【生词预览】

bodyguard保镖，pistol手枪，evaluate评估

【笑话原文】

Hire A Bodygaurd

When my new job required me to transport valuables, I decided I needed a gun for protection. Since I knew next to nothing about firearms, I joined a pistol club. After watching and evaluating my technique for a few weeks, the instructor pulled me aside.

“Are you open to a suggestion?” he asked.

“Absolutely,” I replied.

“Hire a bodyguard,” he said.

【中文译文】

雇一个保镖吧

我的新工作需要我运送一些贵重物品。我觉得我应该有一支枪来保护自己。由于我对武器几乎一窍不通，就参加了一个手枪俱乐部。教员对我的技能观察和评价了几个星期之后，把我叫到一边。他问我：“你愿意听听我的建议吗？”

我说：“当然。”

他说：“雇一个保镖吧。”

【词汇讲解】

1.bodyguard保镖。a bodyguard to sb.某人的保镖。The president was surrounded by a small bodyguard.总统由一小队保卫人员团团围住。还可以作及物动词使用：bodyguard sb. all the way to the gate 一路护送某人到大门口。

2.transport运输。goods transported to India运往印度的货物。还有“使欣喜若狂”的意思：He was transported with joy.他喜不自胜。“把…带入特定境地”：Alone in her hotel room, a fever of longing transported her to her bedroom at home.她独自一人在旅馆房间里，一阵思家之情似乎把她带到了家中的卧室。

3.next to几乎。We had next to nothing to say to one another.我们之间几乎么有什么话好说。还可以指“贴近”：The hotel is next to the church.旅馆就在教堂隔壁。“居于…之后”：My sister is the next to oldest.我姐姐排行老二。

4.pistol手枪。Pistol shooting events include free pistol, rapid fire pistol, standard pistol, air pistol, and sport pistol.手枪射击包括: 自选手枪射击，手枪速射，标准手枪射击，气手枪射击和运动手枪射击。

5.evaluvate评估。He evaluated the horses at thirty-five dollars a head.他将这些马定价为每匹35美元。How would you evaluate yourself?你对自己将如何评价？ 也可以作不及物动词：We come as critics, to scrutinize and to evaluate.我们是来挑刺的，来细细查看并给予评估的。

6.instructor教员。搭配上不同的词，可以表示各种教员，比如：fitness instructor 健美师；technical instructor 技术指导讲师； an assistant instructor 助教。