【生词预览】

alley小巷，predict预言

【笑话原文】

Told You So

On my way to deliver a computer to a customer, I saw a handwritten sign at the entrance of an alley. It read, “Blocked! Can not pass! Difficult to turn back.” I continued anyway, only to discover that the alley was indeed blocked by a fallen tree. As predicted, it took a while to turn the trunk around. When I eventually got back to the entrance, I noticed a second sign. It read, “Told you so!”

【中文译文】

告诉过你了

在给顾客送电脑的途中，我看到一条小巷的入口贴了一个手写的招贴：“堵住了！不能通过！转回来有困难。”但是我还是继续往前开，一直到发现这条小巷的确被一棵倒下的树堵住了。正如所预言的，我费了好大劲才把卡车调过头来。当我最后又回到小巷的入口处时，看到了另一个招贴：“告诉你，你不信！”

【词汇讲解】

1.entrance入口。entrance也有很多其他含义，比如“进入／登场”：Entrance into college was great event in his life.进大学是他一生中的重大事件。The actor’s entrance was greeted with applause.那位演员在掌声中登场。

2.alley在文中指“小巷”。也有“小径”、“球道”、“狭长地带”等意思。

3.turn back往回走。turn back a ticket退票；The travelers were turned back at the frontier.游客在边境被挡了回来。“翻回”：Turn back to page ten, please.请翻回到第十页。“翻起”：Don’t turn back the corner of the page to mark your place.别折书角来作读到哪里的记号。

4.predict预言。He predicted a brilliant future for the child.他预言这孩子前程似锦。The weather scientists predicted a cold winter.气象专家预计冬天会很冷。

5.trunk树干。也可以指“主体”：a colony breaking away from the trunk of the British Empire脱离大英帝国主体的一块殖民地

6.eventually终于。He eventually retired from business.他终于退休了。He eventually saw that he was mistaken.他终于认识到自己错了。