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精听建议：

先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

Lesson28 Three Jokes

Joke 1

I sold an item through eBay but it got lost in the mail, so I stopped by my local post office and asked them to track it down.“It's not that simple,” the clerk replied.“You have to ___(1)___ a mail-loss form before we can initiate a search.” "Okay,” I said.“I'll take one.” He searched his counter, and then went to ask some other clerks, who did the same - only to return and confess,“You'll have to ___(2)___ later. We can't find the forms.”

Joke 2

A couple of hours into a visit with my mother she noticed I hadn't ___(3)___a cigarette once.“Are you trying to ___(4)___ ?” “No,” I replied,“I've got a cold and I don't smoke when I'm not feeling well.” “You know," she observed,"you'd probably live longer if you were sick more often."

Joke 3

Kids have a greater need for speed than classroom computers can deliver.Impatient to turn in his term paper, one restless student kept clicking the "Print” command. The printer started to ___(5)___copy after copy of the kid's ten-page report. The topic? “Save Our Trees.”

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中文翻译和词汇注释

笑话三则

笑话一

我通过易趣网出售一件物品，但在邮寄时遗失了，所以我去了当地的邮政局，请求他们把物品找回来。“这可不那么简单，”办事员回答。“在我们开始查找之前，你必须填一份邮件遗失表。”“好的，”我说，“我可以填一份。”他在柜台上翻找表格，然后又去问其他办事员，他们也在柜台上翻找。最后，他只得回来承认，“你必须等一下再来。我们找不到表格了。”

笑话二

我去探望我的母亲，几小时后她注意到我还没有点过一次香烟。“你是不是想戒了这个坏习惯？”“不，”我回答，“我感冒了，在我感到不舒服的时候我不抽烟。”“你知道，”她说，“如果你多生几次病，你可能会活的更久些。”

笑话三

教室里的电脑总是不能满足孩子们对速度的需求。一个坐立不安的学生正不耐烦地要递交他的学期论文，他不停地点击“打印”的命令。打印机开始一页一页艰难地打印这孩子的十页论文。论题是什么呢？“救救我们的树”。

注释：

track 追踪
clerk 办事员
initiate ? 开始
confess ? 承认
light up 点燃
restless ? 坐立不安
command ? 命令
churn out 费力地送出来（指复印机）