生活英语之双语幽默笑话(六)

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2008:04:19 12:57:44
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1.

An Urgent Standby Passenger

While in Korea, Gov. Mike Smith of Utah was relaxing in the VIP lounge the Seoul airport, awaiting his flight to Japan. At the same moment , his press secretary, Jenny Varela, was being told at the ticket counter that she had no ticket.

　　After insisting she had to make the flight because she was with a U. S. governor, an American embassy aide intervened. Varela got a standby ticket and boarded just before take-off.

　　Regaining her composure, Varela went to the front of the plane to tell Smith of her adventure. He was not there. She later found out that the governor was told that he had been bumped by an urgent standby passenger.It was Varela.

紧急待机乘客

　　在韩国时，犹他州的州长麦克·史密斯正在汉城机场的要人休息室里休息。他在等着飞往日本的航班。与此同时，他的新闻秘书、詹妮·维蕾拉，在售票房被告知没票了。

　　她坚持说要乘此航班，因为她是一位美国的州长的随员，这样美国大使馆的一位副官介入了。维蕾拉拿到一张待机票并赶在飞机起飞前登了机。

　　略略镇定后，维蕾拉到机舱前部去告诉史密斯她的经历。他不在那儿。她后来得知，有人告知州长，他的飞行被一位紧急待机乘客冲撞掉了。这个人就是维蕾拉。

2.

In the air

Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.

　　"Lets go to the fair, Matt," his wife said. "We havent been anywhere for a long time."

　　Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, "All right, but Im not going to spend much money. Well look at things, but we wont buy anything. "

　　They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matts wife wanted to buy, but he would not let her spend any money.

　　Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane.

　　"Fun flights!" the notice said, " $ 10 for 10 minutes.

Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didnt want to have to pay for his wife, as well.

　　"Ive only got $ 10, " he told the pilot. "Can my wife come with me for free?" The pilot wasnt selling many tickets, so he said, "Ill make a bargain with you. If your wife doesnt scream or shout, she can have a free flight."

　　Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife.

　　The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down.

　　When the plane landed, the pilot said, "0. K. your wife didnt make a sound. She can have her ride free."

　　"Thank you," Matt said. "It wasnt easy for her, you know, especially when she fell out."

在空中

　　麦特和妻子住在乡下。麦特很吝啬，讨厌花钱。一天附近的镇子逢集。

　　“我们去赶集，麦特，”妻子说。“我们很久没出去了。”

　　麦特想了一会儿。他知道在集市上一定得花钱。最后他说：“好吧，但我不打算花太多钱。我们只看不买。”

　　他们去集市，看看所有可买的东西。有很多东西麦特的妻子想买，但麦特不让她买。

　　然后在附近的露天场地，他们看到一架小飞机。

　　“有趣的飞行。”海报上写着，“10分钟10美元。”

麦特从来没有乘过飞机，所以他想乘一次小飞机。然而他不想付他妻子的票钱。

　　“我只带了10美元，”他对飞机驾驶员说，“我妻子能免费和我一起乘飞机吗？”驾驶员没卖出多少票，所以他说：“我和你做个交易。如果你妻子不尖叫，也不叫出声来，她就能免费飞行。”

　　麦特同意了，他和妻子一起登上了飞机。

　　飞机起飞了，驾驶员让飞机做出各种各样的动作。有一会儿飞机倒着飞行。

　　飞机着陆时，驾驶员说，“好吧，你妻子没发出任何声响。她就不用买飞机票了。”

　　“谢谢，”麦特说，“你知道，这对她不容易，特别当她刚才掉下去的时候。”