【生词预览】

drummer鼓手，performance表演。 notify通知

【笑话原文】

How badly Did He Play?

I hired a drummer to entertain my customers in my nightclub. After several performances, I discovered the drummer had walked away with some of my valuables. I notified police, who arrested him. Desperate for another drummer, I called a friend who knew some musicians. “What happened to the drummer you had?” he asked me. “I had him arrested,” I replied. We said good-bye and hung up. A few minutes later my friend called back and asked, “How badly did he play?”

【中文译文】

那个鼓手有多糟

我雇了一个鼓手到我的夜总会来给顾客演出。演了几场之后，我发现这个鼓手偷了我一些值钱的东西溜走了。我报告了警察，把他抓了起来。我急于寻找另一个鼓手来演出，就打电话给我一个认识音乐家的朋友。他问我：“上一个鼓手怎么啦？”我回答说：“我让他们把他抓起来了。”我们互相道了别，挂上了电话。过了几分钟，这个朋友又打电话过来问：“那个鼓手演奏得有多糟？”

【词汇讲解】

1.entertain使娱乐。也有“款待”的意思： He entertains his guest very poorly.他对客人很怠慢。

2. performance表演。也有“性能”的意思： Are you satisfied with the performance of your new car?
你对你新车的性能满意吗?

3.notify通知。 He will notify us where we are to meet.他将通知我们在什么地方集合。

4.hang up挂上电话。也可以指“耽搁”： The project was hung up for lack of funds.由于缺少资金, 这项工程被搁置下来。