Lesson 95

A fantasy

纯属虚构

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  • Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky?
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  • When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch,
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  • his wife got a shock.
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  • He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
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  • 'What has happened?' she asked.
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  • 'How did your clothes get into such a mess?'
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  • 'A fire extinguisher, my dear,' answered the Ambassador drily.
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  • 'University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.'
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  • 'Good heavens!' exclaimed his wife.
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  • 'And where were you at the time?'
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  • 'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador.
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  • 'The fire broke out in the basement.
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  • I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst,
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  • aimed a fire extinguisher at me.
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  • He thought I was on fire.
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  • I must definitely get that fellow posted.'
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  • The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions,
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  • when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.
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  • 'And how can you explain that?' she asked.
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  • 'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador.
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  • 'Someone fired a shot through my office window.
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  • Accurate, don't you think?
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  • Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time.
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  • If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.'
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  • 听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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  • Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky?
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  • When the Ambassador or Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
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  • 'What has happened?' she asked. 'How did your clothes get into such a mess?'
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  • 'A fire extinguisher, my dear,' answered the Ambassador drily. 'University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.'
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  • 'Good heavens!' exclaimed his wife. 'And where were you at the time?'
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  • 'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador. 'The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.'
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  • The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.
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  • 'And how can you explain that?' she asked.
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  • 'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think? Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.'
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  • New words and expressions 生词和短语
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  • fantasy n. 幻想故事
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  • ambassador n. 大使
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  • Escalopia n. 艾斯卡罗比亚（虚构的国名）
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  • frightful adj. 可怕的，令人吃惊的
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  • fire extinguisher 灭火器
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  • drily adv. 冷淡地，枯燥无味地
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  • embassy n. 大使馆
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  • heaven n. 天，天堂
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  • basement n. 地下室
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  • definitely adv. 肯定地
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  • post v. 派任
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  • shot n. 子弹
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  • 参考译文
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  • 当艾斯卡罗比亚国的大使回到家吃午饭时，把他的夫人吓了一跳。他面色苍白，衣服也搞得不成样子。
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  • "发生了什么事？"她问，"你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？"
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  • "灭火器弄的，亲爱的，"大使冷冷地回答，"今天上午大学生们放火点着了大使馆。"
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  • "天啊！"他的夫人惊叫，"那你当时在什么地方？"
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  • "我和往常一样，在办公室里，"大使回答说。"地下室突然着火，我当然马上下去了。但那个傻瓜霍斯特把灭火器对准了我。他认为是我着火了。我一定要把那个家伙打发走。"
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  • 大使夫人继续提出问题，她突然又发现丈夫的帽子上有个洞。
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  • "那么你对那又作何解释呢？"她问。
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  • "那个嘛，"大使说，"有人向我办公室窗户开了一枪。真够准的，是不是？幸亏我当时没戴帽子。如果真戴着它，我现在就不能回家来吃午饭了。"