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全新版大学英语综合教程-1-Unit2-课文正文电子书及翻译

全新版大学英语综合教程-1-Unit2-课文正文电子书及翻译
全新版大学英语综合教程-1-Unit2-课文正文电子书及翻译

All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter

Foster Furcolo

1 He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention. 出租车司机拥有的就剩一封信

福斯特?弗克洛

他准是完全沉浸在所读的东西里了,因为我不得不敲挡风玻璃来引起他的注意。

2 "Is your cab available?" I asked when he finally looked up at me. He nodded, then said apologetically as I settled into the back seat, "I'm sorry, but I was reading a letter." He sounded as if he had a cold or something. 他总算抬头看我了。“你出车吗?”我问道。他点点头,当我坐进后座时,他抱歉地说:“对不起,我在读一封信。”听上去他像是得了感冒什么的。

3 "I'm in no hurry," I told him. "Go ahead and finish your letter." “我不着急,”我对他说,“你接着把信读完吧。”

4 He shook his head. "I've read it several times already. I guess I almost know it by heart." 他摇了摇头。“我已经读了好几遍了。我想我都能背出来了。”

5 "Letters from home always mean a lot," I said. " At least they do with me because I'm on the road so much." Then, estimating that he was 60 or 70 years old, I guessed: "From a child or maybe a grandchild?" “家书抵万金啊,”我说。“至少对我来说是这样,因为我老是在外旅行。”我估量他有六七十岁了,便猜测说:“是孩子还是孙子写来的?”

6 " This isn't family," he replied. "Although," he went on, " come to think of it, it might just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other 'Old Friend' ─when we'd meet, that is. I'm not much of a hand at writing." “不是家里人,”他回答说。“不过,”他接着说,“想起来,也可以算是一家人了。埃德老伙计是我最老的朋友了。实际上,过去我俩总是以‘老朋友’相称的——就是说,当我俩相见时。我这人就是不大会写东西。”

7 "I don't think any of us keep up our correspondence too well," I said. "I know I don't. But I take it he's someone you've known quite a while?" “我看大家写信都不那么勤快,”我说,“我自己笔头就很懒。我看,你认识他挺久了吧?”

8 "All my life, practically. We were kids together, so we go way back." “差不多认

识了一辈子了。我俩小时候就一起玩,所以我俩的友谊确实很长了。”

9 " Went to school together?" “一起上的学?”

10 "All the way through high school. We were in the same class, in fact, through both grade and high school." “都一起上到高中呢。事实上,我俩从小学到高中都在一个班里。”

11 "There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship," I said. “保持这么长久友谊的人可真不多见啊,”我说。

12 "Actually," the driver went on, "I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I moved away from the old neighborhood and you kind of lose touch even though you never forget. He was a great guy." “其实呢,”司机接着说,“近25到30年来,我跟他一年只见一两次面,因为我从原来住的老街坊搬了出来,联系自然就少了,虽说你一直放在心上。他在的时候可真是个大好人。”

13 "You said 'was'. Does that mean ─?" “你刚才说他‘在的时候’。你是说——?”

14 He nodded. "Died a couple of weeks ago." 他点了点头。“前两个星期过世啦。”

15 "I'm sorry," I said. "It's no fun to lose any friend ─and losing a real old one is even tougher." “真遗憾,”我说,“失去朋友真不是个滋味,失去个真正的老朋友更让人受不了。”

16 He didn't reply to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: "I should have kept in touch. Yes," he repeated, "I should have kept in touch." 他开着车,没有接话儿。我们沉默了几分钟。可我知道他还在想着老埃德。他又开口时,与其说是跟我说话,还不如说是自言自语:“我真该一直保持联系。真的,”他重复道,“我真该一直保持联系。”

17 "well," I agreed, "We should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things come up and we just don't seem to find the time." “是啊,”我表示赞同,“我们都该与老朋友保持更多的联系。不过总是有事情冒出来,好像就是抽不出空来。”

18 He shrugged. "We used to find the time," he said. "That's even mentioned in the letter." He handed it over to me. "Take a look." 他耸了耸肩。“我们过去总能抽出空来,”他说。“信里还提到呢。”他把信递给我,“你看看吧。”

