。
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