新概念英语第二册重点句子_新概念英语第三册重点句子及解析Lesson40

【课文】

　　It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims. When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

　　The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.

　　【课文翻译】

　　谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局，有自尊心的大学生决不会去做。大学生们常常做的是制造一种可笑的局面，使大家笑上一场，当然受害者是笑不出来的。最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。挂上电话后，他又马上来到工人那儿，告诉他们若有个警察来让他们走开，不要把他当回事，还对工人说，有个学生常装扮成警察无聊地同别人开玩笑。警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报情况表示感谢。

　　那个学生躲在附近一拱形的门廊里，在那儿可以看见、听到现场发生的一切。果然，警察来了，不礼貌地请工人离开此地;但其中一个工人粗鲁地回了几句。于是警察威胁要强行使他们离开。工人说，悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人。一会儿工夫，又来了4个警察，规劝工人离开。由于工人拒绝停下手中的活，警察想夺风钻。两个工人奋力抗争，其中一个发了火，威胁说要去叫警察。警察听后讥讽地说，这大可不必，因为他俩已被逮捕了。其中一个工人装模作样地问道，在被带往警察局之前，是否可以打一个电话。警察同意了，陪他来到一个投币地电话前，当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。

　　【词汇】

　　hoax n. 骗局，戏弄

　　deception n. 欺骗，骗局

　　self-respecting adj. 自重的

　　indulge v. 使沉迷

　　pneumatic adj. 气动的

　　drill n. 钻

　　silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的

　　advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的

　　archway n. 拱形门楼

　　remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫

　　ironically adv. 讽刺地

　　permission n. 许可

　　grant v. 同意，准予

　　【重点词汇讲解】

　　【indulge】

　　英英：enjoy to excess

　　例句：

　　1. So indulge in the pleasure of family and friends.

　　所以去尽情享受家庭和朋友吧。

　　2. The bitter taste of disappointed love made him indulge in his own daydreams.

　　苦涩的失恋滋味使他成天 沉浸在自己编织的梦幻 之中。

　　3. Gisborne is a city where you can indulge in gourmet dining and wine tasting.

　　吉斯伯恩是一个让你纵情享受美酒佳肴的城市。

　　【advance】

　　例句：

　　1. She thought, he must have ordered roses in advance before this day.

　　她想，一定是丈夫在情人节前提前预订了这些玫瑰。

　　2. If a large earthquake were to strike Japan today, some people would receive advance notice.

　　如果今天日本会有一场大地震，有些人就会收到提前通知。

　　【remonstrate】

　　英英：present and urge reasons in opposition

　　例句：

　　1. So, when I remonstrate you about wasting something, it's not because I worry about my money; it's not that.

　　所以当我告诫你们不要浪费东西时，不是因为我担心我的钱，不是这样。

　　2. The last time I got a bus on which boys were misbehaving, one Indian did remonstrate quietly.

　　上次我坐公交车时，男孩子们又在嘲笑一个印度人，他只能沉默以对。

　　3.To state outright and dare to remonstrate were his conduct of politics .

　　直言敢谏是他从政品行的主要特点。

　　【grant】

　　英英：allow to have

　　例句：

　　1. During their party, a fairy appeared to congratulate them and grant them each one wish.

　　在他们的宴会期间，一个仙女似乎祝贺他们而且允许他们每一个一个希望。

　　2. Pray that they will grant their people religious freedom and stop abusing and arresting anyone the government doesn't approve of.

　　祷告他们允许人民有宗教自由，停止虐待和逮捕任何政府未批准的人士。

　　3. We regret our inability to grant your request.

　　我们很遗憾不能同意您的要求。

　　【常用表达】

　　【practical joke】 恶作剧

　　【hung up】挂断电话

　　【sure enough】果然

　　【shortly afterwards】没过多久

　　【lose temper】发脾气

　　【point out】指出

　　【under arrest】被捕

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