19 "Thanks," I said, "but I don't want to read your mail. That's pretty personal." “谢谢你,”我说,“不过我不想读你的信。这纯属私事。”

20 The driver shrugged. "Old Ed's dead. There's nothing personal now. Go ahead," he urged me. 司机耸一耸肩。“老埃德人都死了。没什么私事不私事了。念吧,”他催促说。

21 The letter was written in pencil. It began with the greeting "Old Friend,"and the first sentence reminded me of myself. I've been meaning to write for some time, but I've always postponed it. It then went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together when they both lived in the same neighborhood. It had references to things that probably meant something to the driver, such as the time Tim Shea broke the window, the Halloween that we tied Old Mr. Parker's gate, and when Mrs. Culver used to keep us after school. 信是用铅笔写的。称呼写着“老朋友”,而开头第一句话让我想到自己。“早就想写信了,可就是一拖再拖。”信里接着写道,他常常回想从前两人住在一个街坊时的快乐时光。信里提到些事,可能对司机很重要,比如“那次蒂姆?谢打破窗子,那年万圣节前夕,我们把老帕克先生的大门拴了起来,还有卡尔弗太太老是在放学后把咱俩留下训斥的那阵子”。

22 "You must have spent a lot of time together," I said to him. “你们俩准是在一起度过了不少时光,”我对他说。

23 "Like it says there," he answered, "about all we had to spend in those days was time." He shook his head: "Time." “就跟信里写的那样,”他回答说,“我俩在那个时候能花的只有时间。”他摇头叹道:“时间啊。”

24 I thought the next paragraph of the letter was a little sad: I began the letter with "Old Friend" because that's what we've become over the years ─old friends. And there aren't many of us left. 信里接下来的那段我觉得有点凄凉:“信的开头我写着‘老朋友’,因为这么多年来,我们这对老朋友渐渐都老了。我们这些人当中留下的也不多了。”

25 "You know," I said to him, "When it says here that there aren't many of us left, that's absolutely right. Every time I go to a class reunion, for example, there are fewer and fewer still around." “你要知道,”我对他说,“信里说我们这些人当中留下的不多了,说得一点

不错。比如说,每次我去参加老同学聚会,来的人总是越来越少。”

26 "Time goes by," the driver said. “时间不饶人啊,”司机说。

27 "Did you two work at the same place?" I asked him. “你们俩以前在一起工作吗?”我问他。

28 "No, but we hung out on the same corner when we were single. And then, when we were married, we used to go to each other's house every now and then. But for the last 20 or 30 years it's been mostly just Christmas cards. Of course there'd be always a note we'd each add to the cards ─usually some news about our families, you know, what the kids were doing, who moved where, a new grandchild, things like that ─but never a real letter or anything like that." “不,不过没成家时我俩总在一起闲荡。后来,两人都成了家,就不时相互串门。可最近这二三十年来,主要就是寄寄圣诞卡了。当然,我俩都总在卡上写几句——通常是关于各自家里的情况,不是吗,孩子们在干些什么,谁搬到哪儿,添了个小孙子,都是这类事——可一直都没正儿八经地写过信什么的。”

29 "This is a good part here," I said. "Where it says Your friendship over the years has meant an awful lot to me, more than I can say because I'm not good at saying things like that."I found myself nodding in agreement. "That must have made you feel good, didn't it?" “这一处写得好,”我说,“这里写道:‘你多年的友谊对我非常重要,远比我能说出来的重要得多,因为我不擅长说这样的话。’”我颔首称是。“这话准让你听着开心,是吧?”

30 The driver said something that I couldn't understand because he seemed to be all choked up, so I continued: "I know I'd like to receive a letter like that from my oldest friend." 司机说了句什么,可我没听明白,因为他似乎哽噎得厉害。于是我接着说:“我也真想收到这样一封老朋友的来信。”

31 We were getting close to our destination so I skipped to the last paragraph. So I thought you'd like to know that I was thinking of you. And it was signed, Your Old Friend, Tom. 我们快到目的地了,于是我跳到最后一段。“因此我想你一定想知道我惦记着你。”信末署名:“老朋友汤姆”。

32 I handed back the letter as we stopped at my hotel. "Enjoyed talking with you,"I said as I took my suitcase out of the cab. Tom? The letter was signed Tom? 我们在我的旅店前停下,我把信递了回去。“很高兴能和你聊聊,”我将衣箱从车上提下时说。汤姆?信的署名是汤姆?

