【生词预览】

head count人口调查，bid（过去式bade）告别，desperate情急的，jumpsuit连衣裤

【笑话原文】

I Want to Get out of Here

I was reviewing my client’s case with him in prison when it was announced that visitors had 15 minutes to leave or be locked in for the three-hour prisoner head count. I bade my client farewell and left. But somehow, I managed to get lost my way out. Desperate for directions to exit, I noticed some men wearing orange jumpsuits. I called out to one of them, a no-neck, barrel-chested man. “Sir,” I said, “I want to get out of here.” He shrugged. “So do I.”

【中文译文】

我想要从这里出去

我正在监狱里和我的委托人一起仔细讨论他的案情，有通知说探访者必须在15分钟之内离开，否则在查点犯人人数的三个小时期间不能出去。我向委托人告了别，就离开了。可是，不知怎么的就迷路了。情急之下，看见几个穿着桔色连衫裤的男子，就喊其中一个膀大腰圆的男子：“先生，我想要从这里出去。”他耸了耸肩说：“我也想。”

【词汇讲解】

1.client委托人。也可以指“顾客”，“当事人”：She can't come to the telephone; she's serving a client.她不能来接电话, 她正在接待一位顾客。

2.bid告别。也有“企图”的意思：He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall.他企图翻越这面高墙以获得自由。“出价”：How much do you bid?你出多少钱?

3.farewell“告别, 欢送”：He made his farewell to his family.他向他的家人告别。

4.desperate情急的。也可以指“不顾一切的”：He is a desperate criminal.他是个亡命之徒。“极其渴望的”：They're desperate to escape.他们急于想逃跑。

5.barrel桶。也可以作不及物动词，指“飞速前进”。

6.shrug耸肩。He shrugs his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
他耸耸肩表示对那房间的住户不屑一顾。