【生词预览】

cafeteria自助餐厅或食堂

【笑话原文】

The Way to Keep Away Flies

There was a customer who came and asked a waiter in a cafeteria, "Oh, tell me, Susan, how do you keep all the flies out of your coffee shop?"

So she said, "I just let the flies taste the stuff."

【中文译文】

食品试吃

有位客人问餐厅的服务生：“苏珊，你们店里都没有苍蝇，你是怎么做到的？”

苏珊回答说：“我只是让苍蝇先试吃我们的东西。”

【词汇讲解】

1.keep away使远离。也有“使缺席”的意思：What have kept you away for so long?什么事使你离开这么久?

2.fly苍蝇。a fly in the ointment 美中不足之处。

3.cafeteria自助餐厅或食堂。In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的。

4.taste品尝。也有“品味”的意思：She has excellent taste in dress.她对衣着有极好的鉴赏力。

5.stuff食物。也可以指“材料”： He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。