33 "I thought your friend's name was Ed," I said. "Why did he sign it Tom?" “我记得你朋友叫埃德,”我说,“为什么他署名汤姆呢?”

34 "The letter was not from Ed to me," he explained. "I'm Tom. It's a letter I wrote to him before I knew he'd died. So I never mailed it." “这封信不是汤姆写给我的,”他解释说,“我是汤姆。这是我在得知他去世前写给他的信。所以我一直没寄出。”

35 He looked sort of sorrowful, or as if he were trying to see something in the distance. "I guess I should have written it sooner." 他神情有点悲伤,似乎想看清远处什么东西。“我想我真该早些写这封信。”

36 When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter ─and mail it. 我进了旅馆房间之后,没有马上打开箱包。首先我得写封信——而且要寄出去。

Never Let a Friend Down

Jim Hutchison

1 "Coming to the football match this afternoon?" Bill McIntosh asked 59-year-old Royce Wedding as they drank beer at the Eureka Hotel in the Australian town of Rainbow. Royce shook his head. "I promised Mom I'd burn off the weeds on one of our fields." 决不抛弃朋友

吉姆?赫奇森

“下午去看足球赛吗?”比尔?麦金托什问59岁的罗伊斯?韦丁。他们两人正在澳大利亚的虹镇尤里卡饭店喝啤酒。罗伊斯摇摇头。“我答应我妈给我家的一块地烧荒。”

2 Bill, who was thin but strong, looking far less than his 79 years, peered outside at the heat. A light breeze was blowing from the north, making conditions perfect for the burn. But Bill felt uneasy about Royce doing the job alone. The farmer had a bad leg and walked with great difficulty. 比尔瘦削而结实,79岁,但看上去远没有那么老。他望着外面的炎热空气。一阵轻风自北向南吹,这条件最适宜烧荒了。不过比尔对罗伊斯独自干这活不放心。这个农夫有条腿不好,行走很费劲。

3 The pair had been best of friends for 30 years, ever since the days when they traveled together from farm to farm in search of work. Now, living alone 12 miles east of town, Bill scraped a living hunting foxes and rabbits. Once a fortnight he went to town to buy supplies and catch up with Royce, who helped run the Wedding family's farm. "I'll give you a hand," Bill said. 两人曾一起从一个农场走到另一个农场寻些活儿干,迄今已是30年的好朋友了。如今比尔独自一人住在镇东12英里处,靠打狐狸和野兔勉强过活。他两个星期一次前来小镇购物,会会帮着经管自家的农场的罗伊斯。“我帮你一把,”比尔说。

4 The pair set off in Royce's car. Soon they were bumping over a sandy track to the weed-choked 120-acre field. "Fire's the only way to get rid of this stuff," said Bill as they tied an old tire to the tow bar with a 50-foot chain. Soaking the tire with gasoline, Bill put a match to it and jumped in the car. 两人坐着罗伊斯的车动身了。没多一会儿他们就颠簸在一条沙土路上,朝一块面积120公顷、杂草丛生的田地开去。“火是除去这玩意儿的惟一办法,”比尔说。他们用根50英尺长的链条把一个旧轮胎绑在牵引杆上。比尔在轮胎上浇透汽油,划根火柴一点,便跳进车里。

5 Driving slowly from the southern edge of the field, they worked their way upwind, leaving a line of burning weeds in their wake. Half way up the field, and without warning, the car pitched violently forward, plowing into a hidden bank of sand. 两人从农田的南边缓缓开车逆风而行,所过之处留下一条燃着的草带。开到地当中,车猛地朝前一颠,没等察觉,就陷进了一个被草遮着的沙堆。

6 The breeze suddenly swung around to their backs and began to gather strength. Fanned to white heat, the fire line suddenly burst into a wall of flame, heading directly toward them. "Let's get out of here!" Royce said. 微风突然转向,朝两人身后吹来,而且越吹越强。火仗风势,烧得炽热,一条火带顿时就变成一道火墙,直扑两人而来。“咱们快离开这儿!”罗伊斯说道。

