【生词预览】

Ohio俄亥俄州，brag吹嘘，orbit在轨道上运行

【笑话原文】

Oh, Ohio

I brag about my home state of Ohio whenever I have a chance. One day, I told a friend, “You know, the first man in powered flight was from Ohio. The first man to orbit the earth was from Ohio. And the first man on the moon was from Ohio.”

“Sounds like a lot of people are trying to get out of Ohio,” he observed.

【中文译文】

噢，俄亥俄

只要一有机会，我就会吹嘘我的故乡俄亥俄。有一天，我对一个朋友说：“你瞧，第一个用动力飞行的人是俄亥俄人；第一个绕地球轨道飞行的人也是俄亥俄人；第一个登上月球的人还是俄亥俄人。”

他的评论是：“看来好多人都想离开俄亥俄。”

【词汇讲解】

1.brag吹嘘。Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack.玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。I feel ashamed because there is nothing to brag about.我觉得非常丢脸，因为没什么好吹牛的。

2.Ohio俄亥俄州（美国州名）。

3.powered有动力装置的。A powered vessel should give way to sail—it is an unwritten rule of the sea.机动船在遇到帆船时必须让其先行, 这是一条不成文的航海规则。

4.orbit在…轨道上运行, 环绕轨道运行。A plane orbited over the landing field.有一架飞机在机场上空盘旋。

5.get out逃出。They could not find a way to get themselves out.他们无法找到一条逃生之路。“(天气)变得(晴朗等)”：It got out very fine.天气变得很好。“作出，完成”：They managed to get the plans out on time.他们总算按时订出了计划。

6.observe评论。He observed that the house seemed to be too small.
他说那房子似乎小了一点儿。“看出”：Didn’t you observe the difference?难道你没有看出差别？