【生词预览】

roast烤制的，fake伪装

【笑话原文】

Roast Pig

A gentleman was invited for dinner. When he hurried there and sat down, he was happy to see a roast pig in front of his seat: "Not bad, I am next to the pig."

But then he noticed the angry fat lady sitting next to him. He faked a smile and added: "Oh I am sorry, I meant the roasted one on the table."

【中文译文】

烤乳猪

一位先生去赴宴迟到了，匆忙入座后，发现自己的座位正对着乳猪，于是大为高兴的说：“还不错，我坐在乳猪的旁边。”
这时才发现身旁的一位胖女士正怒目相视，他忙陪笑改口到：“对不起，我说的是那只烤好的。”

【词汇讲解】

1. roast烤制的。roast还可以作动词，有“烤”的意思：The sun was roasting us.太阳火辣辣地炙烤着我们。还可以指“嘲讽”：They roasted his new book.他们狠狠地挖苦他的新书。

2. hurry催促，急忙。Let's hurry a bit, we are far behind them.
咱们得快点, 咱们比他们落后多了。If we hurry the work, it may be spoiled. 要是我们匆忙地把工作干完, 可能会把事情弄糟。

3.next to紧邻。也可以指“几乎”“仅次于”“与…相比”

4.fake伪装。I thought he was really hurt but he was faking.我原以为他真的受伤了, 不料他只是在装样子而已。也可以指“赝品”：We thought it was a genuine antique, but it turned out to be a fake. 我们以为这是真古董, 结果只是一件赝品。

5.add补充。也有“添加”的意思： Her illness added to the family's troubles.她的病给家人添了麻烦。