7 Desperately he tried to back the car out of the sand bank. But the wheels only spun deeper in the soft sand. 他拼命想把车倒出沙堆。可车轮在软沙里越转陷得越深。

8 Suddenly the fire was on them. Bill pushed open his door only to find himself flung through the air as, with a roar, the gasoline tank exploded and the car leapt three feet off the ground. When it crashed back down Royce found himself pinned against the steering wheel, unable to move. The car's seats and roof were now on fire. 火顿时就扑到两人身上。比尔推开车门,却听得一声巨响,油箱爆炸了,车子飞离地面三英尺,他自己则被抛到空中。车子摔回地面后,罗伊斯发现自己被方向盘卡住,动弹不得。这时,车座和车顶也都烧着了。

9 Bill lay where he fell, all the breath knocked out of him. The front of his shirt, shorts, bare arms and legs were soaked in burning gasoline. Then the sight of the car in flames brought him upright with a start. "Royce!" he cried, struggling to his feet and heading for the car. 比尔躺在跌落的地方,摔得气都喘不过来。他的衬衣前襟、短裤、光裸的手臂和双腿都浸在燃烧着的汽油里。接着汽车着火了,见此情景他惊坐起来。“罗伊斯!”他边喊边挣扎着站起身来,向汽车冲去。

10 Pulling open the door, he seized Royce's arms through the smoke. "I'm stuck," Royce said. "Get yourself away!" 他拉开车门,在烟雾中抓住罗伊斯的手臂。“我给卡住了,”罗伊斯说,“你快走!”

11 (1) The fire bit at Bill's arms, face and legs, but he tightened his grip on Royce. "I'm not leaving you here," he said. (1)火舌舔着比尔的双臂、脸和双腿,但他紧紧地抓住罗伊斯不放。“我不会把你丢弃在这儿的,”他说道。

12 Now Bill dug his heels into the sand and pulled as hard as he could. Suddenly he fell backward. Royce was free and out of the car. As soon as he had dragged him away he patted out the flames on Royce's body and on his own legs and arms with his bare hands. 比尔两个脚跟扎在沙堆里,拼命用力拉。突然他仰面倒下,罗伊斯被拉出了汽车。他一把将罗伊斯拉开,便赶紧赤手去扑灭罗伊斯身上以及自己腿上、手臂上的火。

13 Royce saw a second explosion rock the car, as it was eaten up by flames. I'd be ashes now if Bill hadn't gotten me out, he thought. Looking down, Royce was shocked by the extent of his injuries. His stomach and left hip were covered in deep burns. Worse still, his fingers were burned completely out of shape. 罗伊斯看着又一次爆炸把汽车震得直晃,车一下子被火苗吞噬。“要不是比尔把我拉出来,我这会儿就烧成灰了,”他暗想。他低头一看,身上伤势之严重令他大为惊讶。他腹部及左臀严重烧伤。更糟糕的是,手指被烧得完全变了形。

14 Lying on his back, Bill was in equally bad shape. Pieces of blackened flesh and skin hung from his forearms, hands and legs. 比尔仰天躺在地上,也一样被烧得不成样子。前臂以及手和腿上,一块块烧得焦黑的皮肉挂了下来。

15 Bill looked across at his friend. Reading the despair clouding Royce's face, Bill said, "I'll get help. You hang on." Royce nodded, but as he watched Bill set off slowly across the blackened field, he wondered how his friend was going to walk almost two miles and get over three fences. 比尔朝自己的朋友望去,看出罗伊斯满脸绝望,便说:“我去叫人。你顶住。”罗伊斯点了点头,可当他看着比尔穿过焦黑的田地缓缓走开时,真不知道这位朋友怎么去走那几乎整整两英里的路,还要跨越三道栅栏。

