可可轻松一刻 第38期:愚蠢的问题stupid question
日期:2013-06-30 14:39

(单词翻译:单击)

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Stupid Question
愚蠢的问题

Dan was the doorman of a club in a big city.
丹在一个大城市的某个俱乐部当门童。

Everyday, thousands of people passed his door,
每天都有数千人经过他的门口,

and a lot of them stopped and asked him, "What’s the time, please?"  
而且许多人都会停下来问他:“请问现在几点?” 

After a few months, Dan said to himself,
几个月后,丹想:

"I’m not going to answer all those stupid people any more.
“我不想再回答这些蠢人提出的问题了,

I’m going to buy a big clock and put it upon the wall here." Then he did so. 
我要去买一只大钟,把它挂在这儿的墙上。”于是他买了一只钟,把它挂在了墙上。  

"Now people aren’t going to stop and ask me the time," he thought happily.
“现在人们总不会再停下来问我时间了。”他高兴地想。

But after that, a lot of people stopped, looked at the clock and then asked Dan, "Is that clock right?"
可是打那以后,每天仍有许多人停下来,看看钟,然后问丹:“这钟准吗?”

Notes:
1.doorman
n. 门卫,门童;门房

2.answer
vt.& vi. 答复; 解答; 答辩;适应
n. 回答;答案;反应;足以媲美的人
常见搭配:
a dusty answer
含糊的答复; 不解决问题的回答
soft answer
温和[委婉]的回答
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
[谚]婉言可以释怒。(来自《圣经》)
in answer to
为了回答; 为了响应; 听[接]到...后就...
know all the answers
[口] 好象什么都知道; 精明, 内行; 老练
The answer is a lemon.
[俚]没有回答的必要; 没法回答。
answer back
[口]回嘴, 顶嘴; 为自己辩护
answer for
对...担保; 为...的后果承担责任;代表...讲话; 代表...的意见
answer to
符合; 象;因...而发生变化[作用]
answer up (to)
迅速回答; 大声回答

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