一位了不起的天才
"Did you know I could tell time by the piano?" askedone friend of another.
“你相信我可以由鋼琴知道現在幾點鐘嗎?’一位老兄向他的朋友問道。
"You're kidding," replied his companion dubiously.
“別開玩笑了!”他的朋友懷疑地回答。
"I'll show you," said the first man as he sat down at the piano and started to hammer out amartial tune.
“那我試給你看,”說著那位老兄就坐在鋼琴前開始彈起一首進行曲。
Within seconds came a pounding on the wall, and an angry voice shouting,
幾秒鐘后墻壁傳來捶打聲,一個憤怒的聲音叫道:
"Hey, you son of a bitch, don’t you realize it's three o’clock in the morning?"
“嘿!你他媽的,你知不知道現在是凌晨三點鐘?”
1.tell 告訴,說;辨別;吩咐;斷定;講述;告發(fā),泄密;識別
例句:It was already impossible to tell where thebullet had entered.
已經不可能判斷子彈是從哪里射進來的。
2.kidding 開玩笑;欺騙
例句:You've got to be kidding! I can't live here!
你一定是在開玩笑!我不能住這兒!
3.sit down 坐下;扎營
例句:They should sit down to talk out their differences.
他們應該坐下來通過商談來消除他們之間的分歧。
4.hammer out 設計出;錘成;苦心想出;彈奏出
例句:I think we can hammer out a solution.
我想我們能夠制定出一個解決方案。