16 (2) A lifetime spent around the tough people who make their home in the Australian bush had permanently fixed into Bill's soul two principles: never give up no matter how bad the odds and never let a friend down. Now, with every step sending pain piercing through every part of his body, he drew on those twin pillars of character.(3) If I don't make it, Royce will die out there, he told himself over and over. (2) 一辈子与居住在澳大利亚灌木地带的那些刚强的硬汉一起生活的人生经历,将两条准则永久地铭刻在比尔心头:无论多么艰难,决不泄气,决不抛弃朋友。此时此刻,他每迈出一步,浑身上下便针扎似地疼,他完全是靠这两种品质支撑着。(3) 如果我不能挺住的话,罗伊斯就会死在那里,比尔一次又一次地告诫自己。

17 "What's the matter with that dog?" said Vicky Wedding, Royce's mom, peering out her window. Startled by a noise behind her, she turned to see Bill leaning against the door. “那条狗怎么啦?”罗伊斯的母亲维基?韦丁说着朝窗外望去。听到身后响动,她吓了一跳,转身一看,比尔正倚靠在门上。

18 "Dear God, what happened?" she exclaimed, grabbing Bill as he slid down the doorframe. “天哪,出了什么事?”她惊问道,赶紧扶住正沿着门框瘫坐下去的比尔。

19 "We got caught in the fire," he whispered, barely able to speak. "Get help." Vicky sat Bill

down, covered him in wet towels to ease the pain of his burns, and then picked up the phone. “我们遭火烧了,”他低声道,几乎说不出话来。“快去叫人。”维基扶比尔坐下,用湿毛巾敷在他身上以减轻烧伤的疼痛,随后便拿起了电话。

20 Throughout the bumpy, hour-and-a-half ride to the hospital in Horsham, neither of the two injured men spoke of their pain. "We should've gone to the football match," Royce said, trying to keep their spirits up. Bill grinned weakly. 他们坐上汽车前往霍舍姆的医院,在长达一个半小时的颠簸的路途中,两位伤者只字未提自己的伤痛。“咱们真该去看足球赛,”罗伊斯开口说道,想让自己和朋友振作一下精神。比尔也轻轻一笑。

21 Not long after Bill found himself at Government House being presented with the Bravery Medal for his courageous rescue. (4) But the real highlight for Bill came six months after the fire, when Royce, just out of hospital, walked into the Eureka Hotel and bought him a beer. 不久,比尔在镇公所被授予勇敢奖章,以表彰其勇救他人的壮举。(4) 但真正最令比尔激动的时刻是火灾发生六个月之后,刚刚出院的罗伊斯走进尤里卡饭店,请他喝啤酒。

22 "We made it," said Royce as they raised their glasses. "Here's to the best friend a man could have." “咱们赢了,”两人举杯时,罗伊斯说道,“为生死之交干杯。”

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Translation : Unit 1 1. 电台热线电话radio phone-in 电台热线吸引了越来越多的人参与到讨论问题当中来。 The radio phone-in attracted more peopl e to take part in the discussion of the issue. 2. 彻头彻尾的虚伪姿态thoroughly hypocritical posture 他说他真的想要帮助穷人,但我们知道这只是他彻头彻尾的虚伪姿态。 He said he really wanted to help the poor, but we knew it was a thoroughly hypocritical posture. 3. 被慷慨地赋予这些特性be more lavishly bestowed with these attributes 通常认为中国人诚实、努力,他们被慷慨的赋予这些特征。 We usually think Chinese are honest and hardworking and are more lavishly bestoed with these attributes. 4. 露马脚give the game away 她说她爱他,但她的眼神路了马脚。 She said she l oved him but her eyes gave the game away. 5. 废除猎狐abolish fox-hunting 现在越来越多的人想要废除猎狐。 Now more and more peopl e want to abolish fox-hunting. Unit 2 1. 西湖的美因四季而不同,但总能吸引游客(l ose its grip on) The beautiful West Lake in different seasons never l oses its grip on tourists. 2. 很多热心人都在深切关注著那走失孩子的命运(care about) Many warm-hearted citizens are caring d eeply about the missing boy’s fate. 3. 这首歌将在我们脑海里萦绕数月。(haunt) The song woul d haunt us for months. 4. 尽管我很快就使他相信我是清白的, 但他从此却不把我当好朋友了。

