【生词预览】

direction指示，exclaim惊呼

【笑话原文】

You Haven’t Found It yet?

A man got lost on the way to the theater in a small town. He stopped at a farmhouse, where a woman gave him excellent directions. A week later he went back to see another play, got lost again and stopped at the same house. When the woman came to the door, she exclaimed, “You haven’t found it yet?”

【中文译文】

你还没有找到？

一个男子在去小镇的剧院时迷了路。他停在一家农舍前，一个妇女清楚地告诉他该怎么走。一个星期以后，他又去看剧，又走迷了路。他停留在同一家农舍前。当同一个妇女走出来开门的时候惊叫起来：“你还没有找到？”

【词汇讲解】

1.lost迷路。也可以指“不知说什么才好”：When he told me what she’d done to him I was lost for words.他告诉我她对他的所作所为时，我惊讶得说不出话来。

2.direction指示。也有“范围”的意思： We are making changes in various directions.我们在进行多方面的改革。

3. excellent优秀的，杰出的。 It's excellent that you are here.你在这儿太好了。

4. exclaim惊呼。 He exclaimed that it was untrue.他大声说那不是真的。