英語笑話:Express mail快遞

[00:28.86]landed ['l?ndid] 獲取

[00:32.04]covet ['k?vit] 垂涎

[00:35.17]celebrate ['selibreit] 慶祝

[00:38.50]urgent ['?:d??nt] 緊急的

[00:41.34]英文原文

[00:44.24]After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL,

[00:48.29]we went out of town to celebrate.

[00:50.78]While on our trip,

[00:52.20]she was contacted by the company's human resources department

[00:55.87]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.

[01:00.24]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."

[01:06.07]中文大意

[01:29.83]逐句對照

[01:34.53]After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL,

[01:38.53]we went out of town to celebrate.

[01:46.27]While on our trip,

[01:47.68]she was contacted by the company's human resources department

[01:51.41]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.

[02:02.89]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."

[02:12.52]多學(xué)一點

[02:16.85]landed 獲得，獲取

[02:25.26]He just landed a big contract.

[02:31.69]covet 垂涎，覬覦 / 渴望

[02:36.80]All boys covet John's new hat.

[02:45.03]celebrate 慶祝，慶賀

[02:53.35]舉行慶典

[02:59.14]urgent 緊急的

[03:04.21]emergency和pressing

[03:06.69]urgent

[03:10.44]You must send this message right away, it's urgent.

[03:17.39]emergency

[03:23.37]Please don't use the elevator in emergency.

[03:29.08]pressing

[03:32.55]The crisis has become too pressing to allow any delay.

[03:43.10]重新聽一次故事原文

[03:45.68]After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL,

[03:49.58]we went out of town to celebrate.

[03:52.15]While on our trip,

[03:53.55]she was contacted by the company's human resources department

[03:57.33]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.

[04:01.62]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."

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在我的妻子得到了那份她期盼已久的DHL工作后，我們出去慶祝。 在路上，DHL的人力資源部給她打來電話，要她火速填好稅單并給他們寄過去。

“沒問題，”她說。“我一會就聯(lián)邦快遞寄過去”。