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课内阅读参考译文及课后习题答案(Book 4) Unit 1 享受幽默—什么东西令人开怀? 1 听了一个有趣的故事会发笑、很开心,古今中外都一样。这一现象或许同语言本身一样悠久。那么,到底是什么东西会使一个故事或笑话让人感到滑稽可笑的呢? 2 我是第一次辨识出幽默便喜欢上它的人,因此我曾试图跟学生议论和探讨幽默。这些学生文化差异很大,有来自拉丁美洲的,也有来自中国的。我还认真地思考过一些滑稽有趣的故事。这么做完全是出于自己的喜好。 3 为什么听我讲完一个笑话后,班上有些学生会笑得前仰后合,而其他学生看上去就像刚听我读了天气预报一样呢?显然,有些人对幽默比别人更敏感。而且,我们也发现有的人很善于讲笑话,而有的人要想说一点有趣的事却要费好大的劲。我们都听人说过这样的话:“我喜欢笑话,但我讲不好,也总是记不住。”有些人比别人更有幽默感,就像有些人更具有音乐、数学之类的才能一样。一个真正风趣的人在任何场合都有笑话可讲,而且讲了一个笑话,就会从他记忆里引出一连串的笑话。一个缺乏幽默感的人不可能成为一群人中最受欢迎的人。一个真正有幽默感的人不仅受人喜爱,而且在任何聚会上也往往是人们注意的焦点。这么说是有道理的。 4 甚至有些动物也具有幽默感。我岳母从前经常来我们家,并能住上很长一段时间。通常她不喜欢狗,但却很喜欢布利茨恩—我们养过的一条拉布拉多母猎犬。而且,她们的这种喜欢是相互的。布利茨恩在很小的时候就常常戏弄外祖母,当外祖母坐在起居室里她最喜欢的那张舒适的椅子上时,布利茨恩就故意把她卧室里的一只拖鞋叼到起居室,并在外祖母刚好够不到的地方蹦来跳去,一直逗到外祖母忍不住站起来去拿那只拖鞋。外祖母从椅子上一起来,布利茨恩就迅速跳上那椅子,从它那闪亮的棕色眼睛里掠过一丝拉布拉多式的微笑,无疑是在说:“啊哈,你又上了我的当。” 5 典型的笑话或幽默故事由明显的三部分构成。第一部分是铺垫(即背景),接下来是主干部分(即故事情节),随后便是妙语(即一个出人意料或令人惊讶的结尾)。如果这个妙语含有一定的幽默成分,这个笑话便会很有趣。通常笑话都包含这三部分,而且每部分都必须交代清楚。如果讲故事或说笑话的人使用听众都熟悉的手势和语言,则有助于增强效果。 6 我们可以对幽默这种娱乐形式,进行分析,从而发现究竟是什么使一个有趣的故事或笑话令人发笑。举例来说,最常见的幽默有以下几种,包括了从最显而易见的幽默到比较微妙含蓄的幽默。 7 “滑稽剧”是最明显的幽默。它语言简单、直截了当,常常以取笑他人为乐。说笑打闹这种形式过去是、现在仍然是滑稽说笑演员和小丑的惯用技巧。它为不同年龄、不同文化背景的人们所喜爱。几乎本世纪的每个讲英语的滑稽说笑演员都曾以这样或那样的方式说过下面这则笑话。一位男士问另一位男士:“昨晚我看到的那位和你在一起的贵妇是谁?”那位男士回答道:“那可不是什么贵妇,那是我老婆。”这个笑话的幽默之处在于第二位男士说他的妻子不是一位贵妇,也就是说她不是一个高雅的女人。这个笑话并没有因为经常讲而变得不再那么好笑。由于这是一个经典笑话,观众都知道要说什么,而且因为大家对这个笑话很熟悉而更加珍爱它。 8 中国的相声是一种特殊的滑稽剧。相声中两名中国喜剧演员幽默地谈论诸如官僚主义者、家庭问题或其他一些有关个人的话题。相声随处都能听到,无论是在乡村的小舞台上,还是在北京最大的剧院里,抑或在广播、电视上。它显然是中国人家喻户晓的一种传统的幽默形式。 9 “俏皮话”不像滑稽剧那样浅显,它是因语言的误用或误解而引人发笑。我特别喜欢

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